Story on gift of imagination short story
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The power of imagination impacts us in a variety of ways. Imagination is a specifically human gift, which means that other animals are not given the privilege and pleasure of knowing the many wonders of imagination. A combination of science and art is the way that Jacob explains imagination. To imagine is to have images in your head move in a sequence maybe from memory or an unknown future. It can be us merely making out what we want to happen in our own futures. Science and literature both come from our own imaginations, and we alone as human beings are able to have this imagination.
This essay by Jacob Bronowski deals with the imagination, a quality which he quickly asserts is possessed only by humans. Imagination, which Bronowski defines as the ability to manipulate images in the mind's eye, was shown to not exist in lower animals in a series of experiments testing their memory. The fact that the subjects could not recall previous situations implies that they have no means by which they may recall past events (or, more plainly, no way to manipulate the images to repeat the past in their mind).
Analysis:
This power of the imagination allows people to live infinite lives and undergo infinite situations, all in short periods of times and with no physical basis. For instance, Galileo Galilei’s famous experiment concerning the leaning tower of Pisa actually never took place. Instead, he used his imagination to run the experiment.
Bronowski next moved on to show the power of imagination. He asserted tat Galileo’s famous leaning tower of Pisa experiment was actually only conducted in the mind’s eye. He envisioned two balls of different mass connected together and dropped from a great height. If Aristotle was correct (that different masses fall at different rates) then two contradictory statements must be true: the masses, connected together, formed a greater mass and would therefore fall at a faster rate. The smaller ball, however, falls at a lesser rate than the greater ball alone. In this way, Galileo made a great leap using only his imagination. It is clear then, Bronowski argues, that the imagination allows for a deeper and more correct sense of reality.
As we have determined from previous readings, however, this is not necessarily true. The imagination is limited by human nature just as our perception of the world around us is limited by our human senses. For instance, one of the most significant benefits of a strong imagination is the ability to specify one’s location in time; that is, recollect the past and predict the future. As humans, however, this is far from perfect. Our past memory fades without constant reminders, and the further we try to predict the future, the less accurate we become.
Although limited, imagination is still quite powerful. Without it, the human race would have not made the great leaps that it has, such as the advent of agriculture and writing (how can we write without understanding and visualizing abstract symbols?) This realization further reinforces the belief that humans are the only species with advanced imagination, as no other species has had similar advances.
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GIFT OF IMAGINATION
ONCE THERE WAS A MAN CALLED RAMU. HE HAD A CREATIVE MIND AND WAS VERY KIND AND GOOD NATURED MAN BUT HIS WIFE WAS OPPOSITE SIDE OF HER HUSBAND.SHE WAS VERY CRUEL . ONE DAY RAMU WAS WALKING IN THE FOREST .THEN HE SAW A LITTLE CREATURE SAYING HELP HELP . IT WAS A FAIRY IT WAS STUCK IN SPIDER'S WEB . RAMU WENT AND HELPED IT TO ESCAPE . THE FAIRY GRANTED HIM A WISH THAT WHATEVER HE IMAGINED SHOULD BECAME TRUE. RAMU WENT TO WORK BUT COULD NOT BRING HOME MONEY . HIS CRUEL WIFE STARED TO SCOLD HIM SO RAMU IMAGINED OF A WIFE JUST LIKE HIS NATURE, AND IT BECAME TRUE. THEN THEY HAPPILY LIVED EVER AFTER