Life Almost Straight Analysis

The Introductory text in Cp English IV is titled “ Life Almost Straight?” because it is about figuring about who we are as people. English and literature are about expression, education, and expanding our minds. For us to be able to do those things, we have to know who we are as individuals. We have to have some starting ground to be able to expand ourselves. We must have roots before we grow, and that is what this first unit is about. Getting our roots. Learning about the human condition and how that applies to our own lives. The human condition by definition is “the characteristics, key events, and situations which compose the essentials of human existence, such as birth, growth, emotionality, aspiration, conflict, and mortality."( Wikipedia ). The themes
throughout the different examples of text and pictures we have looked at all have key elements of the human condition. From Peanuts comics to “College...Adventure” they all convey differents point about the human condition. In Peanut’s Comics we see the element of faith, which relates to the emotionality of the human condition. Charlie struggles with wanting to believe that this is the time Lucy won’t move the ball, but she does it every time. Even though he seems crazy for thinking that she will change, he has faith that she will. That’s who Charlie is a person. His faith is apart of his human condition. And even though his faith is constantly challenged, he never abandons it. In the sculpture “ Construint” We see this young boy who is full of color(imagination) surrounded by black and white. This shows how in this dull black and white world, we as people are full of color. We are full of creativity, ideas, hopes and dreams. And even though the world may seem black and white, we as people are not. We are individuals with different views on life. These differences or “colors” contribute to our very own understanding of the human condition. The essay “College...Adventure” talks about the importance of college and how it is a unique experience and it encourages us to take risk.
College is a huge step in life, and is a huge risk in itself. Taking risk in life is how you expand yourself. If we never tried something new or challenged ourselves we would never grow as people. Which is another part of the human condition. Growth. If we aren’t growing we aren’t changing. And if we aren’t changing then nothing is improving. And we should always be trying to improve things. The human condition also talks about aspirations. Aspiring for something greater. “College...Adventure” talks about the same thing with taking risk. To achieve our goals or dreams in life we need to aspire and take risk. We shouldn't settle for just good enough. We should strive for the stars, but we are also only human. This goes into the aspect of mortality of the human condition. We are all human and unique in our own ways. Which means we all have our limitations. Hard work and risk are good, but we have to know our limits and which risk are worth taking. I will never be as fast as usain bolt, but that doesn’t mean I can’t become faster. Aspiration and morality go hand in
hand. In conclusion, the introduction unit is called “ Life Almost Straight?” because it is the starting ground for figuring out who we are as individuals and giving us a base off of which we will learn and grow throughout the year as we add to our own definition as to what the human condition is.