Sunday, November 17, 2013

The End.

It is argued that the dwindling codes that society has abided by is a testament to the growth and betterment of the 21st century. Certainly, in some areas such as equality, I rather agree with this statement that urges a freedom of mind and compassion in a harmonious society. Even in punctuation, perfect adhesion to regulations is almost impossible to obtain, and is often considered ludicrous to even merely consider. However, how far will the impairment of this basic literary tool reach? I wonder, as society stresses less and less the merit of punctuation, will it eventually lead to chaos in literature? I reckon it might. Either that will occur or there will be some fracture in the bindings that unify the English language itself. How, pray tell, can you expect there to exist effective communication even within this nation if there is no reference or rulebook to weave all the different sections of the country together. There is already enough confusion with the colloquialism that makes those whose native language is not English to learn it, shall we supplement it with no aid in the intended meaning of text? Even though obviously this will not occur, due to many factors I shall not attempt to enumerate,  the World would be much easier if all humans communicated based on one language. The Earth's people would be more unified and less likely to quarrel if we were part of one whole, instead of 196 parts. The thought that less stipulations amplify creative thought is nice, but the repercussions must also be considered. The end is nigh, some pessimists say, and it seems every other year is a new prediction about the end of the world. Nevertheless, whether the Apocalypse is near or far from our time, I believe chaos will have a hand in it, and so maybe, just maybe the burdensome rules might be reconsidered before they are thrown to the wind, because after all they were put in place for a reason.

1 comment:

  1. I love your picture at the end! And I like the expression, "pray tell". Also, it is a very interesting observation and connection to put the depletion of the rules of grammar contributing to the end of the world (yes, I am aware I've left out some key reasoning). It's also really fascinating to think about how The Snowball Effect works in this case. Really great job!

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