Individuals in contemporary society tend to want. They seek tangible items, non-tangible benefits such as love, and other considerable assets to humankind. That is, individuals consistently want something, feeling that their lives are unfulfilled unless more is obtained. One is unlikely to use the word “yearn” commonly, however. With all the desires that humans have in the contemporary environment, given the definition one might assume that the word “yearn” is used more frequently than it is. This paper looks to examine the word and provide a deep analysis of what it means, how it applies to society, and why it is not used as frequently as individuals’ desire.
A brief understanding of the word means that one has a strong desire. This desire is persistent, and is relentless from an internal perspective. One continues to want something and will not be satisfied until that is achieved. The broad nature of yearning, the action of wanting something so badly suggests that this can be anything. One can yearn for love. One can yearn for money. An individual can yearn for a better life. There are endless possibilities as to what one may yearn for, where the brief understanding of the word is applicable in a societal setting as humans are constantly wanting, under the claim that something is needed.
The verb “yearn,” as discussed, suggests that one
Even “desire” is a word that is used infrequently in society. Perhaps this is because individuals are taught to want things at a young age. They want toys, they want hugs, they want candy and cookies. Want becomes the term that is associated with happiness because one wants something and is given something. So, yearn is an enhanced version of want, one that demands critical thought where an individual believes that his or her life is only going to be significant if something is
During the Romantic and Victorian period of British literature, several works were written about desire. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “Ulyssess,” and Matthew Arnold’s “Dover Beach” all have characters who desire something grander than they can ever obtain. In Frankenstein, the Monster desires love, but he does not know how to love or even what love is. Úlyssess wants adventure, yet he is old, foolish, and selfish. The speaker in “Dover Beach” longs for the world to turn back to Christianity, but the speaker cannot control what society does.
As we see in the daily news, people are often cruel and inhumane, and we also see kinder people in everyday life. We see people who give up their own personal pleasure so they can serve others. But while these people are far and few between, it becomes quickly obvious that humans are drawn towards self-happiness. Bibliography:.. 1. What is the difference between a. and a Leviathan.
Ray Bradberry’s All Summer in a Day teaches readers that when someone gets less of something, they will be more thankful when they get that something. The kids were a lot more thankful for when the sun came out, because it only came out once every seven years. When someone gets less of something they love, they will be happier and more thankful when they get the thing they love.
From my own experience I know that a need is a lacking or requirement for a substance, to live; an adequate amount. So a desire is to wish or long for more of something; or in Lear's world, to be on the verge of mania. A good way to compare needs versus desires is food. Food is a necessity to live. When you eat the right amounts of what you ought to, you are sufficiently nourished and therefore healthy. Yet, if you always go to an All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet and try to get your monies' worth by gorging yourself, that is a desire. This is for the reason that you are overeating, and the majority of the food is more harm than good. At an All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet you persuade yourself to always eat one more plate full. It seems to be worth it, so you eat till you reach the point of marginal utility for the money you have spent. By doing this you are satisfying the desire temporally but your stomach is miserable, which is a base lifestyle to have. I believe you should eat to live and not live to eat, nor should your flesh rule over you. The way this relates to Lear is that he could not depart without all of his men even though he did not need them anymore. He wanted to keep some since of wealth and authority. Lear also desired to be flattered which lead to his own demise.
I needed lust, the desire for possessions, vanity, and needed the most shameful despair, in order to learn how to give up all resistance, in order to learn how to love the world, in order to stop comparing it to some world I wished, I imagined, some kind of perfection I had made up, but to leave it as it is and to love it and to enjoy being a part of it. (131)
These types of desires are ones that we live for, they give us reasons for wanting to live and not die so that we can fulfill them. An example of a categorical desire would be that I want to spend time with my loved ones and my friends, and help people in suffering, ultimately I look forward to accomplishing these desires and it gives me a reason to continue to live and progress through life. Additionally, categorical (unconditional) desires are also things that keep our interest in living. Consequently, if I were to know that I would not be able to achieve my categorical desires my interest in life would substantially decrease (Jacobsen, p. 104). Further, if we are not capable of satisfying our categorical desires, death can be more reasonably seen as
ever be filled by empty vanity and melancholy longing for the contentment of a fruitful life. This desire is
A humans’ desire has a way of connecting to them being evil. How is this possible when desires are a good thing? Well since the beginning of time in the religious perspective its sinful to be spoiled or as religion puts it “ Its easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” If a human lives a glorious wealthy life it is sinful but if they have a simple life with not so much “glamour” then it is acceptable, so they are able to go to Heaven. The rich however may not enter Heaven until they give up all their wealth. Humans aren’t satisfied with having very little instead they want more and the best of it! Desire then ties in with being evil because if humans want more then they can’t go to heaven, so they must give up one thing to get the other. Most humans now a days don’t think about what will happen when they die because their mind is too focus on how to buy the best technology, clothes, shoes, etc. making...
I think and say to myself over and over again, why, why must this world be how it is? As a mortal human, it's normal to want more than what you have. This situation is very well known in America. It's called overindulging. Feeling the need that one of something just isn't enough. That is wrong. Even though, us humans think it is natural, we don't deserve the extra something when it isn't needed.
With satisfaction of both the physiological and the safety needs respectively, the needs for love, affection and belongingness come into view. Abraham Maslow suggested that at this level, one incapacitates the emotional state of aloneness and estrangement. With this need, one gives and as well receives Love, Affection and Belongingness.
Christmas is a happy time of the year were many people tell tale about the birth of Jesus, and to visit their families or friends in a warm house to see the white pale snow trilling down like the silver rain does throughout spring. On every christmas eve i sit down and ponder on the couch looking at the radiants lights danced off and on thinking about what am i getting on christmas, after enjoying some of the slice I carefully drink the sugary brown and white swirls spinning in unison. Also on christmas eve we often see the movie Polar Express, I look at the upbeat kids trying to understand the movie. At 4 in the morning my older brother always wake me up and tells me you wake up the burned out kids from their beds, after waking up the
This could be a hope or a want for anything that one wants to change about oneself or the world. The United Nations set out to to change the world forever with a document, called the The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, that was created to make everyone equal the declaration says, “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.” (Universal Declaration of Human Right, Article 2) . This shows the hope from the United Nations to change the outlook on everyone on the planet, the outlook that we are all created equal, and everyone is entitled to the same rights. Wanting to change the world is the fuel to the brains of people who have. Steve Jobs saw the future of technology like no one ever had before, and despite all the doubt, he knew he would change the world Steve said, “ we’re here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise why even be here?” (Bio.com, pg.1). His desire to change the world is extremely evident in this, quote, and this hope caused his mind to reach its full potential. The old man, in The Old Man And the Sea is also a character that shows want for something better by continuing to fish even though he has not caught something for 85 days, as shown by this
want, it is human nature, that is why people have goals. To some, it can look like a bad thing, but
a need for a good not yet acquired or possessed.” In other words we want what
When people begin to covet what others have that is when they become unhappy since what they want is out of their reach. In Epicurus’ Letter to Menoeceus, Epicurus writes to Menoeceus telling him the virtues of finding happiness in life. He specifically wrote about the different types of desires in life that are necessary and unnecessary. “We must also reflect that of desires some are natural, others are groundless;”(2) Here Epicurus is telling Menoeceus that you should only want for the things that are necessary because everything else has no purpose, therefore have no meaning to actual happiness. He also writes stating that, “... the living creature has no need to go in search of something that is lacking, nor to look for anything else by which the good of the soul and of the body will be fulfilled.” Meaning you do not see animals going about scavenging for something that they do not have, you seen them content with what they have. To continue on this idea of not coveting what you do not have, going back to Walt Whitman’s Give me the Silent Splendid Sun, he talks about longing to have the rural life style instead of the city life that he now has. He talks of the peace and serenity that he hopes to gain while out in the countryside but when coming to an end to describing his desire he realizes that he would miss his current life style. “While yet incessantly asking, still I adhere to my city; Day upon day, and year upon year, O city, walking your streets, Where you hold me enchain’d a certain time, refusing to give me up; . . . ” (77-78). After this line Whitman then goes on to stating all of the things that he would miss from his city lifestyle and then begins to take back his desires realizing what a good life he has already. The purpose of this poem is to show the readers to cherish what they presently have,