Why Complain
The great majority of us are required to live a life of constant duplicity. Your health is bound to be affected if, day after day, you say the opposite of what you feel, if you grovel before what you dislike, and rejoice at what brings you nothing but misfortune. ~Boris PasternakDue MARCH 11th by 9pm
This quote explains the everyday life of any human being. We tend to do the complete opposite of what we should each day. Pasternak refers to us living a life of constant duplicity which means we act one way, but think another. This affects our health if we say one thing, but deep down want to say another. For instance, we always want to tell the opposite sex we like them, but once they ask we get shy and say no. Behavior like this and groveling before what we dislike or being afraid to speak our mind is affecting is each and every day. The last portion of the quote refers to being happy about something that brings nothing but sadness in your heart. We often mislead people into believeing we don't care, when in actuality we do. Deceiving others because you don't want to let them down, is a common thing.
ReplyDelete-*Desiree Williams ; Period 1 :)
This quote is saying talking about life and how we live it . We as people let things that arent important affects the duplicity of lives , our health... I also believe that this quote is saying that we are afraid to say what we feel or scared of what others may say.. I believe that silence is the worst thing ! Basically we should live our lives like its our last instead of worrying about ludicrous things. We act upon things that arent important.. and we forcefully push away the things we should be thinking about ....
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Period - 4
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The second quote says to me that many people have to live double lives. For example if someone asked you, "How are you feeling?", most people would say that they are fine, even though they are upset, mad, scared, ETC. People are rarely 100% honest about how they feel, what they like, and other things that are of importance, and this quote is saying that you are only hurting yourself when doing this, because you are requiring yourself to become someone else.
ReplyDelete- Eric Scott
- Period 2
Well I believe this quote is saying alot of things. Such as if you lie to yourself it might come true. Not always in a positive way so be true to yourself before anyone. Another thing this quote is saying is you shouldnt have to complain about the things you actually have. You should just be happy and enjoy it why you can or work to make it better. Plus not to be ashamed of it because that is still technically is lying to yourself. Thats what I believe this quote is saying.
ReplyDelete-Jordan Grady
-period 4
Reading this quote I kept wondering what the word duplicity meant.It means double-dealing hypocrisy. This quote means us as human beings tend not to do what we are supposed to do. We are fakers. We act like everything is alright, and we act like we like certain things when we know we don't. We sometimes do things that we don't want to do, to get to what we want. We force ourselves through the things we don't want to do, in hope if happiness when it's all over.
ReplyDelete-Niah Collins P.4
I believe this qoute means that if you just live your life for someone else than you are not living and that you will never find happiness and that your health will go bad if your liveing that way everyday feeling a different way than you act around others.
ReplyDeleteDaVon Brown
4th period
I believe this quote means that you should be yourself at all times and not try to be someone your not because you're only cheating yourself. Faking your life is a very disappointing path to go down because in the end, you're still unhappy with yourself. God has set a certain life for every human being on this Earth, and someone has the audacity to live another life that they believe is accurate? Not being who you are takes more work and energy than simply being yourself because it comes naturally. A fake life overshadowing a true one brings real misfortune......
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I believe this quote is saying that in life many people are forced to live double lives. When I say this I mean that many times throughout life people don’t express how they truly feel which causes them to lie, to cover up what they truly feel and what they truly want to say. This causes them to say and be something they’re not; so on the outside they’re one person but on the inside they are truly somebody different; somebody who will never get their chance to be known or to shine. Many times we do this because we don’t want to let others down so we lie and pretend everything is okay by putting on a front of happiness , just so we won’t hurt others with the truth because the truth hurts and can be deadly. Also in life we try to please others by liking what they like to please them and to fit in. But what we don’t realize is that the only opinion that matters is your own so don’t worry about what someone will think of you because if they don’t like it then oh well, your opinion is yours and it deserves to be heard. Also in life we risk our health and happiness worrying on things that don’t matter but what we really need to do is realize that things that bring us down are neither worth the stress nor time. You shouldn’t hide what you truly like or dislike, because that’s what makes you, you. Also because it’s like being untrue to yourself and the only thing you are doing is cheating yourself from self happiness and if you continue on cheating yourself you will begin to become your outer self and forget about your true great/wonderful self that lies inside, and sooner or later the true you will not exist and you will lose who you’re truly are. So with that being said I believe we should all go through life stating our opinions and living our lives to the fulliest because if everyone thought the same then the world wouldn’t be full of the great diversity that we have. That’s why we need to speak out opinion and have our voices heard and after we speak our opinion we don’t and shouldn’t worry about the consequences of what people think and how they feel about our opinion because our opinion is the only one that matters . So think for yourself and be yourself because if you don’t who will? That’s right nobody. So live life one sided. Meaning don’t cover your true feelings and opinions just to save others , even though yes it might hurt them but that hurt will only last temporarily but the hurt of you losing yourself right along with your identity will last a lifetime , and it might be something that you might not every be able to get back. So take this in consideration next time you feel as if you have to pretend you’re something you’re not; take these words as an example and use them to make you a better person. I believe that if we all follow this then we can make ourselves better and our community and most importantly the world better as a whole.
ReplyDelete-Kennedee Gardner*
-Period 1*
I believe this quote is saying that as humans we all live up to a double standard. We never say what we feel or go with what comes to our mind , we fake it and act as if everything is ok. It is just apart of human pride, but we take things for granted and expect life to come easy when in reality if we were to open up more it would. Simple things in life are free and talking to someone is. We shouldn't think we are something we are not, being yourself stands out in this world. Never live your life for someone elese or trying to be someone elese...Be You!
ReplyDeleteMs.Olivia Griffin
DeletePeriod 1(:
This quote has many meanings. First I would like to say that this is definitely talking about how we live our life. we can choose how we live our life but at the same time we have a destiny to be fulfilled. God put us on this earth for a specific purpose and we are to fulfill that purpose. Yes there are going to be trials and tribulations but that is the whole process of living in a world where everyone in it isn't perfect. In life people are goiung to try you, you will be disappointed when things don't go your way, and there will be obstacles to overcome but you have to look past that and live you life according to how you want to live it. Over time you begin to have new friends and they will influence you if you are not strong but you can't let the people you are around take over your life. you have that power and only YOU!
ReplyDelete-D.Vega
4th period..
I think this quote is saying that some people are forced to think,say, or believe what they do just to fit in or feel wanted. Even though it is actually making them unhealthy to keep their feeling or thoughts inside of them like that without them even realizing it. But if people finally tell the truth or how they really feel they will be happier with life.
ReplyDeleteNia Carey
4th Hour
What this quote means to me is that we are hurting ourselves thinking that we are helping ourselves. Us as humans live our lives as we see our peers doing, or how the world is functioning. We let what other people say to us affect us and not just do what we know is right. I feel you should always speak your mind and let people know what you are feeling. We sometimes don't speak our minds because we don't want to hurt other peoples feelings. I'm going to give you something to think about would they do the same thing to you? I doubt it because they know the consequences of holding your tongue.
ReplyDelete-Nehemiah Daniels
4th Period
This quote means we have to think before we make important decisions. The reason America has freedom of speech is because, you have to express your opinion. Even though you may not affect someones decision. At least you let them know how you feel about the topic of discussion.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great qoute. It is saying dont be fake. It is not good for your health. Live for waht you believe in. Sometimes your worde is all yo got in this world. So live up to it. That is waht I think this qoute means.
ReplyDeleteI think this quote is saying that it does no good to complain. If you complain every day, it will affect your health. Complaining means worrying, worrying causes stress; therefore it will affect your health. If you only focus on negative things, your life will be negative.So, instead of complaining or being phony, you should always think postively.
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