Essays on Bergson

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Bergson defines time as “our self which endures” (Bergson 24). However, time can be defined as a set of events that can be chronologically recorded or identified in the sequence of past, present, or future. The concept of time flux, as indicated by Bergson, is a phenomenon where time is perceived as a progression of “states,” each of which reveals that which comes after it and “contains that which precedes it” (Bergson 24). Bergson adds that when this happens it is said to create various “states” when an individual already “passed them and turn back ...

Narrative point of view refers to the position of the narrator in relation to the story that one is narrating. As such, when evaluating the point of view of the narrator, one focuses on the relationship between the narrator and the characters in the story. There are three major points of view that narrators can adopt while narrating a story. These are first-person, second-person, and third-person point of views. Either of the foregoing points of views have different effect on the understanding and believability of the characters or the story being told, as is evident from O Pioneers! and ...

Sensory information is accurate, but the interpretation of sensory information is unreliable and biased. While senses were traditionally considered passive mechanisms, it is now evident that the interpretation of information received through the senses is an active mechanism based on inherited traits and past experiences. Several factors, both internal and external, influence perception, and those factors are always subjective because all individuals possess different internal traits and experience different external events. Sensory information cannot be accurate and reliable because it depends on individual factors for interpretation and evaluation.

A sensory organ will always receive sensory input objectively, but the ...