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Truth:

What is the "truth" of mythology?

Mythology reveals many truths about humanity and culture. When people write stories, they use their surroundings, the people they know, and the way they live for ideas. So these myths that were "written" by people are somehow based off of how they lived like an Australian myth might have kangaroos in it because kangaroos live in Australia. The people who wrote it write based off of their culture. The myths reflect who the people really are. Writing shows so many truths about the writer it’s ridiculous. Myths can also show truths about humanity when stories teach good morals and values. "The Odyssey" taught good lessons like staying faithful to ones country and family. Myths are also sometimes told for entertainment. They are stories and like all good stories they are entertaining and interesting. It was a pass time for many people to listen to these stories. The truth about the culture of the people telling the myth comes out in stories like The Odyssey when people pick up random strangers and party with them for a year. That was apparently common in ancient Greece which is completely opposite of the United states. These are the truths that mythology tells about humanity and culture.

What is the "truth" of fear?

Fear is a crippling emotion. Fear is just an emotion though. An emotion that can leave you litteraly paralized. The emotion of fear is almost too strong for our own good. The boys in Lord of the Flies had no reason to have fear, but they had so much fear that their whole exsitence was run by it. They were scared of something that didn't even exist and they were at some points paralzed because of fear of the unknown. Fear is a pointless emotion, all it does is cripple in times of crisis. In the recent movie "300" there is a quote that is something like: We dont have fear, just a hightned sense of things. Fear hurts people's ability to "perform" when they most need to perform. The Spartans idea was better then are stupid idea of fear. If a buglar breaks into your house most people freeze up because they are overcome with fear. If that same person jsut got a hightened sense of things he might of been able to fend the burglar off. In Lord of the Flies the boys are scared to do anything for a while about the beast, because they are so overcome with fear. Fear is not worth our energy at all. Fear is just a crippling emotion in times of danger.

Truth project: I have recently been reserching Respect and I have found out about the three diffrent kinds of respect. It is very interesting, I am planning on presenting my project as a powerpoint. I am taking notes in an insperation format. I will describe the three kinds of respect and answer my 3 main questions: What is respect?, What do we Respect?, Why do we Respect?. The question of why do we Respect is what I am currently having trouble with.