With What Eyes Are You Watching?

We live in a society where everyone has a different perspective about the world. That’s why one should always listen to the two parts of the story, since each person sees the situation with a different point of view. What is the right choice for some, it’s the wrong one for others.

“And Tralfamadorians don’t see human beings as two-legged creatures, either. They see them as great millipedes- ´with babies´ legs at one end and old people´s legs at the other.” (Pg. 87)
If you ask a person living on Earth they will probably say that they see humans as normal creatures with two arms, legs, and eyes. Billy sees the Tralfamadorians as living creatures and he is able to socialize with them, but Barbara isn’t able to see them and believes that his father is crazy. In order to discover if the Tralfamadorians exist one should listen and see the perspective from Billy and then Barbara. You can only confirm the truth after seeing all of the different point of views, but at the end the truth is never completely uncover. Who guaranties to us which side is the right one? How do we know who is telling the truth? No one can. It’s up to us what we want to believe in, it’s our choice and nobody can judge us for our decisions because they don’t know the entire story of our lives, and as I mentioned before we all have different perspectives. I believe that Barbara shouldn’t be so harsh on Billy and she should let him believe in whatever he wants. It might not seem the normal thing for her, but for Billy it is. One should be able to tolerate all kind of ideologies and have the freedom of speech. In some countries, like Cuba, we can see how the society is allowed to believe in one way of government and in order to have a pleasant life they have to believe in what their leader, Fidel Castro, believes. Is this fair? No. Castro should take into consideration all of the different ideologies and this way create a better society.

We create our own perspectives, it’s up to us if we are letting others change our way of thinking.

I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
Nelson Mandela