IRJ-18
Since the beginning, humans have been curious about the world around us. This shows that being curious must be human nature. Once Adam and Eve were told not to eat the fruit form the tree of knowledge, they became curious to why they could not. Once the serpent persuaded them it was fine, they went against orders and tried the fruit.
Ever since we were little, humans have wanted to find out how things work. when we are little, we take our moms’ phone and play with it. The human race has survived off of curiosity. We are always questioning things and this makes our technology, health and lifestyles more efficient and better. If we were not naturally curious, we would have never invented fire and other vital discoveries.
But this shows how we are easily manipulated. With just a, “it wont harm you,” Adam and Eve feel comfortable and do what there told not to do. The serpent represents every con artiest there is. These people want you to feel comfortable when they try to deceive you, this is how they get their fast buck. With a smile and a friendly attitude, a person can get anything out of another. This could also mean that we are easily drawn into thing we do not need but what we want. Adom and Eve did not need to eat the fruit, but they wanted to. we are always scammed into buying something we want but is not a need. No one needs a huge house with luxuries, but everyone wants one.
When talking about the “needs” of a human being, it comes across obvious that the human race is in fact obsessed with what they want, instead of what they need. Yet this curiosity and this eagerness may in fact be a positive characteristics in humans.
You say that people are focused too much on frivolous things, however the want and eagerness to obtain more money or luxuries in the end motivates people. This motivation might, and does, lead to people going out in the world and using their skills to their very best.
If the human race did not carry motivations such as these luxuries, than a decrease in human achievement would occur. What would make people pursue a job or find a purpose in life? Looking back into history, a lot of our greatest inventors or most powerful and influential people most likely were driven by a goal of luxury. So without the need to want what we don’t truly have to have, our world would not look like the modern and advanced place it is currently.
alyssap2013 - February 2, 2010 at 6:31 am |