My sisters were fighting with these new light saber toys that they got (granted they are 13 and 15 years old…but their mind set are that of little children’s), and it brought to my mind the Middle Ages. In English class, we had just finished discussing the Middle Ages, as well as I had a discussion with my friend Zach involving the subject. Sword fights back in the Middle Ages, always made me laugh when we discussed it in class because of all of the rules that went along with it. It didn’t even seem like fighting anymore. Chivalry too, is a long dead concept. You don’t really see guys constantly idolizing girls anymore (or at least displaying it openly in public), nor do guys place their jacket on a puddle on the ground so that the woman could step on the jacket and not in the puddle (funny idea brought up by Zach). It’s not practical in the modern day society, but the fact that the concept used to exist is really interesting. The world has changed so much since that time period. I wonder how much the world would have changed from now till…for example 2020, I mean, just 10 years could make such a major difference. When you think about the concept of the future, kids in the future won’t have the same stuff that we have today. So just like we don’t have sword fights (no matter how interesting they might be!), or chivalry, the future generations won’t have CD players or the ability to play outside because the concept to them is abnormal and uncommon throughout their society. It’s depressing to think about, to think about how much the world will have changed in just such a short span…maybe humanity is too technologically savvy/forward thinking.
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