Life & Change in the 20th Cent
Life in the Twentieth Century is Characterized by Changing Patterns of Choice The above statement is, indubitably, true. Life is based upon an individual’s choices; upon their concept of the world. Beginning with the time of birth to the time of death, everyone spends every minute in life making a choice about one thing or another. One could imagine life as a long, winding road with infinite roads branching off in infinite directions. Robert Frost wrote in The Road Not Taken, 'I took the one less travelled by. And that has made all the difference.' Allen Jesson described it best in his poem Change, saying 'When the world is changing, why should people say the same?' He depicts life as a wave we can not possibly hope to stop. We must learn to go with the flow because 'those who won't move forward, will perish and are surely doomed.' Sure, we may get hurt along the way, but, if we do not continually strive towards perfection, we may as well lay ourselves in the ground. Through greater knowledge and understanding of our world, its people and how it works, people's perceptions have changed. We have moved away from the predominant 'herd mentality', brought about by the subjugation and manipulation of government and religious gro
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