Malak Mito - Grade 12 English

       This talk is given by a sociologist who is speaking about the development of the human brain over the last 2 million years. How our human brains have developed from homohabilis to homo sapiens. He points out that our human brain has developed in size, but this doesn't mean it only got better; it means that it also developed new structures. What he means by the new structure is the frontier lobe or the prefrontal cortex. He describes the idea of what makes having the prefrontal cortex a significant development in the human brain. He explains that its strategic function is an adaptation, or rather acting as an experience simulator. This is what helps us in many situations when we have to make a decision about something. We can run the experience in our brains without actually doing it in the real world. Then we come up with a decision based on the simulation and not the real experience. Then he moves on to discuss happiness providing different examples of what h...

      This quote refers to Don Quixote when he first sees the girl in the Inn. Aldonza is a prostitute who appears rough, strong, and stubborn. Don Quixote assuming the role of a knight, doesn't see her as a prostitute. In fact, he sees her as a gracious lady of noble birth. He does not call her real name; he calls her Dulcinea instead of Aldonza. Aldonza is shocked and puzzled. However, his words touch her deeply and we find her at the end of the play totally changed and moved by his words. Don Quixote was the only one who could see the real beauty of this girl. Everybody else including the Innkeeper and the muleteers saw her as a prostitute. He was the only one to see her true essence.      The same quote is applied to anybody's personal experience. We all have something beautiful in our hearts, but sometimes it's hidden beneath layers of anger or sorrow. Based on my personal experience, I once had a friend who never smiled. She was always sulking th...