Sunrise On The Veldt: Order Essay, Research Paper

Sunrise on the Veldt: Order

Order is sought instinctively. In Literature, as well as Biology, order

is sought instinctively by authors and scientists. Authors use order to convey

real-life incidents and make their stories seem more realistic. Scientists use a

way of classification to bring order to Biology. The life cycle, as the cycle of

a virus, shows order.

The young boy in the short story, “Sunrise on the Veldt,” found order in

the life cycle. He sought this order to help him explain the death of a buck.

The death of the buck made the young boy think about the life cycle. He shot the

buck, and the buck became injured. Then the buck died. An organism is born, it

grows, it lives for a period of time, then it dies. The human life cycle is

similar. A baby is born. The baby?s parents take care of it, then the baby turns

into an adult. The adult lives for a period of time, then the adult dies. Humans

seek order in the life cycle to help explain death. The order in the life cycle

was sought instinctively, because people wanted an explanation of death. The

order in “Sunrise on the Veldt” was shown in the life cycle.

In the novel, The Wave, a teacher sought order to help keep his

classroom under control. The order helped keep the classroom under control. But

the students began to notice they were not thinking, and the order began to tear

the school apart. The teacher sought order because he wanted his students to

behave better. Scientists use order to control viruses. Viruses are classified

by several attributes; their shape, the vectors that transmit them, and their

RNA or DNA content. Once a virus is classified, it can be examined, and

controlled. Biologists use order to classify other organisms as well. Charles

Darwin sought order instinctively by becoming a naturalist. He studied animals

and plants and devised a theory of evolution. He decided that variations exist

within populations. Some variations are more advantageous for survival and

reproduction than others. Organisms produce more offspring than can survive.

Over time, offspring of survivors will make up a larger proportion of the

population. Darwin believed that organisms produce more offspring so that the

stronger offspring can live, but the weak offspring die. Darwin, the virus cycle,

and The Wave portray order being sought instinctively.

A virus seeks order instinctively. A virus attaches itself to a host.

Then it enters into the host by exchanging its DNA or RNA. The virus then

replicates itself, inside the host. Lastly, the replicated viruses release

themselves from the host, and begin to attack the organism. The virus

automatically does this every time it infects a host, not necessarily in the

same order, but by the same method. This order is sought by the virus to help it

infect a host. If the virus began replicating itself before it entered the host,

the virus would not be able to infect the organism as well. The order helps the

virus by helping it survive. The order allows the virus to replicate itself,

which helps the virus to survive. “The Fatalist” also seeks order instinctively.

He believes in fate. A woman wanted to test the Fatalist. She bet him to lie on

train tracks and wait for a train. If a train killed the man it would have been

his fate to die. If the train did not kill the man, it would have been his fate

to live. The Fatalist sought his order by accepting the woman?s bet. By

accepting the bet, he put his life at risk, but more importantly his belief in

fate at risk. The train stopped just in time and did not kill the man. It was

his fate to live. Somewhere, there is an order to fate, fate is a series of

events. Order can also be a series of events. However, the Fatalist?s fate was

found in the order of the train. The train noticed a man lying on the tracks,

and it slowed down until it stopped.

In conclusion humans as well as organisms seek order instinctively.

Order helps authors relate ideas to real life experiences. The order of events

allows their books to become more realistic. A young boy found order by watching

the life cycle of a buck. Biologists use order to help them classify organisms.

Students sought order by behaving better. Viruses use order to help regenerate

themselves. The Fatalist found order by lying on train tracks.