UNREASONABLE
unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself." When I first asked
myself whether I am a reasonable or unreasonable person; of course I chose reasonable.
To me, unreasonable means stubborn. I do not want to consider myself stubborn. But the
more I think about Shaw's statement, I feel he means the unreasonable man is confident
and sound in his decisions.
A reasonable man will adapt to the world. He simply surrenders to it. The world will
persuade his morals and character. Such things as violence, poverty, and hate are not
uncommon to him, but simply a part of life. After some time the reasonable man not only
adapts to the world; he becomes the world.
An unreasonable man manages to distance himself from the world. To the
unreasonable man the world is not life, just a place for it. His morals and character are
based on what is right for him; the are not based on the influence of the world. The
unreasonable mans sees the world as a place yearning for help and he pities the violence,
poverty, and hate. The unreasonable man perceives the world as a challenge, a test.
The reasonable man's life is easier and less complicated than the unreasonable man's.
To simply take what life gives and mold to it, never standing up for what is right and
always going along with whatever is presented; these are the attitudes of a reasonable man.
In a world such as the one we live in, it is scary to think about what happens to those
people who, like the reasonable man, become a part of the world.