Friday, January 29, 2010

Vocabulary Narrative

Anomalous


I was looking for a word to use in my Vocabulary Narritive, and I found anomalous in a list of synonyms for the word unique. Anomalous means "deviating from normal, usual", but I think individuality doesn't exist. Individuality is like that saying "monkey see, monkey do", you only copy what you see. I see it all the time, teenagers thinking they're different, except they look exactly the same as the monkey next to them. That's essentially what the world is filled with: monkeys. We do what we see, with no rational thought other than the fact that someone else is doing it. We are a planet of apes copying other apes that have most likely copied even more apes. We are a planet of mirrors, mimicing those around us, reflecting someone else's ideas, look, sound, and thoughts. We are rain, falling towards one goal. Though we think we will land in different areas, we change our thoughts after we crash with another drop, another mirror, another monkey, another human, another mime. We are a world of plagiarists, writing what other plagiarists have written, and calling it our own. "Monkey see, monkey do", the phrase that guides humanity, and you know what? It's completely fine, because sometimes, when we are tired of copying, we improve on our lines, and something new is finally created. Which is then quickly copied. We are mirrors, and one day we will crack, and when that day comes, our reflection will become distorted. Do you know what happens when our reflection is changed? We give other mirrors false information, and the original will stay that way forever.

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