what is the meaning of this quote! I NEED HOMEWORK HELP!!!! PLEASE REPLY!!!!! its for my final exam!!!!!?

Question

I NEED HELP ON WHAT THESE QUOTES MEAN, OR LIKE, WHAT THE GUY IS TRYING TO SAY
i need smart people's help, "laughing-out-loud" (lol)

"Trials and revelations are what it's all about"
--Joseph Campbell
i think its on the hero quest, i dont know.


"The difference between the almost right word & the right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug."
i need help on that quote to, just what its saying and stuff
-- Mark Twain


And finally,
"The unexamined life is not worth living"
--Socrates

Answer 1

Oh.

Answer 2

I think you're on the right track on the Campbell quote.

Twain: take the sentence apart and think about it. It's a comparison, right? He's talking about one pair of things that are different from each other ("almost right word" and "right word") and comparing that difference to another pair of differing things. The first pair doesn't seem so different at first, but obviously the second pair (lightning, lightning bug) are hugely different. So what is Twain saying about the first pair?

Socrates: What would "an unexamined life" look like? Or better, what would it be like to live "an examined life"? If you think about the answers to those questions, you'll probably understand why Socrates (a thinker) prefers the examined life. (Ask yourself which kind of life you're living, and how it would be different to live the other kind.)

Answer 3

Joseph Campbell is talking about life. It's full of trials and thigs that are revealed to us and that's what keeps us going

Mark Twain is saying even though the word is almost right it's still the "wrong" word. It's completely different. He uses lightning and a lightning bug because even though their names start the same one can kill you and the other is harmless.

Socrates is saying someone who doesn't look at their life and learn from things encountered is a life at all. Live is for living so go out and be a part of the world.

Answer 4

Far be it from me to do your home work for you, especially if these are on your final exam.

But let me just write this:

think about the quotes. I don't know about the context of the Campbell quote but the Mark Twain quote and the Socrates quote are pretty straight forward.

Twain is saying that there is a great difference between the almost right and the right word. The almost right word can be as far removed from what you really want to say as lightning and lightning bug. Therefore, a writer needs to find the right word, not the almost right one. Synonyms are usually not synonymous!! Usually there are slight differences of meaning that, to a writer, should be important. If I say someone is "intellectual", is that the same thing as "smart" or "sharp" or "on the ball" or "brainy" or "a real geek" or "mr. know-it-all" or "whiz-kid"...

see?

Socrates means that life is to be pondered, not just lived! That thoughtfulness and consideration of one's life gives true meaning to life, that the god-given ability we have to consider and self-examine is important to exercise....


god bless

Answer 5

For the 2d quote: there is an truly enormous enormous difference between lightning and a lightning trojan horse. they haven't any further something to do with one yet another. for this reason, he's declaring that the "in basic terms about right be conscious and the right be conscious" may have an truly enormous enormous difference, and could likely haven't any further something to do with one yet another. once you're trying to positioned across a particular concept, idea or reaction, you should apply the perfect vocabulary so human beings will understand precisely what you assert. be careful of ways you be conscious something, because it would want to have a diverse which ability than you want to positioned across, in case you do not use the proper be conscious. Quote #3: Devotion to reality: Even after he has been convicted by technique of the jury, Socrates declines to desert his pursuit of the reality in all concerns. Refusing to settle for exile from Athens or a dedication to silence as his penalty, he retains that public communicate of the excellent themes of existence and distinctive feature is an major component of any powerful human existence. "The unexamined existence isn't well worth living." (Apology 38a) Socrates might want to somewhat die than provide up philosophy, and the jury seems satisfied to provide him that desire.

Answer 6

1) Experiences and what you draw from them are the meaning or purpose of life.

2) When expressing yourself in writing, the use of specific, effective words versus average, bland words is the difference between something powerful, and something average.

Ex. 1) My father would drink and hit me and stuff.
2) The rage-filled drunk would fill his belly with liquid hate then bring a violent wrath down on me with an iron fist.

3) To fully fulfill the potential of being a human being, we must think about ourselves first-- think about ourselves in respect to who we are and what we could be. How we can be the best person possible. You need to look within yourself (examine yourself) in order to reach your highest potential (make your life worth living). Or else you are wasting your chance to live fully as a human.

Answer 7

Any advice I give you on the first ones will probably only confuse you more (I'm not very good at this kind of stuff), but our Latin teacher always uses the last when we start to beg her not to teach us every single little part of Latin grammar. She's a great teacher though, not insulting her or anything.

I guess what it means is that knowledge makes life a little more interesting.

Hope that helps

Answer 8

Campbell challenges everyone to see the presence of a heroic journey in his or her own life.

Campbell: "There is a typical hero sequence of actions which can be detected in stories from all over the world and from the many, many periods of history. It is essentially the one deed done by many, many different people. The hero or heroine is someone who has given his life to something bigger than himself or other than himself.... Losing yourself, giving yourself to another, that's a trial in itself, is it not? There is a big transformation of consciousness that's concerned. And what all the myths have to deal with is the transformation of consciousness--that you're thinking in this way, and you have now to think in that way."
Moyers: "Well, how is the consciousness transformed?"
Campbell: "By trials."
Moyers: "The tests that the hero undergoes?"
Campbell: "Tests or certain illuminating revelations. Trials and revelations are what it's all about."

Answer 9

i ddont know bout the first 1 but the second means basically that 1 misplaced word can change the meaning of anything the third means that if you dont take time to reflect that there wasnt anything good so your life was crap

Answer 10

Life is more worthy, when you strive for it. The rewards are more enjoyed by justification.

One appropriate word can give insight, where one not appropriate, clouds the mind.

Worthiness survives scrutiny.

P.S. I'm not particularly smart. Good luck.:)

Answer 11

1. trials and revelations make life complete
2.one word can make a huge diffference in a speech, story, etc.
3. making observations on life is wat makes life worth while.

im not sure tho