Dylan's+Wisdom

My personal philosophy is to not get stressed out and worry about things that I can not change. If something is unknown or unusual to me, I will think about it but not let it consume me. I try to not get all worked up about it if there I dont have the power to change it. Just let it be and take it easy.
 * __Personal Philosophy:__**

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 * The Eagles- Take It Easy**

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 * The Beatles- Let It Be**


 * __How do people react to the unknown or abnormal?__**
 * Fear
 * Questioning
 * Denial

In all of the texts that we have read there has been an issue with the unknown or abnormal. People all seem to react through fear, questioning or denial. In every text that we have read the person who is going through an uncomfertable situation reacts in one of these ways.

-The towns folk cower at the name "Those of Which We Do Not Speak" -"Let the bad color not be seen, it attracts them." -"Never enter the woods for that is where they wait." -"...theywould be hastily swallowed up and lost." -"You are hanging a meer foot over the pit of hell and at any moment you can be cut loose." -"The devil stands ready to fall upon you."
 * 1.) Fear**

-**"So shalt though rest" Instead of fearing and thinking about the worst possible outcomes, rest and just know that it will all work itself out. Do not always think about the worst, somethimes just be at peace and know that it will all be okay.
 * Why Worry?

Do not bother trying to change what you have no control over.

media type="youtube" key="xACgZnt1wBo" width="425" height="350" Pink Floyd- Is there anybody out there. -" Why have they returned, we have done nothing wrong!" -"Why has this curse come upon our town?" -"Why do they wish to enter our town?" -"What do they want with us?" -"Can this be so?" ---This is the the big, overall question that at some point everyone asks.
 * 2.) Questioning**
 * Is there anybody out there???**

In //Anthem// by Ayn Rand, the people of the world are kept in the dark by being deprived of knowledge. Consicuently, the people responded by asking questions. They realized that they are being oppressed and this was strange to them. They began to question who they were, what they were doing and overall, **"WHY?"**. ---"Why" is the most important question. It reveals the purpose behind what is going on and gives what is going on a meaning. By asking the question "Why", it is answering so many more questions.

"Ignorence is bliss" If I dont think that it is happening....then maybe it will all go away.
 * 3.) Denial**

Bob Marley-"Three Little Birds"
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-**"No-no. There be no unnatural cause here" -"...It had not to do with witchcraft!" -"I have been good therefore it will not happen to me." -"My intentions are good and they will let me pass" -"Dont worry about a thing, cause everything'll be alright."

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This video shows that people react through fear, questioning, and denial. Questioning: -"Did I do something wrong?" -"I dont understand"

Denial: -"If I pretend it isn't happening...maybe it will go away." -"I'm sure Daddy didn't mean to do it" -"I's sure when he stops drinking, it will be all better."

This just sums up these ideas and puts them into a modern situation. Some of todays kids are being abused and they are reacting through fear, questioning and denial. They are terrified of their parents, they wonder why it is happening to them, and they think it will get better. Throughout all of the texts that we have read this semester, when someone is faced with an uncomfertable situation they question "who" or "why they got there, deny it or are afraid of it.

=Take everything easy and quit dreaming and brooding and you will be well guarded from a thousand evils= .**--Amy Lowell**

What she is saying is too eliminate the little things from our minds. She is saying to stop worrying and trying to come up with the worst possibe outcomes for every situation. If one stops worrying about the little things, life will become much more enjoyable.


 * __Works Cited__**

1.) Miller, Arthur. //The Crucible//. New York: Penguin, 1981.

2.) The VillageThe Village. Shyamalan, M. Night. Brody, Adrien. Phoenix, Joaquin. Howard, Bryce Dallas. Touchstone Films. 2004.

3.) Marquez, Gabriel Garcia. “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings.” //Leaf Storm//Leaf StormLeaf Storm. Ed. Marquez, Gabriel Garcia. 1954

4.) Jonathan Edwards, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God", Enfield, Connecticut, July 8, 1741

5.) YouTube. //Is There Anybody Out There.//Is There Anybody Out There.Is There Anybody Out There. 7, October, 2007. 

6.) Ostrich Picture. 7, October, 2007. 

7.) YouTube. //Three Little Birds.// Three Little Birds. 13, November, 2007. 

8.) Youtube. //Hell Is For Children.// Hell Is For Children. 13, November, 2007 

9.) Youtube. //Take It Easy.// Take It Easy. 7, December, 2007. 

10.) Youtube. //Let It Be.// Let It Be. 7, December, 2007. <[|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67J_66hdN-I>__]

11.) William Cullen Bryant. "Thanatopsis". Yale University. 1912

12.) Brainyquotes.com. //Take everyting easy.// Amy Lowell. 7, December, 2007. http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/amylowell119014.html>