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Post by Makky K on Feb 6, 2014 2:14:41 GMT
What does it mean to know?
There is no definite knowledge. We see only what our limited and sometimes hallucinatory mind can perceive. My mother could be a figment of my imagination, a hallucination when I see her and my nerves malfunctioning when I touch her, and I wouldn't know. We like to say we know things when we observe them the same way on multiple occasions because it is reasonable to make the assumption that they are true. If a claim is made that something occurred, the more of our assumptions it contradicts, the less likely we are to believe it. If the claim is only slightly contradictory to our prior assumptions, we reassess them.
An accurate definition of knowing would be "an assumption made based on reliable observations".
Mrs. Schachter was convinced that she knew there was a fire. Her malfunctioning brain perceived that there was one and she assumed that it wasn't malfunctioning. She warned the others loudly because she thought they were in danger. Had she been thinking rationally, she would have understood that since no one else saw the fire, it must be a hallucination, which would have been reasonable given her lack of nutrition.
I am convinced that pencils exist because I have seen and touched them on multiple occasions. While there will always be a possibility that I have merely imagined them all this time, no matter how slim, I have enough evidence for their existence that I can safely assume they are real.
What does it mean to believe?
Belief is nearly identical to knowledge. If I believe something to be true, it is because I have sufficient evidence and have made an assumption. We use the word "belief" to describe assumptions people make when they acknowledge that the observations they've used may not be convincing to everyone else. When we're discussing what we call beliefs, we accept that other people may not agree with us because they've processed the information we've used differently or have been presented with different information.
The word "beliefs" can also be applied to moral opinions or personal values. According to most people, it's morally wrong to hurt or kill something with a nervous system. However, there is no way to "prove" that it is wrong- it is still an opinion. Since it is a very popular opinion, laws are made regarding it.
Religion is an example of belief. While some people’s way of processing information has led them to think a god exists, others do not, and most people accept these differences.
The people present in the book heavily value their families and believe that they are important- Elie makes drastic effort to make sure he and his father aren't separated.
What does it mean to be "mad" (crazy)?
We call someone irrational or crazy when their perceptions differ drastically from the majority of people. Since they're not understanding the world as we're convinced it is, we assume there's something wrong with them. Madness is the inability to experience the world as it is.
Disorders like schizophrenia or paranoia are categorized as illnesses because those who experience them are perceiving the world as no one but them sees it- whether what they think is true is a hallucinated character or a feeling of being unsafe.
Mrs. Schachter’s behavior was considered crazy because she was experiencing something that no one else could sense.
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Post by Makky K on Feb 6, 2014 2:19:11 GMT
The difference between knowing madness and belief is that if you believe something you don't have facts but you aren't crazy about it and its not proven wrong. If you are mad you are crazy about something that is proven wrong. In the book the book Mrs. Schachter was mad because she was thought that there was a fire outside the cattle cars window and it was proven that there was none when everyone else in the cattle car saw that there was no fire. Knowing belief is shown when everyone on the cattle cars still thought that they might be going to a better place but no one knew for sure if it the place that they were going was going to be good or bad. Knowing belief is when someone says when they are 3 that 5+5=11 they believe that but it becomes mad when someone that is 10 still believes that 5+5=11. I like how your explanation can be summed up into "knowledge is in things that have been proven correct, belief is in things that haven't been proven incorrect, and madness is belief in things that have been proven incorrect". That's a nice way to look at it. |
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Post by Grace M on Feb 6, 2014 2:20:25 GMT
Knowing
When you are 100% certain that something is true. This is like knowing that tomorrow will be Tuesday. "Yes, I did see this, with my own eyes...children thrown into the flames. He knows for certain that they actually are killing people in these camps.
Belief
This is when you think something will happen, but not everyone thinks so. this is like believing that I will get a new phone for Christmas.
"Here, you must work. If you don't you will go straight to the chimney." They have no evidence to back this up, so they just believe it and trust who told them.
Madness
When you believe something so much that it controls your life and you go crazy, like believing that it will snow in July. "Jews, look! Look at the fire!Look at the flames!"She believed this so much and had to tell them, even after they started to beat her.
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Post by Matthew S on Feb 6, 2014 2:37:19 GMT
To know means that you understand teh facts of the situtation, but you may not acknowledge or have faith in these facts/knowledge. This is when someone is in denial; they understand the situation, but can't accept the reality for what it is. Good clarification that knowing and accepting are two different things. HoffmanQuote: "So many events had taken place in just a few hours that I had completeley lost all track of time...Surley it was a dream." Here, Elie knows that the time since leaving the ghetto and arriving at the concentration camp has been incredibly short, but he can't even believe that he is in the concentration camp, even though that is the reality around him. Real World Example: In the Real World, an example of this denial is in the 5-Stages of Grief, which ususally applies to death. During the 5-stages of Grief, people go through stages such as anger, bargaining, denial, depression, and eventually acceptance. During the stages before acceptance, the person going through the grief is essentially in denial about the thing they are grieving for. To believe something is to completley accept or understand it, even if there is no factual proof that it exsists. This can go hand in hand with knowing, as you may *know* that one thing does not exsist, but you still *believe* that it does. Also, like here the idea that belief does require acceptance. HoffmanQuote: "Freed from the barbers' clutches, we began to wander about the crowd, finding friends, acquaintences. Every encounter filled us with joy-yes, joy: Thank God! You are still alive!" Here we can see that Elie and the people around him still have hope; they still believe that in the end thing will be ok, or that there is still hope, when by many definitions there is none. Around them, the reality tells them there is no hope, and yet they still believe that there is. Real World Example: In the real world, the best example of this is religion. In religion, one will believe that something is true; whether it be a God or Gods, a single belief or rule, and even though there may not be any factual evidence to support these beliefs or to disporve them, the followers of these beliefs still hold them to be true. In essence, they believe regardless of what the reality may or may not be, and make their To be mad or crazy can be thought of in two ways: either a form of belief beyond just believing, or simply a mental illness. In terms of belief beyond belief, this is because someone who is crazy can take what the belief, while totally disregarding reality, What is reality in this case? Hoffman and transforming what they percieve in reality into what they belive. In terms of a mental illness, this takes the form of an illness such as Schizophrenia, in which reality becomes distorted for someone with it. Good Relation between Madame and Schizophrenia. I agree. Quote: "'Fire! I see a fire!'...'It;s nothing, Mother! There's nothing there...'" Here, we see that the Madame truly and firmly believes, and probably percieves, that there is a fire of some sort, regardless of what reality or anyone else says. Real World Example: Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a mental disorder in which it is hard or impossible at times to tell between what is real and not real; this is due to very powerful hallucinations. This is a good example of what being "Crazy" or "Mad" can be; even if the person is a genius, if they have a mental disorder such as this, they can't even tell what the actual facts are, and so their "world" is shaped by their hallucinations *and* reality at once. |
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Post by Matthew S on Feb 6, 2014 2:38:50 GMT
To know means that you understand teh facts of the situtation, but you may not acknowledge or have faith in these facts/knowledge. This is when someone is in denial; they understand the situation, but can't accept the reality for what it is. Good clarification that knowing and accepting are two different things. HoffmanQuote: "So many events had taken place in just a few hours that I had completeley lost all track of time...Surley it was a dream." Here, Elie knows that the time since leaving the ghetto and arriving at the concentration camp has been incredibly short, but he can't even believe that he is in the concentration camp, even though that is the reality around him. Real World Example: In the Real World, an example of this denial is in the 5-Stages of Grief, which ususally applies to death. During the 5-stages of Grief, people go through stages such as anger, bargaining, denial, depression, and eventually acceptance. During the stages before acceptance, the person going through the grief is essentially in denial about the thing they are grieving for. To believe something is to completley accept or understand it, even if there is no factual proof that it exsists. This can go hand in hand with knowing, as you may *know* that one thing does not exsist, but you still *believe* that it does. Also, like here the idea that belief does require acceptance. HoffmanQuote: "Freed from the barbers' clutches, we began to wander about the crowd, finding friends, acquaintences. Every encounter filled us with joy-yes, joy: Thank God! You are still alive!" Here we can see that Elie and the people around him still have hope; they still believe that in the end thing will be ok, or that there is still hope, when by many definitions there is none. Around them, the reality tells them there is no hope, and yet they still believe that there is. Real World Example: In the real world, the best example of this is religion. In religion, one will believe that something is true; whether it be a God or Gods, a single belief or rule, and even though there may not be any factual evidence to support these beliefs or to disporve them, the followers of these beliefs still hold them to be true. In essence, they believe regardless of what the reality may or may not be, and make their To be mad or crazy can be thought of in two ways: either a form of belief beyond just believing, or simply a mental illness. In terms of belief beyond belief, this is because someone who is crazy can take what the belief, while totally disregarding reality, What is reality in this case? Hoffman and transforming what they percieve in reality into what they belive. In terms of a mental illness, this takes the form of an illness such as Schizophrenia, in which reality becomes distorted for someone with it. Good Relation between Madame and Schizophrenia. I agree. Quote: "'Fire! I see a fire!'...'It;s nothing, Mother! There's nothing there...'" Here, we see that the Madame truly and firmly believes, and probably percieves, that there is a fire of some sort, regardless of what reality or anyone else says. Real World Example: Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a mental disorder in which it is hard or impossible at times to tell between what is real and not real; this is due to very powerful hallucinations. This is a good example of what being "Crazy" or "Mad" can be; even if the person is a genius, if they have a mental disorder such as this, they can't even tell what the actual facts are, and so their "world" is shaped by their hallucinations *and* reality at once. |
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Post by Maddee B. on Feb 6, 2014 2:39:02 GMT
Knowing, believing, and madness are all alike in the sense that they are three ways to interpret a situation.
To know is to understand something as the truth. Whether you go into depth on this or not is an individual choice. Knowing is based on facts and information, unlike the other two. It could also mean to know of something from experience, it would not be wise to trust the experience of others in certain situations until you know it is proven to be true, or unless the source is credible.
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"In the morning black coffee. At noon soup, (By the third day I was eating any kind of soup hungrily.) At six p.m., roll call. Then bread and something. At nine o' clock bed."
Elie had experienced these events on hand as well as the others. This routine allows the prisoners to know what events would most likely occur during that day. It could potentially change because of any different "activities" soldiers had planned for them.
Real World Example:
An example of knowing in the real world would be evidence that the Holocaust happened and caused a large amount of damage on the Jewish culture.
Believing:
Believing is thinking something to be true without facts. Believing is also something humans do when they need to rely on a being greater than themselves. Some can be proven correct or incorrect. It gives them a sense of hope that may not be in the current environment they are in. Anyone can believe whatever opinion they want.
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"How I sympathized with Job! I did not deny God's existence, but I doubted His absolute justice."
Here Elie still has his belief in God, but is starting to believe that because of the things that are happening to him, God is not looking out for him.
Real World Example:
I have my own belief in God, and so do many other religions. Some may be monotheistic or polytheistic. Depending on the subject there may not be very factual evidence that it occurred, but I still have my belief without these facts because I know it in my heart.
Madness:
Madness is a state of mind where illusion is slipping or life itself is changing rapidly. Being mad is seeing something from a different point of view than others. This can be meant mentally or emotionally. Someone could have a mental disorder or an indifferent feeling towards something. (this is explained more in the real world example.)
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"Look! Look at it! Fire! A terrible fire! Mercy! Oh, that fire!"
Madame Schachter was mentally ill, possibly suffering from diseases like Schizophrenia or Verbal Dysdecorum, where a person is unable to shut off the "filter" and cannot stop saying whatever they think. Others on the train did not see the fire until it actually appeared at Auschwitz, making her seem delirious.
Real World Example:
Brain diseases commonly known like Schizophrenia and Alzheimer's have had many patients experiencing illusions and out of world like experiences. Madness, I believe, can also be associated with harsh behaviors towards others who did nothing to harm you. Like Hitler when he committed genocide against the Jews or 9/11.
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Post by Matthew S on Feb 6, 2014 2:40:26 GMT
To know means that you understand teh facts of the situtation, but you may not acknowledge or have faith in these facts/knowledge. This is when someone is in denial; they understand the situation, but can't accept the reality for what it is. Good clarification that knowing and accepting are two different things. HoffmanQuote: "So many events had taken place in just a few hours that I had completeley lost all track of time...Surley it was a dream." Here, Elie knows that the time since leaving the ghetto and arriving at the concentration camp has been incredibly short, but he can't even believe that he is in the concentration camp, even though that is the reality around him. Real World Example: In the Real World, an example of this denial is in the 5-Stages of Grief, which ususally applies to death. During the 5-stages of Grief, people go through stages such as anger, bargaining, denial, depression, and eventually acceptance. During the stages before acceptance, the person going through the grief is essentially in denial about the thing they are grieving for. To believe something is to completley accept or understand it, even if there is no factual proof that it exsists. This can go hand in hand with knowing, as you may *know* that one thing does not exsist, but you still *believe* that it does. Also, like here the idea that belief does require acceptance. HoffmanQuote: "Freed from the barbers' clutches, we began to wander about the crowd, finding friends, acquaintences. Every encounter filled us with joy-yes, joy: Thank God! You are still alive!" Here we can see that Elie and the people around him still have hope; they still believe that in the end thing will be ok, or that there is still hope, when by many definitions there is none. Around them, the reality tells them there is no hope, and yet they still believe that there is. Real World Example: In the real world, the best example of this is religion. In religion, one will believe that something is true; whether it be a God or Gods, a single belief or rule, and even though there may not be any factual evidence to support these beliefs or to disporve them, the followers of these beliefs still hold them to be true. In essence, they believe regardless of what the reality may or may not be, and make their To be mad or crazy can be thought of in two ways: either a form of belief beyond just believing, or simply a mental illness. In terms of belief beyond belief, this is because someone who is crazy can take what the belief, while totally disregarding reality, What is reality in this case? Hoffman and transforming what they percieve in reality into what they belive. In terms of a mental illness, this takes the form of an illness such as Schizophrenia, in which reality becomes distorted for someone with it. Good Relation between Madame and Schizophrenia. I agree. Quote: "'Fire! I see a fire!'...'It;s nothing, Mother! There's nothing there...'" Here, we see that the Madame truly and firmly believes, and probably percieves, that there is a fire of some sort, regardless of what reality or anyone else says. Real World Example: Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a mental disorder in which it is hard or impossible at times to tell between what is real and not real; this is due to very powerful hallucinations. This is a good example of what being "Crazy" or "Mad" can be; even if the person is a genius, if they have a mental disorder such as this, they can't even tell what the actual facts are, and so their "world" is shaped by their hallucinations *and* reality at once. |
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Post by Maddee B. on Feb 6, 2014 2:41:11 GMT
What does it mean to know?
There is no definite knowledge. We see only what our limited and sometimes hallucinatory mind can perceive. My mother could be a figment of my imagination, a hallucination when I see her and my nerves malfunctioning when I touch her, and I wouldn't know. We like to say we know things when we observe them the same way on multiple occasions because it is reasonable to make the assumption that they are true. If a claim is made that something occurred, the more of our assumptions it contradicts, the less likely we are to believe it. If the claim is only slightly contradictory to our prior assumptions, we reassess them.
An accurate definition of knowing would be "an assumption made based on reliable observations".
Mrs. Schachter was convinced that she knew there was a fire. Her malfunctioning brain perceived that there was one and she assumed that it wasn't malfunctioning. She warned the others loudly because she thought they were in danger. Had she been thinking rationally, she would have understood that since no one else saw the fire, it must be a hallucination, which would have been reasonable given her lack of nutrition.
I am convinced that pencils exist because I have seen and touched them on multiple occasions. While there will always be a possibility that I have merely imagined them all this time, no matter how slim, I have enough evidence for their existence that I can safely assume they are real.
What does it mean to believe?
Belief is nearly identical to knowledge. If I believe something to be true, it is because I have sufficient evidence and have made an assumption. We use the word "belief" to describe assumptions people make when they acknowledge that the observations they've used may not be convincing to everyone else. When we're discussing what we call beliefs, we accept that other people may not agree with us because they've processed the information we've used differently or have been presented with different information.
The word "beliefs" can also be applied to moral opinions or personal values. According to most people, it's morally wrong to hurt or kill something with a nervous system. However, there is no way to "prove" that it is wrong- it is still an opinion. Since it is a very popular opinion, laws are made regarding it.
Religion is an example of belief. While some people’s way of processing information has led them to think a god exists, others do not, and most people accept these differences.
The people present in the book heavily value their families and believe that they are important- Elie makes drastic effort to make sure he and his father aren't separated.
What does it mean to be "mad" (crazy)?
We call someone irrational or crazy when their perceptions differ drastically from the majority of people. Since they're not understanding the world as we're convinced it is, we assume there's something wrong with them. Madness is the inability to experience the world as it is.
Disorders like schizophrenia or paranoia are categorized as illnesses because those who experience them are perceiving the world as no one but them sees it- whether what they think is true is a hallucinated character or a feeling of being unsafe.
I really liked how you summed out your thoughts on knowledge and how there can be no definite knowledge.
Mrs. Schachter’s behavior was considered crazy because she was experiencing something that no one else could sense.
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Post by Sahit M. on Feb 6, 2014 3:20:19 GMT
To know something means that you can recall it from time to time. To know something you must first understand it & the situation you are in. Depending on the situation you’re in you will learn & forget or it will be a scar in your memory & you will always remember it. Your mind will accept most things to be real but for the most disturbing things your mind will try not to think of it as being real. It will also try & forget it quickly so you don't know about it anymore.
"Babies Yes, I did see this, with my own eyes . . . children thrown into flames.( Is it any wonder that ever since then, sleep tends to elude me?) SO that was where we were going. A little farther on, there was another, larger pit for adults. I pinched myself: Was I still alive? Was I awake? How was it possible that men, women & children were being burned & that the world kept silent? No. All this could not be real. A nightmare perhaps . . . Soon I would wake up with a start, my heart pounding, & find that I was back in the room of my childhood, with my books . . ."
Even today many people have heard stories about the Holocaust but they are not accepting it because their minds are not accepting the fact that one could do such a thing to mankind.
To believe means that you understand & you think it is real.
Elie kept believing that the babies were dead but he knew that they were alive. A lot of people believe in things like kids most little kids believe in monsters & ghost.
To go mad mean to do things people would not normally do. Night For example, in Night, Mrs. Schachter says that she sees a fire, "Look! Look at this fire! This terrible fire! Have mercy on me!" then a lot of people look outside & saw no fire so they think she is mad. She did this 2 or 3 times so they thought she was crazy(mad) afterwards.
For a real world Example many people are born with defects that make them mentally unstable or mad but people can also become mad if they go through very extreme things like Mrs. Schachter she lost her sons but only had 1 son with her. She knew she was never seeing them again so she probably went crazy.
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Post by Billy W on Feb 6, 2014 3:20:45 GMT
Knowing When you are 100% certain that something is true. This is like knowing that tomorrow will be Tuesday. "Yes, I did see this, with my own eyes...children thrown into the flames. He knows for certain that they actually are killing people in these camps. Belief This is when you think something will happen, but not everyone thinks so. this is like believing that I will get a new phone for Christmas. "Here, you must work. If you don't you will go straight to the chimney." They have no evidence to back this up, so they just believe it and trust who told them. Madness When you believe something so much that it controls your life and you go crazy, like believing that it will snow in July. "Jews, look! Look at the fire!Look at the flames!"She believed this so much and had to tell them, even after they started to beat her. i think that you had very good quotes and real world connection. Also the definitions are very good, but not too long. Overall this response made me think when I read it. |
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Post by Sahit M. on Feb 6, 2014 3:25:12 GMT
I thought that was a very good well explained example. I did not know what Schizophrenia was until now.
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Post by Billy W on Feb 6, 2014 3:27:39 GMT
Knowing, believing, and madness are all alike in the sense that they are three ways to interpret a situation. To know is to understand something as the truth. Whether you go into depth on this or not is an individual choice. Knowing is based on facts and information, unlike the other two. It could also mean to know of something from experience, it would not be wise to trust the experience of others in certain situations until you know it is proven to be true, or unless the source is credible. Quote: "In the morning black coffee. At noon soup, (By the third day I was eating any kind of soup hungrily.) At six p.m., roll call. Then bread and something. At nine o' clock bed." Elie had experienced these events on hand as well as the others. This routine allows the prisoners to know what events would most likely occur during that day. It could potentially change because of any different "activities" soldiers had planned for them. Real World Example: An example of knowing in the real world would be evidence that the Holocaust happened and caused a large amount of damage on the Jewish culture. Believing: Believing is thinking something to be true without facts. Believing is also something humans do when they need to rely on a being greater than themselves. Some can be proven correct or incorrect. It gives them a sense of hope that may not be in the current environment they are in. Anyone can believe whatever opinion they want. Quote: "How I sympathized with Job! I did not deny God's existence, but I doubted His absolute justice." Here Elie still has his belief in God, but is starting to believe that because of the things that are happening to him, God is not looking out for him. Real World Example: I have my own belief in God, and so do many other religions. Some may be monotheistic or polytheistic. Depending on the subject there may not be very factual evidence that it occurred, but I still have my belief without these facts because I know it in my heart. Madness: Madness is a state of mind where illusion is slipping or life itself is changing rapidly. Being mad is seeing something from a different point of view than others. This can be meant mentally or emotionally. Someone could have a mental disorder or an indifferent feeling towards something. (this is explained more in the real world example.) Quote: "Look! Look at it! Fire! A terrible fire! Mercy! Oh, that fire!" Madame Schachter was mentally ill, possibly suffering from diseases like Schizophrenia or Verbal Dysdecorum, where a person is unable to shut off the "filter" and cannot stop saying whatever they think. Others on the train did not see the fire until it actually appeared at Auschwitz, making her seem delirious. Real World Example: Brain diseases commonly known like Schizophrenia and Alzheimer's have had many patients experiencing illusions and out of world like experiences. Madness, I believe, can also be associated with harsh behaviors towards others who did nothing to harm you. Like Hitler when he committed genocide against the Jews or 9/11. I really think that they whole response overall made me think. I liked how the examples were very specific. This brought a different extent of knowledge to the response. I also like the quotes. They were very good quotes from the book and you also explained them very well. I thought that this made me think more about the book. |
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Post by Koralys R. on Feb 6, 2014 12:18:48 GMT
What does it mean to know?:
Knowing something is when, however you react to it, you know that at the end of the day there could only be one answer. Knowing is having a full understanding of something, and knowing the outcome of the situation is certain. Knowing something is like math. No matter how much you want 1+1 to equal 11, it will always be 2. "After two days of travel, thirst became intolerable, as did the heat." Elie knows that if he and any of the others don't get something to eat or drink soon, they will not be strong enough to continue on and will die.
What does it mean to believe?:
Belief is based on hope. Believing something is not having any factual evidence, but going with what you feel. Believing is like the different stances on Gay Marriage. Nobody had any factual evidence that it is good or bad. You just have to go with what YOU think will benefit you, and that's final. "Jews, listen to me," she cried. "I see a fire! I see flames, huge flames!" Mrs. Schachter believed that she saw the flames, even though nobody else saw them.
What does madness mean?:
Madness is very much connected to belief. I think that madness goes with belief when your beliefs are taken away, or neglected, and you go crazy. Madness is when you forget about the facts and can only think about how you can no longer believe. This drives you mad. It's like when people are told they have a disease that i certain to end in premature death. The people who have strong beliefs will not go mad. But the people who do not have anything or anyone spiritually or emotionally will fall into depression and that may lead to depression. When all the other Jews said "She's mad!" they believed that she could no longer think for herself because a mixture of fear and anger had taken over her body.
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Post by Chetan S on Feb 6, 2014 22:23:06 GMT
The difference between knowledge, belief, and madness is the evidence that you have to justify your actions that coincide with these conditions. If you know something or someone, you've heard of something or actually had hands-on experience with a situation. An example in the book would be when a Moishe (not Beadle) says, "Anti-Semitic acts take place every day, in the streets, on the trains. The fascists attack Jewish stores, synagogues." In this situation, people know that their property and their people are being attacked because there is proven evidence of the vents from the carnage left behind and the tales told by the ones who survived the experience. In the real world, we see this with the evidence we have of 9/11. There is a museum, memorial, and article of what had happened that day. We also have people that survived that day that can tell people what they know and since there is evidence, it is knowledge.
Beliefs are ideas or thoughts that something is true, existing, and can be justified. Beliefs can be true, but when that happens, beliefs are turned into knowledge. An example from the book would be, "One day I asked my father to find me a master who could guide me in my studies of Kabbalah. Ellie believes that he can become a master in his religion and he has the idea that he should study his religion (which is another belief). A real world example would be Hinduism. The belief is that there is a kind of heaven that someone reaches if they truly devote themselves to god. This belief makes people follow religious paths, and since they have the belief, they can justify why they do it.
Madness is an escape from reality in which someone fantasizes events or actions to try and cope with the events they are dealing with. The most prominent example in the book is when Mrs.Schachter yells, "Fire! I see a fire!" She knows that fire is the reason her husband dies, so as she grieves, she imagines the fire.
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Post by Sierra B on Feb 7, 2014 2:33:19 GMT
Believing: When you believe in something, it is the exact opposite from 'knowing' something. Everyone believes in different things, and what they believe in, they think that theyare right, but it doesn't matter who is right because it is your belieifs and it is something that can't really be proved wrong. You don't need lots of evidence, it is just a simple belief what defines kind of who you are. In her definition of beiliving it is stating that you can have faith and know that something is true but you could also not 100% belive in the statement and what the infromation says. |
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