Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Apples & Oranges - Isaac Newton, Universal Law of Gravity
Well, first off one of the things that was good for Isaac Newton was being sent to grammer school, being at Cambridge where he loved it.It was good for Isaac to be far away from the house where he didn't have to interact with his mother most of the time. Even though family issues were not well for Isaac, he was interested in school and tried his hardest. He loved what he did, and at times even put himself through hard times to prove to people that he would not be brought to the bottom and picked on. The idea that reallly got Isaac Newton thinking hard was when the apple fell on his head, it was when studying and experimenting started for him. It was amazing to read about how a little idea such as an apple falling from the tree could get a person so caught up in its amazement, where at the end it brought Isaac to be one of the greatest scientist to date. One of the other things that really touched me about Isaac Newton was when he returned to his mothers' house and took care of her as long as she survived and was really regretful about how he had treated her. So I believe and as it was said in the book, the biggest reason Newton always worked hard to do something good in his life was to prove to his mother how well he could do, which she can be proud of him for.
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I think that deep down Newton had always been seeking acceptance from his peers and mainly his mother. He had felt abandoned when she left him, so I feel that he just wanted his mother to be proud. Newton just wanted to show that he acheived something and always wanted his mothers support. By him being bullied, I feel that was a turning point in his life, because he wanted to prove himself to the world.
I definately agree that bullying was something that brought him to try harder and prove himself just like you said :D
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