Different Answers To The QUESTions

I liked what we had to read for homework. It talks a lot about virtue, how man behaves, and what happens if he behaves in a certain way. Even though I got the message of the story, I didn’t quite the point behind it, I mean, I know what the message is, but I don’t know how I got to it.
We have seen you can either interpret text in a literal way, or in a more analyzed way. This text has to be seen as both, and one depends on the other. If you don’t understand the literal part of the text, you will be lost, and if you don’t analyze to where the characters want to go, you’re missing out of the whole point. I think such complicated texts should be read calmly and slow. Reading 3 chapters in one night was quite heavy. The names were also very confusing and made me have to go back and forth in order to understand (which I didn’t, really).
The good thing about Confucius is that you may not understand part of the story, but you can still get part of the message. For example, I found the whole dialogue about virtue very confusing. On the other hand, there were parts that I did understand and was able to compare to what we have read previously. The event in which Adam and Eve ate the fruit is equal to the following quote: “The Master said, "At first, my way with men was to hear their words, and give them credit for their conduct. Now my way is to hear their words, and look at their conduct.” This is something God would say if he was to talk about how things changed since the fall of men. After Adam and Eve's action, God could only look at what his creation did, he was no longer able to talk to the directly. It’s important to compare in order to have more space to analyze. The more we know, the closer we get to answering the QUESTions.