The Advantages of Stupidity Most people say being stupid will lead no where. They claim that it is the worst possible condition in which to spend ones life, and if possible, it should be completely avoided. Yet, perhaps if people took a closer look at some of the advantages stupidity had to offer, they wouldn't have such a negative attitude toward it. Admittedly, stupidity has certain disadvantages. Life isn't a bowl of cherries. And being stupid doesn't make it any fruitier. Being
The Intent of Forrest Gump No, this isn't another essay about Forrest Gump and - oh, the great American dream. Instead, it is an essay about the marketability of a movie in which all else is secondary. You have to understand the producers of Forrest Gump in order to understand why it succeeds. The producers, in the end, like every other being on earth want their movie to succeed. Forrest Gump, however great all the themes one may find it, is just another well-conceived product. Forrest Gump isn't
so I could exchange my money. She looked down and thought about this for a few moments, then ever so slowly, she brought her head up with a dumb look on her face and said, "The telephones are around the corner over there." Dumbfounded by the stupidity of this woman, my friend and turned around and walked away, laughing. When we were out of earshot, in a mocking tone, I said to my friend, "Hi, I'm an American, I'm a dumb-ass!" With that defeat behind us, we continued on our quest for some American
started to love people and help them with the inherited millions. "...we may not be able, Vonnegut is saying, to undo the harm that has been done, but we can certainly love, simply because they are people, those who have been made useless by our past stupidity and greed, our previous crimes against our brothers. And if that seems insane, then the better the world for such folly..." (John R. May) The novel tells us that we do not have to accept the world as it is, that we can find our own, individual
The Measurement of Intelligence through IQ Tests Can intelligence be measured? Does an IQ test actually measure a person’s intelligence? Does a high score indicate a genius? Does a low score indicate stupidity or merely ignorance? These questions have been asked over and over again by psychiatrists and scientists alike, but to date there are no clear answers. These questions cannot be answered without first defining what is meant by the term intelligence. Once intelligence has been defined
life, and if possible, it should be completely avoided. They would even suggest if the symptoms of stupidity are caught in the early stages, it could easily be treated by a surgeon. Yet, perhaps if people took a closer look at some of the advantages stupidity had to offer, they wouldn't have such a negative attitude toward it. After reading this paper, one will understand the advantages of stupidity along the lines of work ethic and even how their minds work. I will also show you that they have a
rabbit’s silly lie, but the turtle who brought the rabbit to the Dragon Kingdom should know that a liver is inside the body because all reptiles have livers. But, the rabbit got away, which literally blew me away from the stupidity of the Dragon Kingdom and especially, the stupidity of the Dragon King. Sometimes, I wonder why the author wrote this story, to gross us out in the beginning or to make us wonder, what in the world is this? But I guess, the author just wrote it to show us a lesson, but to
Not everyone gets the chance to be a genius, but if you do dear god hold onto it as long as you can. Being smart can change your life for the better or for the worst (depends on how you think). In the short story “Flowers For Algernon” by Daniel Keyes a 37 year old man named Charlie who is declared dumb or idiotic becomes a genius from an operation. He also meets an animal just like him-a white mouse. This mouse called Algernon has gone through the same operation, but things don’t turn out as well
first by a canal (resembles of England and France) . Gulliver is at the littlenders and the enemy is the bigenders which live on the island of Blefuscu. Gulliver helps the Littlenders to defeat the bigenders. In this book Swift emphasises the stupidity in the war between England and France and also every war which starts over a stupid reason, he also points out the meaningless in courtlife were they do nothing but waste the states money. At he lilliputians he builds a raft which he uses to
efficiently, if you are able to use and maintain your computer for the life of the task. As a technician, I get numerous calls everyday about how to overcome software problems, hardware problems, and everyday stupidity. The first two are usually a result of the third problem. That stupidity begins somewhere around the arrival of the initial thought to purchase the computer. Most people are fooled into believing that the need the fastest, most up to date and expensive technology to complete their
Although ‘Men Behaving Badly’ is not that much older than ‘Friends’ the more recent episodes of Friends are quite different to the final episodes of M.B.B. The most obvious difference between the two programmes is the clothes the actors wear and their accents. Of course this is to be expected due to the difference in time and location of filming but also the characters play very different parts. In M.B.B. all the characters are around aged 30 and live in quite a bad part of London and not particularly
Reflection Statement I think the school is taking the “easy road” and doesn’t want to be liable for anything therefore they make all these rules that prohibit anyone on campus to have fun. The campus is becoming more and more unbearable by the moment. On the weekends it is so boring there is no one here except a whole lot of public safety. That is why people enjoy them selves and use substances, but the university doesn’t look at any of these aspects realistically. The university is living in the
Mark Bauerlein’s views today’s society as intellectually dumb. He believes that the technology in our era benefits us in many ways, but that people’s understanding and knowledge of this has not happened. Technology has made it easy to access information fast anywhere and everywhere. Our brains no longer hold knowledge. They are no longer storage units of information, but are piles of mush stuffed into our heads in order to fill the empty space. We are fed daily by our phones and our televisions with
Chris Augustin English 102 Mon/Wed 8:30am 23 February 2014 Essay Gimpel The Fool Transformation Gimpel The Fool is a short story by Issac Bashevis Singer. The whole story revolves around the main character Gimpel. Gimpel the fool, which he is called by the Jewish town of Frampol, is always being made fun of and also has teased by them. Gimpel transformation through tough situations and his strong beliefs help improve his development as a character, makes him simply not a fool. Gimpel is not
Suppression of Ideas ‘If they give you ruled paper write the other way’ I think this means if they give you what is done in the past do things different create a revolution bring change. So basically, if you’re next generation is suffering dumbness and stupidity you are the reason because you are responsible of your actions and bettering society because you weren’t born to be ruled over you were born to be a leader and make the rules, the right rules. Not reading and missing out on history; which is your
Simpleton Kindness When people go to extremes in the name of selfless kindness, or in the case of Lloyd and Harry from Dumb and Dumber, when people who are motivated by attraction, desperation and kindness, go to extremes, more often then not something good happens in the end. Hollywood has a long standing tradition of lauding the bumbling hero who, though misguided, saves the day with little more than a kind heart and a strong will. Two examples of goodness conquering all are Tommy Boy and Dumb
days later, and I had the worst headache and an upset stomach. It turned out that I had given myself a severe concussion, and I was in a comatose state for several hours and had to be revived from death twice. I was now paying for my adolescent stupidity as I threw up for what seemed like hours. I was vomiting profusely like this because of the beating my brain took from its impact with the road. A few days after the accident, I was reunited with what used to be my shiny, new, midnight blue Huffy
emphasized the fallacy of war by discussing how there are no real winners in war, that war is equal. What goes around comes around. That whereas one man may kill another, another man will come to kill the first man and so on, in a never-ending cycle of stupidity and futility. The setting of this book can be analyzed here; the Spanish Civil War in the 1920-30 time period is the setting for the book, on the battlefields in the Spanish countryside. The whole fascist/communist aspect is brought up since both
George Orwell’s Animal Farm we get a glimpse of a strange switch in totalitarian rule. From Mr. Jones a cruel farmer who feeds his animals to little and works them to hard, to Napolean a pig that will have you killed for a bottle of liquor. Through stupidity, narrow mindedness and pure cowardice of some animals we view the inevitable as the farm animals become ruled by pigs. Old Major probably not the first animal to think of as an animal to ruin a utopia for the farm, is in most cases not a favored
him, as an individual, things would be different. Sophocles' Creon tries to wash his hands of Antigone's death by leaving her in a sealed cave. The gods will determine her fate, so he thinks. Anouilh's Creon goes so far as to admit the "childish stupidity" of his own decree. He even confides in Antigone that he is not certain which brother's body was buried. He insists, though, that once knowledge of her act is public, the matter is entirely beyond his control. There is a point of no return past which