It’s pretty much everyone’s dream to go on an adventure. From the time you’re a child, adventure consumes your imagination. Simply put, an adventure is an activity that is somewhat foreign to an individual and has an unknown ending. Adventures don’t have to be life-threatening. Adventures don’t even need to teach a lesson. Look at the hit movie The Hangover. The characters obviously didn’t learn a lesson from that adventure because there is a sequel, The Hangover 2. It was still an adventure though. Adventures are meant to be beneficial but aren’t always.
When I was a child, I used to despise needles. Needles and I were enemies and I didn’t want to be anywhere near them. One day, my older sister, whom I looked up to so much, picked me up from a daycare. Once we were in the car, I assumed we were going straight home, until she parked in a completely different place. This place was unknown to me, but I got out and went in just like any other kid. My sister led the way as we went to a room with a nurse in it. The nurse left after giving me a normal checkup and minutes later, a doctor came in. The doctor didn’t waste any time and slammed the needle onto the table. I was calm until I was informed what the needle was actually for. My eyes were dilated from the shock of the needle’s purpose and my sister’s betrayal! I wasn’t going to let this ordeal take place. The doctor tried to stick the needle in my arm slowly. I went crazy and wouldn’t allow the doctor to take any of my blood without a fight. He eventually had to call in more doctors to tame me. My sister was laughing hysterically. The doctors, after wrestling with me, got the needle inside my arm. It hurt at first but not as bad as I had imagined it to be. The doctors apologized and gave me some stickers along with a lollipop. I later forgave my sister.
Being a naïve child made that experience foreign to me, thus making it an adventure for me. This isn’t an adventure for everyone. This experience is an adventure specifically for people who haven’t experienced their first shot and kids in general. The reason this is an adventure is because you don’t know the outcome due to lack of that specific experience.
Getting a shot won’t be an adventure for someone experienced with shots or someone that just doesn’t care about what happens to them. If you are used to an activity, the thrill can get old and you don’t see it as a big deal because you know the outcome due to prior experiences.
In conclusion, adventures are activities we are unfamiliar with. Learning a lesson is not necessary and doesn’t always happen. Adventures can either end with a good ending or a bad ending; either way, adventures are just another part of our lives as beings.
“Adventure don’t need to teach a lesson,” but does an adventure teach a lesson? You mentioned the movie Hangover and its sequel Hangover 2 to prove your statement as truth. I disagree with your idea on the “lesson” part of adventure. In any experience, including the Hangover, a lesson is always taught or a learning experience occurs, but it is completely up to the person to apply what they were taught. Is there a sequel Hangover 2 because a lesson was not taught or because the individuals did not applied what they learned from the lesson?
ReplyDeleteThe hangover is definately the perfect example of an adventure (lol) .But yes, i agree in totality with your depiction of an adventure.i concluded from your claim that an adventure could also be a learning experience seeing how it should possibly be something that is new to you.
ReplyDeleteHi Ryan. I don't think anyone would think "adventure" when you told them the story about a kid getting a shot. This means that in our culture "adventure" means something else probably. You can come up with a more accurate, specific definition. The kid getting a shot experienced the unknown, yes, but he didn't seek it. Maybe *seeking* is a requirement for adventures?
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