Nothing can last forever. The Green will turn Yellow yet, the life goes on.
Have you ever wondered at the marvel of human species? Does human superiority make them all-powerful?
Humans are the only creature in the world that can decide on their destiny. They are the only creatures that has the potential to make or break the world.They are the masters yet ,they are not. Their fragility is marked by their transience.The universe has its own laws for the cosmic balance ,which limits the unlimited powers of man.
About the essay
This essay is penned by Hilaire Belloc in 1908 and published in The Oxford Book of Essays. The essay follows a conversational style and the dialogues are uttered by two people, the unnamed Host and the Youth. There is one other important character the Master, who is powerful yet never appears in the essay. The Master almost exerts a sense of omnipotent power over the other two characters and it can be understood as the personification of Time or may be the Divine. All the chief characters in this essay are unnamed and are kept gender-neutral, this allows the readers to accommodate themselves easily within the pages of this essay. In this essay, Belloc metaphorically represents human body as a house, whose owner is the Host, the soul personified and the temporary resident, the Youth personified. This essay touches on the themes of transience of youth and worldly possessions, immortality of soul, virtues and vices and human choices and their after effects.
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