Jocy Song
Jun 21, 2007
Directions: In Dead Men’s Path the priest says “let the hawk perch and let the eagle perch.” Discuss what you think he means and what this saying reveals about him.
In Dead Men’s Path, the priest says “let the hawk perch and let the eagle perch.” It reminds me another saying, “live, and let live.” As we all know, there are many differences between different people. We receive different education and think from different angles. So we can not ask other people think like ourselves. We should allow various things “perch” in the world. Thoughts that have conflicts to our own thoughts should be allowed to live in the world as well as our own thoughts. In the Story, the priest uses the famous saying to persuade the protagonist to give up cutting the dead men’s path. He hope that the protagonist can understand that though he as the new headmaster is eager to change the old country and help the local people to learn the developed knowledge, he should not ignore the local people’s way to live and their tradition. The headmaster should let not only the modern things but also the old things “perch”.
We also can learn something about the priest from the saying he uses. First, he is a tolerant person. He can tolerate the beliefs, practices, or traits of others. He does not judge whether the tradition or the headmaster’s new thought is right. He tolerates both thoughts. Especially, as a local person, he tolerates the headmaster’s thought which seems crazy to the local people. Second, he is a considerate person. On the one hand, he believes that there is nothing wrong for the local people’s insistence to their belief. On the other hand, he can also understand the headmaster’s thought and his eager to help the local people get rid off the tradition which he thinks is superstition. Though he hopes that the dead men’s path will be hold, he just persuades the headmaster in a kind way. Third, the priest is a person who can think on a high level. He knows that we must let different things exist on the world. Let the hawk perch and the eagle perch as well. It is impossible to ask everyone think in the same way or live in the same way. He has a higher horizon than the local people and the headmaster who only let their own thoughts live. He has the wisdom of life.
Jun 21, 2007
Directions: In Dead Men’s Path the priest says “let the hawk perch and let the eagle perch.” Discuss what you think he means and what this saying reveals about him.
In Dead Men’s Path, the priest says “let the hawk perch and let the eagle perch.” It reminds me another saying, “live, and let live.” As we all know, there are many differences between different people. We receive different education and think from different angles. So we can not ask other people think like ourselves. We should allow various things “perch” in the world. Thoughts that have conflicts to our own thoughts should be allowed to live in the world as well as our own thoughts. In the Story, the priest uses the famous saying to persuade the protagonist to give up cutting the dead men’s path. He hope that the protagonist can understand that though he as the new headmaster is eager to change the old country and help the local people to learn the developed knowledge, he should not ignore the local people’s way to live and their tradition. The headmaster should let not only the modern things but also the old things “perch”.
We also can learn something about the priest from the saying he uses. First, he is a tolerant person. He can tolerate the beliefs, practices, or traits of others. He does not judge whether the tradition or the headmaster’s new thought is right. He tolerates both thoughts. Especially, as a local person, he tolerates the headmaster’s thought which seems crazy to the local people. Second, he is a considerate person. On the one hand, he believes that there is nothing wrong for the local people’s insistence to their belief. On the other hand, he can also understand the headmaster’s thought and his eager to help the local people get rid off the tradition which he thinks is superstition. Though he hopes that the dead men’s path will be hold, he just persuades the headmaster in a kind way. Third, the priest is a person who can think on a high level. He knows that we must let different things exist on the world. Let the hawk perch and the eagle perch as well. It is impossible to ask everyone think in the same way or live in the same way. He has a higher horizon than the local people and the headmaster who only let their own thoughts live. He has the wisdom of life.
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