Aphorism

"Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it"-Winston Churchill

This quote by Winston Churchill a man who I admire has a lot of truth to it and applies for what I have seen in life.

Throughout life, I have noticed that to find yourself important but mostly to find the truth one must question everything. My choice between this aphorism and Albert Einstein's "Never stop questioning" was extremely delicate. I chose this one because I can explain this one through the other. If you question everything, you question and initially go against the wind of society and of life. If you are accepting, you are going with the wind. Never stop questioning! and "Rise Against the wind".

Joseph Campbell talks about Hero's. He says that the achievement of the hero is one that he is ready for. This means to me that one has to be ready to rise against the wind. The hero needs to be ready. The hero has to be out there fighting against everything.

"A hero is someone who has given his life to something bigger than himself"-Joseph Campbell

Metamorphoses Scene 5- Orpheus and Eurydice

       Questions and Answers

       Who are Hades, Fates, Tantalus and Sisyphus?
      Hades is the God of death.
      The Fates are the three old woman who all share one eye and complete the process of death. What they do is cut the strings of someone and they are sent to the underworld.
      Tantalus is one of the character present to hear Orpheus song. Tantalus was punished for stealing foods from the Gods.
      Sisyphus is also a character present that hears Orpheus song. Along with Tantalus he is also punished in the underworld.

    How can Orpheus get Eurydice back?
Hades makes a deal with Orpheus and tells him that he can get Eurydice back if he doesn't look back he can keep her. 
    List the ways we are invited to interpret the story.
"Is this story a story of love and how it always goes

      away?"

"    "Is this a story of how time can move only in one    

      direction?"

      "Is this story a story of an artist, and the loss that
     comes from sudden self-consciousness or impatience?"

 Which interpretation do you most agree with?
I think that even though Orpheus is motivated by love, his mistake lies within his lack of discipline. He is impatient but most of all he is distrustful. His voice convinces the Gods, but his lack of trust and his impatience are what make his lover go away.
Is this a love story?  Why?  Why not? If so, what kind of love does this seem to be?
I believe this is not a love story, or if it is; it is one that  focuses more on the moral of the story instead of focusing on the love between the two. The fact that they love each other is the motivation but not the point or outcome of the story.

Hungry? Questions and Answers

Questions
1) Why does Erysichthon cut down the tree?
2) Define piety. 
3) How does this term relate to Erysichthon?
4) What connections can be made between this scene and this children's story?
5) Relate the events in this scene to a specific passage in Siddhartha.

1) He needed wood and he did not care what others said.
2) The "Quality of being religious". When he says: 
"Get off me, you, pious son of a bitch!"
He is saying, Let me do what I want, I won't let someone religious get in my way.
3) How does this term relate to Erysichthon? 
Well clearly Erysichthon didn't care about religion and he clearly doesn't respect it. So piety is a term that can clearly not be applied to Erysichthon.
4) The giving tree by Silverstein relates to this story because it shows the relationship that one can have with a plant.
5) Siddartha has a relationship with nature, it is in his unity, in his being. This is after being enlightened. Towards the end of the book Siddartha listens and has his momment of enlightment and he finally understands nature. I feel like he who disagreed with Erysichthon understood nature aswell.