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Question

I'm going into honors english for 10th grade. I've never been in advanced english before so this is a little new to me... I have to read a few books that I already read over summer and by the time I get back at school I'll have to be able to answer these questions:

1• Does life reflect literature or does literature reflect life?

2• Is technology a blessing or a curse?

3• Should the needs of the group outweigh the needs of the individual?

4• Is social class a man-made phenomena or inherent within man?

5• Which is more powerful: love of country or love of self?

6• What is justice?

I don't understand what questions 1, 3, & 6 are asking. I'm not telling you to do my work for me event though there isn't anything to do (yet.) But I simply don't understand those questions. Thank you all.

Answer 1

1 - this isn't a right or wrong question. Basically, just reflect on the ways that life reflects literature, and that literature reflects life in your experience.  If you feel that it only goes one way, that that's ok too. Just support your choice with examples.

2 - again consider both sides and make a decision based on the evidence.

3 - ahhh.. a great question. These questions are very philosophical! This a great one to reflect upon. Think about group needs in the world vs. individual needs. Does one seem to outweigh the other? Why?

4 - This one seems pretty easy, especially once you find examples.

5 - This is similar to number three.

6 - A broad question! I would look up the dictionary meaning and then extrapolate with your views on what it means in day to day life.

Good luck! :)

Answer 2

1 asks if literature is based on life or vice verse

3 asks if an individuals need are more important than a groups

6 asks for your definition of justice

Answer 3

Question one, if I understand it, is asking if life has a greater influence on literature or if literature has a greater effect on life.  I think you can argue both ways, so whichever way you feel is strongest is the way you should go.  Make sure to use examples of how literature effects life or vice-versa.

Question three is asking if the rights of society are more important than an individual's rights, or if an individual's rights are more important than the rights society claims.  Again, I don't think you can make a wrong argument as long as you back up your assertion.

Question six is really general, which makes it tougher.  If you look at our society, you see that we have a set of laws enforced by our government as well as general rules decreed by society (such as responding when someone greets you, leaving a tip for good service, etc.)  When one of these laws or rules are violated, there is usually a negative consequence.  If you break a law, you could be at the mercy of the US justice system.  If you continually break a societal rule, you may not be well thought of, or people might think of you as rude.  In both cases, some form of justice is implemented.  Hope that's food for thought, and I hope this was helpful to you!

Answer 4

literature reflects life. what goes on at that certain period can be seen in literature.

in some ways its a blessing, but in others a curse. we are pretty advanced (the world) its about time we concentrate on humanity

the needs of an individual are just as important as the needs of a group

it is man made. those who feel they are higher seperate themselves and try to rule those below

love of country (in my opinion)

justice is correcting what has been wronged

Answer 5

1. Literatures reflects lif. The happenings of day to day life are often the subjects of most literature works . Hence it reflects the culture and traditions at various times.

2. Technology is a blessing if used properly and wisely ;it may become a curse if it's used for the intention of causing harm to others, for gaining domain over countries,or if it's used carelessly.

3.The needs of a group should outweigh the needs of an individual, incases when one leads a society life & when the needs of the majority should be of concern impartially.

4.Sosial classes are indeed manmade and these shuld not affect one's approach to another person because all are children of the one &only one God.

5.Love of country is more powerful than love of self since the former is the feeling strong in each &every individual and that holds a nation together ;but at times the latter dominates and this is the root cause for terrorism.

6.Justice is the plea for the right and the war against evildoing

Answer 6

Questions 1, 3, and 6 eh?

Ok.  Let's see what my take on them is.

Question 1.  Does life reflect literature or vice versa.  There is a school of thought that if man can dream it, he can achieve it as if it were instinctual.  That if man can invent something in his mind that doesn't exist, he can then make it exist through continued work.  Jules Verne imagined man visiting the moon in his book, From Earth to the Moon, and it was turned into a french silent film, Le Voyage Dans La Lune in 1902... http://www.filmsite.org/voya.html ... and man first actually walked on the moon on July 20th, 1969, just over 100 years after Jules Verne published about visiting the moon.  This is clearly and undoubtedly a case of life reflecting literature.

Man imagined computers before there were computers.  Man imagined the car before there was the car.  Man imagined traveling across the ocean to find another continent or ocean trade route to the orient, before he actually did it.

Life reflecting literature can more easily be seen in older science fiction where man looked toward an unexplored future... and the older that science fiction, the more likely we have already explored that future.This doesn't mean that life has always been predicted in literature.  There is plenty of literature that has been written to reflect what was contemporary at the time.

Question 3.  Should the needs of the group outweigh the needs of the individual?  Again, this is a question that has no definite single answer.  This is because it all depends on the needs.  Man has proven time and time again that when they are given the freedom to do as they choose, some will choose to do things that are not good for the majority.  

Greed, for example.  If I believe that I need to take something that does not belong to me, this is considered theft.  The needs of the group say that people need to be protected from thieves, regardless of the reasons for theft.  Thus there are laws and punishments in place in modern society that deal with thieves, and the needs of the group become more important.

However, people need to be protected from a tyrannical government where they can be taken from their homes at any time, without just cause.  Thus there are laws in place (on paper) to protect the individual from actions such as these and regardless of whether or not someone thinks that the needs of the group dictate that a government should be able to curtail personal freedom, the rights of the individual are protected from actions such as this.  This is clearly a case where the needs of the individual are considered more important than the needs of the group.

In a dictatorship, the needs of the individual (the dictator) are considered more important than the needs of the group.  However, a dictator who rules based on what he believes is best for his people, has decided that the needs of the group outweigh what any one person (other than himself) might say.  He then sets these rules in place and enforces them.

So you see, as confusing at it might appear, there are cases where both individual needs and group needs are seen as having priority.

Question 6.  What is Justice?  Well, according to Wikipedia, "Justice is the concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, fairness and equity. A conception of justice is one of the key features of society. However, views of what constitutes justice vary from society to society and person to person."

Lots of words there.  Justice is the exercise of making what is right, from what is wrong.  The question then becomes What is right and wrong?  Where justice is concerned, a society decides what is right and wrong.  One society might decide that cutting the hand off a thief is justice.  Another society might decide that incarceration is right for a thief.  Yet another society might decide that reparation is right when stealing is concerned.  Still another society might believe that stealing is perfectly acceptable, if you can keep what you steal (think a society of pirates).  There is no Absolute Justice.

One might believe that religion provides an absolute justice.  It does not.  In the Old Testament, it is clearly expressed that a woman may not wear two different kinds of fabric on her body, without being stoned to death.  It was mandated that if a woman wore wool AND cotton at the same time, she was to be taken into a public place, and the township was to gather and pelt her with rocks until she was dead.  This was considered justice.  This brand of justice does not exist in the New Testament, offering proof that in Religion, Justice is fluid, and changing along with how societies grow and change.  There are countless other examples of this that one can find in the differences between the Old Testament and New Testament, when referencing Christianity.  

I hope this lengthy answer helps.