Tr

ishaAnnD.Her
nane Sept
ember22,
2020

Gr
ade12HUMSS-AQUI
NAS

Acti
vi
ty.Readt
hepoem TheSixBl
indMenandTheEl
ephantbyJohnGodf
reySaxe.
Answerthequest
ionsaf
tert
hepoem.

TheSi
xBl
i
ndMenandTheEl
ephant

I
twassixmenofIndost
an,t
olear
ningmuchincl
ined,whowentt
oseetheel
ephant
(
thoughal
loft
hem arebl
i
nd),t
hateachbyobservat
ionmi
ghtsat
isf
yhi
smind

Thefi
rstappr
oachedtheelephant,
andhappeni
ngt
ofal
lagai
nsthi
sbroadandstur
dy
si
deatoncebegintobawl:“godbl
essme!Butt
heel
ephanti
sveryli
keawall
!
”

Thesecond,
feeli
ngoft
hetusk.Cri
ed,“ho!Whathaveweheresov er
yroundand
smoothandsharp?Tome‘t
ismi ght
yclearthiswonderofanel
ephanti
sveryl
ikea
spear!
”

Thethir
dapproachedt
heanimal,
andhappeningt
otakethesqui
rmingtrunkwit
hinhi
s
hands,
thusboldl
yupandspoke:“Isee,
”quot
ehe,“
theel
ephanti
sv er
ylikeasnake.
”

Thefour
threachedoutaneagerhand,
andfeltaboutt
heknee.“
Whatmostthi
s
wondr
ousbeastisli
kei
smi ght
yplai
n,
”quotehe,“t
iscl
earenought
heel
ephanti
sver
y
l
ikeatr
ee.”

Thefi
ft
h,whochancedtot
oucht
heear,sai
d:“
event
hebl
indestmancantel
lwhatthi
s
r
esemblemost;
denythef
actwhocan.Thi
smarvel
ofanelephanti
sver
yli
keafan!”

Thesixt
hnosoonerhasbegunaboutthebeasttogrope,t
han,sei
zi
ngontheswingi
ng
t
ailt
hatf
ell
withi
nhisscope,
“Isee,
”quotehe,“
theelephanti
sveryl
i
kearope!”

AndsothesemenofIndostandi
sput
edloudandlong,
eachi
nhisownopi
nion
exceedi
ngsti
ffandst
rong,t
hougheachwaspartl
yri
ght,
andal
lwerei
nthewrong.

So,
ofti
ntheologi
cwars,
thedi
sput
ants,Iween,tr
eadoni nut
terignor
anceofwhateach
othermeanandprat
eabouttheelephantnotoneofthem hasseen.

Quest
ions:

1.Di
dany
oneamongt
hebl
indmengi
vet
hecor
rectanswer
?Whyorwhynot
?

•Noneoft hem gotthecorrectanswerbecausetheyareallbli

nd,f
rom thetit
le
i
tsel
fitt
alksaboutsixbli
ndmenhear i
ngabouttheelephantforthef
ir
sttimeand
theysetoutt o discoverdiff
erentwhatisi t
.Each oft hem hav e di
ff
erent
concl
usi
onofwhatel ephantis.
 2.Int
hecont
extoft
heelephantstor
y,whatdoy
out
hinki
sahol
ist
icper
spect
ive
andwhati
sapart
ialpoi
ntofview?

•i
tref
erst
hatwhenthefeel
i
ngsandabstr
actunder
standi
ngoft
hei
ndi
vi
dual
can
beaut
hent
icbecauseofl
acki
ngcomprehensi
veabi
li
ty.

3.Whati
stheimportanceofahol
ist
icper
spect
iveaspoi
ntedoutbyt
hepoet
JohnGodf
reySaxe?

•thispoem aboutt
hesixbl
indmenandtheel
ephantbyJohnGodfreySax
etri
es
t
oimpl
yt hatweneedt otakeamor eholi
sti
capproachto under
stand moreand
i
mpr
ovi
ngourunder st
andi
ngtoknowwhati
sri
ghtandwrong.

QUI
Z.Gi
vet
hecor
rectanswer
soft
hef
oll
owi
ng.

1.Whowast
heper
sonwhocoi
nedt
het
erm phi
losophy
?

•Py
thagos

2.Whatwer
ethet
hreegr
oupsofpeopl
epr
esentdur
ingt
heOl
ympi
cGames?(
3
pt
s.)

•Lov
ersofgai
n,coi
nedl
over
sofhonor
s,l
over
sofwi
sdom

3.Fr
om whatGr
eekwor
dsdi
dthewor
dphi
l
osophycamef
rom?(
2pt
s.)

•phi
l
osophercomesf
rom t
wogr
eekwor
dphi
l
o"l
over
s"andsophi
a"wi
sdom"

4.I
nwhatwaydoesphi
losophyhel
pus?(
2pt
s.)

•Phil
osophyhel
pust oseebey ondthephysi
calaspectofthi
ngs,hel
pust osee
theworl
df rom abiggerandholist
icper
specti
veandi tal
sohelpust oseethe
subst
anceofthingstounder
standandknowt hepurposeofthi
ngsbetter
.

5.Di
ff
erent
iat
ehumanact
sandact
sofman?(
2pt
s.)

•Humanacts,t
heactionar evol
unt
aryandoneunderdi
rectcont
rolofthewil
l
.
Whi
leactsofman,iti
st heactofmani ncont
rastt
ohumanact s,act
ionst
hat
men/womensharewit
hot herani
mal
s.
Refl
ect
ion1.Explai
nandexpoundt
hef
oll
owi
ngquot
e:“
thepl
ayer
sdonotknowwhat
theonl
ookersareseei
ng.
”

•" theplayersdonotknow whatonl ooker

sar eseei
ng"itmeanst hatt
heplay
ersis
play i
ngbuttheydon'
tknowt hewholebigpict
ureandalsotheplay
erdoesn'
tseewhat
theobser verseebecausetheplay
erismor econcentr
atetothegame.Ifwerel
ateto
this,itmeansthatwedidn'
tknowwhatothersseeaboutoursel
f.

Ref
lecti
on2.Expl
ainandexpoundthel
inefr
om thepoem I
NVI
CTUSbyWi
ll
iam Er
nest
Henley
:“Iam t
hemasterofmyfat,
Iam thecapt
ainofmysoul
.”

•thepoem INVICTUSbyWi l
li
am ErnestHenl ey
.Iam themast erofmyf atl,Iam t
he
capt
ainofmysoul "i
tmeansthat,Iam theleaderofmyf ate.Iam theonewhocontrol
myf eel
ingsanddestiny
.Puty our
selfinthedr iver
'sseatofy ourownl i
neandgive
your
selfthecont
rolt
ochooseyourowndest inat
ion.