Existentialism by Elysium Hosack https://padlet.com/TheLittleDoctor/lit_per7 en-us 2022-10-24 17:39:45 UTC 2023-01-20 09:55:39 UTC hello@padlet.com TheLittleDoctor https://padlet.com/TheLittleDoctor/lit_per7/wish/2362608535 2022-10-31 02:45:32 UTC https://padlet.com/TheLittleDoctor/lit_per7/wish/2362608535 We create our own meaning in life TheLittleDoctor https://padlet.com/TheLittleDoctor/lit_per7/wish/2365268459 People are not created with any specific kind of meaning to their existence. As we grow, we are to determine such meaning for ourselves.]]> 2022-11-01 16:51:35 UTC https://padlet.com/TheLittleDoctor/lit_per7/wish/2365268459 We are free to make our own choices TheLittleDoctor https://padlet.com/TheLittleDoctor/lit_per7/wish/2365275893 People have the freedom of choice, which inherently requires them to take full personal responsibility for their actions. There is no omnipotent being guiding us or watching over us.]]> 2022-11-01 16:55:50 UTC https://padlet.com/TheLittleDoctor/lit_per7/wish/2365275893 We try to make rational decisions in an irrational world TheLittleDoctor https://padlet.com/TheLittleDoctor/lit_per7/wish/2365277926 The universe and the environment around us does not inherently possess any meaning or have any reason, but we assign reason to the decisions we make nonetheless. We may ultimately be alone in the universe.]]> 2022-11-01 16:57:04 UTC https://padlet.com/TheLittleDoctor/lit_per7/wish/2365277926 No rational god would have allowed this to happen TheLittleDoctor https://padlet.com/TheLittleDoctor/lit_per7/wish/2446220012 "There is no god and we are his prophets" (McCarthy 170).
The horrific actions of many of the people left stands as a testament to the fact that there is rational god pulling the strings. If there were, it would be inconceivable that they should allow such things to happen among their people.
"Where men can't live gods fare no better" (172).]]> 2023-01-17 02:07:52 UTC https://padlet.com/TheLittleDoctor/lit_per7/wish/2446220012 Message in a Bottle TheLittleDoctor https://padlet.com/TheLittleDoctor/lit_per7/wish/2450550403 "Just a castaway, an island lost at sea, oh
Another lonely day with no one here but me, oh
More loneliness than any man could bear
Rescue me before I fall into despair, oh"

"A year has passed since I wrote my note
I should have known this right from the start"

The narrator has come to the conclusion that we may be completely cut off from the universe. Even trying to reach out, find their place in the universe, they come up empty.

"Seems I’m not alone at being alone"

The narrator also finds togetherness in our collective solitude. We're all alone, but together]]> 2023-01-20 01:28:50 UTC https://padlet.com/TheLittleDoctor/lit_per7/wish/2450550403 The Road Not Taken TheLittleDoctor https://padlet.com/TheLittleDoctor/lit_per7/wish/2450566845 "I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."

Though not Frost's intended meaning, the decisions the narrator is required to make are their own responsibility and have a real impact on their journey along their own road. These choices seem inconsequential, but very well might put you on a completely different path.
]]> 2023-01-20 01:55:38 UTC https://padlet.com/TheLittleDoctor/lit_per7/wish/2450566845 Rather than wander aimlessly, they find meaning TheLittleDoctor https://padlet.com/TheLittleDoctor/lit_per7/wish/2450852307 With not much hope on the road, it seems like it would be easy to lose one's way emotionally; however, the man has discovered his purpose in life is to 'carry the fire,' and try to maintain humanity while the rest of the world seems to have lost it. ]]> 2023-01-20 09:41:02 UTC https://padlet.com/TheLittleDoctor/lit_per7/wish/2450852307 Human beings have immense potential TheLittleDoctor https://padlet.com/TheLittleDoctor/lit_per7/wish/2450855143 We have the capacity for creativity and critical thinking which makes us unique amid a universe which is otherwise random and unrestrained.]]> 2023-01-20 09:44:11 UTC https://padlet.com/TheLittleDoctor/lit_per7/wish/2450855143 Often, we find meaning contradictory to this idea TheLittleDoctor https://padlet.com/TheLittleDoctor/lit_per7/wish/2450856856 For as long as humans have existed, we've sought meaning in the world which has often tried to justify or explain life as it is in a way which is truly irrational, but not entirely unbelievable ]]> 2023-01-20 09:46:06 UTC https://padlet.com/TheLittleDoctor/lit_per7/wish/2450856856 Free choice is stifled by commitment to meaningless concepts TheLittleDoctor https://padlet.com/TheLittleDoctor/lit_per7/wish/2450859188 If life is what we make of it, then there's no good reason why humans should task ourselves with mundane work which does not require the human condition to express or develop (looking at you, desk jobs)]]> 2023-01-20 09:48:32 UTC https://padlet.com/TheLittleDoctor/lit_per7/wish/2450859188 Because we create our own meaning, this "Road" is not everyone's road TheLittleDoctor https://padlet.com/TheLittleDoctor/lit_per7/wish/2450862448 While I personally believe every word of what I have written here, it is not inconceivable that other people may disagree or view these topics differently. My interpretation of the world around me is this, but others may find entirely different meaning from the very same things.]]> 2023-01-20 09:52:26 UTC https://padlet.com/TheLittleDoctor/lit_per7/wish/2450862448 My "Road" TheLittleDoctor https://padlet.com/TheLittleDoctor/lit_per7/wish/2450862822 2023-01-20 09:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/TheLittleDoctor/lit_per7/wish/2450862822