Logic and reason are critical components of the human mind. Sometimes, those components are overcome by an external force, such as fear and imagination. Fear and imagination go hand in hand, as fear can trigger one's imagination to fill in the details that can't be figured out about a certain situation, such as the source of a strange noise or marking. Imagination overcomes reason by using imagination as a coping mechanism for the unknown, and when fear of the truth is stronger than that of reason or rationale.
First off, imagination overcomes reason by being used by the human brain to cope with the unknown. It does this by filling in the parts of the situation that are unknown with details from the imagination. There are many examples of
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This is generally when someone is pushed past what they can handle in a frightening or dangerous situation. Again, there are many examples of this across many mediums, such as literature and movies, but a great example is from "House Taken Over," by Julio Cortázar. During the story, the narrator encounters something unknown and presumably dangerous in the house that he and his sister live in. Due to this, he shuts and locks the door that gives access to that portion of the house, while he and his sister live in the other portion of the house (39-40). Later in the story, the unknown entity has made its way into the section of the house that the narrator and his sister live in, and they fled the house because the fear of the unknown entity and the possible danger it would bring was too much for them to bear …show more content…
Imagination can help fill the gaps created by the unknown in a frightening or stressful situation, despite the fact that simple observation can also fill those gaps with factual details, rather than the often far-fetched details created by imagination. Imagination can also overcome logical thinking and reason when a certain situation becomes too much for one to bear. The thoughts that are created by the imagination in these situations are often the things that put people into their instinctual, fight or flight mindset, which, in some situations, can mean the difference between life and
The Dangers of Fear Irish Playwright, George Bernard Shaw, once said, “The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that's the essence of inhumanity.” Inhumanity is mankind’s worst attribute. Every so often, ordinary humans are driven to the point where they have no choice but to think of themselves. One of the most famous examples used today is the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night demonstrates how fear is a debilitating force that causes people to lose sight of who they once were.
Throughout A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, Conor, the protagonist worries about many issues. He suffers through all the emotions he has to combat about his mother's battle with cancer. However, the greatest emotion Conor has conflict is with fear itself. He is so fearful of countless issues he has to struggle with such as the fact he might have to possibly live with his grandmother for the rest of his life, or if he might not stay with his father the way Conor would like to. Primarily what Conor suffers through the most is the fear of his own mother's health. Conor cannot handle the fact that his mother is not getting any better and her health is slowly failing. Conor has an incredible amount of conflict with his fear, he tries to hide it, pretend it is not there, but soon his fear will grow until his fear finally get hold of him. In similarity, it is like procrastinating on an assignment in some sort, when there is no time left the assignment must be done. When there is no time left Conor has to acknowledge and face the fear. Patrick Ness tries to say that, through the way Conor deals with all his fears, Ness says it is better to overcome his fears than hide them. Also, not acknowledging his fears will lead to painful internal conflict, and acknowledging fears is difficult, but facing them is for the better of Conor.
Sometimes things that seem crazy actually make sense. A good example is the narrator of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Chief Bromden. He appears to be an insane patient at a mental hospital who hallucinates about irrational mechanical people and a thick fog that permeates the hospital ward where he lives. In reality, Bromden's hallucinations provide valuable insight into the dehumanization that Bromden and the other ward patients are subjected to. Ken Kesey, in his writing of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest brings out his racism in the novel.
Man has always been driven to create. We constantly shape the world around us by inventing stories of heroes and monsters, by crafting complex but passionate ideals about good and evil. Some relish in the power that this manipulation of reality wields; others are more innocent in that they are simply yielding to a universal longing for something in which to believe.
Imagery is used by many authors as a crucial element of character development. These authors draw parallels between the imagery in their stories and the main characters' thoughts and feelings. Through intense imagery, non-human elements such as the natural environment, animals, and inanimate objects are brought to life with characteristics that match those of the characters involved.
In An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, David Hume states, “there is not, in any single, particular instance of cause and effect, any thing which can suggest the idea of power or necessary connexion” (Hume, 1993: 41). Hume establishes in section II that all ideas originate from impressions that employ the senses (11). Therefore, in order for there to be an idea of power or “necessary connexion,” there must be impressions of this connection present in single instances of cause and effect; if there are no such impressions, then there cannot be an idea of “necessary connexion” (52). To illustrate his statement, Hume examines four situations: bodies interacting in the world, mind causing actions of the body, mind causing ideas of ideas, and God as the source of power. I will highlight Hume’s reasons and outline his arguments to establish that there is no “connexion” between cause and effect on the basis of single instances.
Imagination allows for one to explore deeper into their faith than what would be possible in the physical world. Brueggemann describes imagination in faith as inevitable because it is bound to happen when trying to understand that of which is beyond physical means; also when one relates the stories of an ancient world to present day circumstances.
H.P. Lovecraft’s fascination in supernatural theories plays into a main basis for his novels. (Wohleber) With the unknown lurking, Lovecraft incorporates horror through the use of psychological fear as a form of expression making it become crucial for many of his works. At the Mountains of Madness encompasses this thought by the expeditions before and after effects on the characters. The urge to be a success fills the scientists up with courage to embark on such a dangerous trip; however, after the trip the survivors, Danforth and Dyer, had lost all sense of sanity. “On our return Danforth was close to hysterics..promise to say shew our sketches or say anything.” (Lovecraft 176.) Their eyes couldn’t believe what was seen having them debate whether it was hallucinations or real. Ultimately this made them reach a decision where the world will not have to question their authority, for they will both keep their mouth shut. This novel expresses a psychological factor through the use of scientific theories showing the horror that lies beneath them.
...hould be able to control and manipulate experiences even the most terrifying, like madness, being tortured, this sort of experience, and one should be able to manipulate these experiences with an informed and intelligent mind….” (Uroff 37)
After reading Berkeley’s work on the Introduction of Principles of Human Knowledge, he explains that the mental ideas that we possess can only resemble other ideas and that the external world does not consist of physical form or reality but yet they are just ideas. Berkeley claimed abstract ideas as the source of philosophy perplexity and illusion. In the introduction of Principles of Human Knowledge,
“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes,” states Sherlock Holmes (Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles loc 1238). According to TV Tropes, mystery is a genre of fiction where the plot revolves a mysterious happening that acts as the driving question. With any given problem there is a solution; however, and the question is “how does one come about to that solution”? Extremely high intelligence level, keen observation, creative imagination and sensitivity to details are just some of the qualities that Holmes possesses. In the process of solving mysteries, there is always a borderline between mere guessing, a coincidence, and a scientific approach that Holmes calls deductive reasoning. In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1902 novel, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Dr. Mortimer seeks advice from Holmes as he explains the curse that has been plaguing the Baskerville family. With the power of deduction, Holmes realizes that Mr. Stapleton is actually a Baskerville descendant and has been planning to get rid of the other members of the family to claim the family fortune. Conan Doyle tells the reader what their mind is capable of doing by incorporating Holmes through his novels as he uses observation, deduction and knowledge in solving his cases. One important key that makes him different from most people is that he sees everything that people often neglect to pay attention to. A remarkable proof which shows that Holmes holds an extraordinary analytical mind and is uniquely capable of solving a mystery through his great sensitivity to minute details and the ability to draw connections from it was shown as he observes and deduces information from the letter received by Sir Henry Baskerville the moment he arrived...
Reason is defined as a cause or an explanation for a certain action or event, and it is also an attempt to explain the world. Reason and imagination work very closely together since reason usually lead to an imagination. Reason appears in daily of everybody since every action that seems very commonsense comes with a reason. The reason people go to gym every day is to have a healthy looking shape, or something simpler as going to Academic Inquiry class three day a week to have an A, thus everything goes along with a reason. As Genevieve tells that she and her husband over two years has spent more than three hundred hours crawling and hiking underground just to look for those graphic patterns. What is the reason for that? The reason is to gather all the patterns that still exist until now, so that they can have a chance to study about those patterns, and understand it. Therefore, she and her husband found out that the patterns are actually the same as our alphabet since there thirty two patterns keep repeating. Thus, for them, their hard work paid off since they had accomplished their purpose or reason of gathering those patterns and finding the unique of them. Therefore, come along with the imagination, reason is also an indispensable factor for an individual to start on any particular
In this essay, I aim to discuss the issue whether imagination is more important than knowledge. “For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there will ever be to know and understand” (Albert Einstein).
...f your thinking" (Temes 11). The unconscious mind, which controls all of the automatic processes in your body involuntarily, allows any idea to stick in your brain. With the conscious mind absent, the brain does not judge any new incoming ideas, so the mind will agree and believe them with no doubt. In this comfortable, subconscious-free state, "your guard is down; Ideas you might ordinarily object to are easily transmitted into your mind. You will not reject new information that you might ordinarily be wary of" (Temes 12). As a result, one can easily overcome phobias the mind usually rejected or feared, and also take into consideration new characteristics or habits. With your brain mentally managing almost every aspect of your actions and character, this control of the mind allows for an effective alternative or medical technique to help aid in several situations.
- What we know by intuition and deduction, or what we know natively, we could not know through sense experience: reason is