Thursday, 9 June 2016

E12 Prov Exam paragraph

The father is attempting to advise his son on how he may negotiate all of the complex situations he is likely to run across as a grown man. He advises his son to be very flexible in how he deals with what life throws at him- on one hand, he must be able to be “a rock”; on the other, he must be “soft loam”. The key for his son is to develop the wisdom to know which approach is appropriate. He also warns his son that the “quest of lucre” will leave him emotionally empty, and to seek instead only “a few easy needs”, meaning the necessities of life. Also, the father counsels his son that must not be afraid to take risks and make mistakes, even be a “fool”, so long as he learns from those mistakes. The father advises the son to be honest with himself and to “tell himself no lies” although he may occasionally be not completely forthright with others through necessity. Furthermore, he stresses the importance of rest and “lazy days” where he may think deeply without taking action. Finally, he tells his son to be independent of mind and true to himself, so that he may find his own strengths in which he is a “true natural” and excel at them. All in all, the father’s advice to the son will prepare him to be a well-adjusted, independent man who is able to survive in a complex and unpredictable world.

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