Pain

"Pain disregards for our system of values greatly increases its hold on life. The emperor who, when urged to remove himself from the line of fire, responded by asking whether one had ever heard of an emperor falling in battle, exposed himself to one of those errors to which we all too willingly succumb. No human situation is secure against pain. Our children's tales close with passages about heroes who, having overcome many dangers, live out their lives with peace and happiness. We hear such assurances with pleasure, for it is comforting for us to learn about a place removed from pain. Yet, in truth, life is without any such satisfying end, and it is evident by the fragmentary character of most great novels, which are either incomplete or crowned by an artificial conclusion. Even Faust closes with this sort of contrived literary device."

         What Junger is saying in this passage in life there is no happily ever after. Life will always result in pain due to death. It is very naive of people to believe that we are all secure from pain. Pain is inevitable. It is due to our beliefs in religion that we all have faith. In history due to Imperialism and totalitarianism Germans have been destroyed emotionally and cognitively. Through politics we are distressed human beings. We are intended to believe our world leaders will save us like the myths of gods or superheroes. Therefore I believe that still on present day we are still teaching children pain but in legit process. I work in for the Department of education and it is painful what our system is suffering, also our children suffering. The teach to the test is painful to teachers. It takes teaching away. It's a philosopher of education on his theory "Liberation Pedagogy" Paulo Freire

"The power of education to liberate or free oppressed people from the social economic and political conditions that dis-empower and marginalize them".

We are bound to our backs to each other. where our great leader our heroes that we put so much faith in are taking our life away slowly but silently. The future our children are in for a world of slavery, mind control and no heroes to save them. No Marvel comic heroes, no Dc comic heroes. Just our politicians in the senate and congress who dig deep to have a Totalitarianism state once again. History repeats its self and as a society we just let it happen. In faith that a hero will come save us from the hell we live in.