While reading the article by Ursula K. Le
Guin; Why Are Americans
Afraid Of
Dragons, I couldn't stop myself from agreeing with her beliefs.
Everything seemed
completely justifiable and correct upon
finishing the article. I
then slowly
started reflecting on some assertions she laid out in her text. I began
to realize how
she had overlooked some essential factors.
My deduction was that
she had made a
great error in expressing her opinions
making them appear as
facts. Her mistake was also in only showing her
negative opinions of men and
their
imagination.
Men or Americans
have no fear of the dragon. Americans
just don't have the time
for it. Men generally feel the obligation and the
responsibility of taking care of
the family's
financial needs. A good man is
preoccupied with his wife, his
children, his
work, his colleagues etc... So which form of entertainment should he
choose for his
busy day?
I sincerly hate to be rude but Ursula K. Le
Guin has to keep in mind that we live
in a mediatic
world. Among the many different forms of media including books,
radio, theatre
and television, writing is and has been proven to be the oldest and
the slowest. It is even considered sometimes the most boring form of home
entertainment. In only five hours, a telespectator can go
through about four
stories while
reading them would take on average four to six days. Because it
only takes a mere
couple of hours to view a film on television, one is left with
more time to take
care of greater responsibilities. Now,
you decide which media
is more
appropriate for your tight schedule.
It is true that
the American population doesn't read enough, but they do use their
imagination. To say that Americans do not use their
imagination would be saying
Americans
don't dream. Dreams are proven to be the fruit of
imagination simply
meaning that
without imagination there is no dream.
And without dreams what
would imagination
be?
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