Today's discussion of "Notes from the Underground", by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, was very insightful. The reason for this being that it really opened my mind up to how insecure and image conscious we are. It really opened my eyes to the amount of validation we need. I was never conscious of my needing this but ever since we started discussing this novel, I have become more aware of it. I think that the metaphorical wall perfectly exemplifies this need. The necessity to get your point across without really doing anything huge is ever present. We do not want to make a scene and seem weird but we still want to stand up for ourselves. Any way to use this wall is acceptable in human nature.
Another aspect of today's discussion that peaked my interest was the element concerning how we define everything around us. Math and counting are both taught to us yet we are not one hundred percent sure of their validity. People who define everything in their world through science and mathematics would never understand this. However, for me, it was very different and interesting to hear.
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