The World Is Too Much With Us By William Wordsworth
After reading "The World Is Too Much With Us” by William Wordsworth there are a multitude of themes that strike me as relevant to our current society. Themes of modernization, isolationism and sadness open up a dialog to the human condition. The speaker takes a stance that demonstrates that the world has many beautiful qualities, but because we have become too distracted, too numb, we simply do not appreciate those qualities. Our society is so immersed in the materialistic world that we forget to respect and cherish the beautiful world of nature around us. The speaker sees the connection that society have with the materialistic world and how our connection and gratitude to the Earth has dwindled. Humanity as a whole should admire even the little
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When you realize the world around you, is not a construct that you align with, it weighs on you and brings you down to a depressive state. Wordsworth discusses a feeling of isolationism, stating that he would either rather be around for a simpler time or find a way to be alone. I align with this on a personal level because I feel that it is incredibly hard to be in a society where you don’t agree with the disrespect to the Earth, and the lack of gratitude we show to it. Most of the world simply dumps garbage onto our earth, “littering” is only a mild offense. Society then chooses to neglect that the hot, toxic asphalt that we dump onto the once luscious green of the Earth, is the biggest form of littering. Our heads are turned when we chop down trees to use for paper that we ultimately waste anyway and ruining the habitats of many animals. “Going green” is just an attempt to make us feel slightly better about destroying the Earth, while hardly contributing to the preservation of it. The average person will only care about the Earth when we realize that we can not eat money and by that point it will be way too late to salvage anything. The new generation only cherishes this Earth when they can take a photo of it, or if they just brag about where they are via Facebook. Society as a whole should become one with humanity, instead of fueling the fake charities with money, and allowing children and families to suffer and
When you realize the world around you, is not a construct that you align with, it weighs on you and brings you down to a depressive state. Wordsworth discusses a feeling of isolationism, stating that he would either rather be around for a simpler time or find a way to be alone. I align with this on a personal level because I feel that it is incredibly hard to be in a society where you don’t agree with the disrespect to the Earth, and the lack of gratitude we show to it. Most of the world simply dumps garbage onto our earth, “littering” is only a mild offense. Society then chooses to neglect that the hot, toxic asphalt that we dump onto the once luscious green of the Earth, is the biggest form of littering. Our heads are turned when we chop down trees to use for paper that we ultimately waste anyway and ruining the habitats of many animals. “Going green” is just an attempt to make us feel slightly better about destroying the Earth, while hardly contributing to the preservation of it. The average person will only care about the Earth when we realize that we can not eat money and by that point it will be way too late to salvage anything. The new generation only cherishes this Earth when they can take a photo of it, or if they just brag about where they are via Facebook. Society as a whole should become one with humanity, instead of fueling the fake charities with money, and allowing children and families to suffer and