Become an expert in the USE of English language . Yes You CAN!!!

Become an expert 

in the USE of English language . 

Yes, You CAN!!!

PURPOSE

The intention of this BLOG is to make you read a passage and study the words and think about it . Words have been separated from the passage and their meaning have been given with other usages. The brief writing about the statement is to provoke you further into thinking after assessment .

BENEFITS

Presenting ideas ,helping to increase your vocabulary, and  helping you to better your language. To understand words and their usage contextually

What you should do ?

Read the passage carefully , study the meanings with full attention ( in the process you will come across many new words ) . then read the brief article given below which is  an addition to  the  ideas in the statement or an expansion of it .

“Human imagination seems to be turning to the macabre and the perverse. Books and films are either on violence or sexual deviations. Nothing seems to awaken people except unpleasant shocks”

L.K. ADVANI

MR. Advani’s statement is to the point and there is much sense in what he says and there are thousands of incidents to support his concern. Let us understand the words in detail so that we get the full meaning of the statement :

Imagination

a. The formation of a mental image of something that is neither perceived as real nor present to the senses.

b. The mental image so formed.

c. The ability or tendency to form such images.

2. The ability to confront and deal with reality by using the creative power of the mind; resourcefulness: handled the problems with great imagination.

3. A traditional or widely held belief or opinion.

4. Archaic

a. An unrealistic idea or notion; a fancy.

b. A plan or scheme

Synonyms: imagination, fancy, fantasy

These nouns refer to the power of the mind to form images, especially of what is not present to the senses. Imagination is the most broadly applicable: "In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature" (Wallace Stevens).
Fancy especially suggests mental invention that is whimsical, capricious, or playful and that is characteristically well removed from reality: 

"All power of fancy over reason is a degree of insanity" (Samuel Johnson).

Fantasy is applied principally to elaborate or extravagant fancy as a product of the imagination given free rein: "The poet is in command of his fantasy, while it is exactly the mark of the neurotic that he is possessed by his fantasy" (Lionel Trilling)

Allied words

1. creativity, vision, invention, ingenuity, enterprise, insight, inspiration, wit, originality, inventiveness, resourcefulness He has a logical mind and a little imagination.

2. mind's eye, fancy Long before I went there, the place was alive in my imagination.

3. interest, attention, curiosity, fascination Italian football captured the imagination of the nation last season.

Quotations

"By the Imagination" [Emily Dickinson]

"People can die of mere imagination" [Geoffrey Chaucer The Miller's Tale]

"Nature uses imagination to lift her work of creation to even higher levels" [Luigi Pirandello Six Characters in Search of an Author]

"I have imagination, and nothing that is real is alien to me" [George Santayana Little Essays]

"Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life" [Joseph Conrad A Personal Record]

"My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world and exiles me from it" [Ursula Le Guin Winged: the Creatures on My Mind]

"Imagination, the supreme delight of the immortal and the immature, should be limited. In order to enjoy life, we should not enjoy it too much" [Vladimir Nabokov Speak, Memory

MACABRE

1. Suggesting the horror of death and decay; gruesome: macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle Ages. See Synonyms atghastly.

2. Constituting or including a representation of death.

[Ultimately from Old French (Danse) Macabre, (dance) of death, perhaps alteration of Macabe, Maccabee, from LatinMaccabaeus, from Greek Makkabios.]

ma·ca bre·ly adv.

Word History: The word macabre is an excellent example of a word formed with reference to a specific context that has long since disappeared for everyone but scholars. 

Macabre is first recorded in the phrase Macabrees daunce in a work written around 1430 by John Lydgate. Macabree was thought by Lydgate to be the name of a French author, but in fact he misunderstood the Old French phrase Danse Macabre, "the Dance of Death," a subject of art and literature.

In this dance, Death leads people of all classes and walks of life to the same final end. The macabre element may be an alteration of Macabe, "a Maccabee."

The Maccabees were Jewish martyrs who were honored by a feast throughout the Western Church, and reverence for them was linked to reverence for the dead. Today macabre has no connection with the Maccabees and little connection with the Dance of Death, but it still has to do with death

macabre - shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"

ghastly, grisly, gruesome, grim, sick

alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger

PERVERSE

1. Directed away from what is right or good; perverted.

2. Obstinately persisting in an error or fault; wrongly self-willed or stubborn.

3.

a. Marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict.

b. Arising from such a disposition.

4. Cranky; peevish.

Adjective

1. deliberately deviating from what is regarded as normal, good, or proper

2. persistently holding to what is wrong

3. wayward or contrary; obstinate; cantankerous

4. Archaic perverted

[from Old French pervers, from Latin perversus turned the wrong way]

perversely  adv

perverseness  n

perverse - marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict; "took perverse satisfaction in foiling her plans" negative - characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features; "a negative outlook on life"; "a colorless negative personality"; "a negative evaluation"; "a negative reaction to an advertising campaign" perverse - resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior" wayward, contrary, obstinate disobedient - not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children" 3. perverse - deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat" depraved, reprobate, perverted corrupt - lacking in integrity; "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government"  A BRIEF ARTICLE BASED UPON THE STATEMENT Mr. Advani’s statement  is very true and very thought provoking considering the daily news the media feed us day and night. Media works full time to report news create news, interpret news ,and also misinterpret news .but the people listen to it because all  channels are ( whether is print or electronic ) are essentially sensational in character to get more readership and viewership. They are , most of the time not concerned with the impact they make on the young and old minds of the heterogeneous crowd watching these .Imagination runs riot and there is not limit to the extent which many  channels go to make the  people listen to them. Morality and ethics seem to have been driven to the back seat and that tell upon the general psyche of the population. Rapes , murders, molesting ,child abuse, robbery, frauds, scams corruption are reported rather subjectively , taking sides. Any such news becomes a starting point for a sort of “celebration for the media and they build stories upon stories with few people ( so called specialists appearing for interviews fighting with each other ) who take the stories to different levels . The public also has developed a taste for macabre and they have become hungry for such macabre stories which give them a kick. this is a dangerous situation and the future generation has started taking things for granted . Sex ,violence and perverse sex have become the order of the day. Lust has replaced Love and the thin line between the two has disappeared or fast disappearing .some cases are highlighted and they are taken to the extreme and finally the issues just disappear from the media . To understand this , it would be better to to follow a case ( rape ,murder ,scam ,child abuse ..) on the day it is reported and follow it up in all media and one can see how the whole thing develops and just disappears from the media. Take any number of scams, corruption, murders or anything liked that and see how it is born , how it develops and how it disappears without leaving a trace until another such thing happens .It has become a big game and  news come and bark at you to get attention. This trend should change and people should bse told sbout new things too to strike a balance. what is happening now will only make such crimes increase . Now criminals are everywhere and young people have started appreciating them Even advertisement endorsed by people whom the court found guilty of some crime appear with all glory. Young generation has stared taking all these for granted and their role models need not have any good background at all  to get their acceptance.THEY HAVE BECOME ADDICTED TO NEGATIVE NEWS . This is unfortunate and calls for some drastic change before it becomes beyond correction. Imagination of authors of books and directors films and media has become macabre and they produce things that highlights violence ,sexual deviations and these provide unpleasant shocks to people which thye have started liking .A new culture is invading our society and let us not allow it to destroy our generation and the new generation  PURPOSE The intention of this BLOG is to make you read a passage and study the words and think about it . Words have been separated from the passage and their meaning have been given with other usages. The brief writing about the statement is to provoke you further into thinking after assessment . BENEFITS Presenting ideas ,helping to increase your vocabulary, and  helping you to better your language . COMMENTS Please leave your valuable comments