In one of Dean Koontz's novels, a character
observes,
"Reality is perception...perception
changes...reality is fluid, so if by reality you mean reliably tangible objects and
immutable events, there is no such
thing."
Since perception
depends upon the mind of the person who views an object or who experiences an event,
then as Koontz's character says, there is no absolute reality--"no such thing."
For, others may perceive the object or the event with a different perspective because of
having had different experiences which come into play when the mind interprets what the
senses record.
The paragraph above is a sample of how a
writer can continue the suppositions made in the topic given by supporting it with the
statement of the Koontz character. In order to further support this topic, you can
illustrate the points made with literary examples or by writing a narrative essay in
which someone interprets reality to suit his or her desires and needs. Or, you
can develop the thesis with a literary example. A work such as Tennessee
Williams's The Glass Menagerie comes to mind as the three
characters in this play certainly experienced more than one reality as they lived in
illusions much of the time. Perhaps, too, you have read a novel in which a character
perceives reality differently from the others in the book. For
instance, with To Kill a Mockingbird in which the children's
perception of several events and people differs greatly from their perception at the end
of the narrative, you can trace the altering perceptions of Jem and Scout, perceptions
which lead to the maturation of the children.
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