People Are Victims Of A Greater Force: The Environment Essay, Research Paper

People Are Victims of A Greater Force: The Environment

People would like to believe they can accomplish everything they want in

life. In reality, it is just a positive way of thinking. It would be nice to

believe that a person could do anything if he puts his mind to it, this way of

thinking is not reality. People are victims of greater forces. The force is

not a force of God or magic. The force are our environment, our Biological

instinct, and our inheritied characteritics. This philosophy is called

naturalism and it is used in O’neil’s play “Beyond the Horizon”. The phliophy

of naturalism has its merit and affect real people everyday. Naturalism affects

the way people live and the lives they affect.

One of the major factors of a persons life is his environment. A

persons surroundings affects how they live, how they think, and how he sees his

own life. Sure America is the land of oppurtunity. But not everyone has the

same oppurtunity as others. A person living in the Ghetto seems to have less of

it than a person living in a rich neigborhood.

A young boy could be at the top of his life. He is ready to conquer the

world. He is ready to go to west point to study to be the best soldier in the

world. When his physical come back they tell him he has a weak heart. He then

finds out he got it from his father. It is nice to believe that a five foot

hudred and fifty five pound boy could play in the NBA. But his chance are slim

to none. Michael Jordans son has a better cance than makeing pro than anyone

else. Just like how a rocket scientist son would like to be smarter than

everyone else.

This way of thinking is very negative but is true. We have very little

control of what happen to our lives.