The Human Condition

In the past few weeks, our class has discussed the topic of the human condition. The dictionary definition of the human condition is “the positive and negative aspects of existence as a human being, esp. the inevitable events such as birth, childhood, adolescence, love sex, reproduction, aging and death.” (dictionary.com) My definition of the human condition, is similar to this, but also how everyone is different, and all have a different views, and everyone is different in their own way. A quote by Linda Thompson connects to my philosophy states: “Being transgender, like being gay, tall short, white black, male, or female is another part of the human condition that makes each individual unique, and something over which we have no control.
Everyone has a different philosophy on life, and everyone has a dark side of some sort. A genre we have explored is the Southern Grotesque which “expresses fear, not death but the fear of life… both the embodiment as well as resistance.” (Bakhtin and McCullers 3) The fear of life can be seen every day in the United States, as when you turn on the news, there is always some news about a terror attack, or a brutal accident. In the story A Good Man Is Hard To Find by Flannery O’Connor displays this dark side. The beginning seems to be a normal family heading to a vacation in Florida, but after various events, it leads to the death of the family due to the misfit. The darkside in this is the grandmother, is very manipulative, and does not want to admit she is wrong, even though she knew what they were searching for was in a different state. As a society, we do not like to admit we are wrong, and we try our best to manipulate others into thinking how we want to, and even though we are wrong, we want to admit we are right and it leads to these chains of lies, which will eventually get to you and create a slippery slope of uncertain