Time- December

Time

 

Is there such a thing as time? Modern day society is very focused on time. It is rare to find a room without some sort of clock in it. People are constantly checking their watches and phones for the hour as well. Why is that? No matter what activity we are partaking in, it is somehow linked with time. The question is, what is time? Is it even an actual thing? I do not believe that time is a real thing. I believe that time is an idea that society created a long time ago as a way of organization. We, as humans, like to believe that we are in control of our environment, thus we created "time." Time provides a way of measuring our daily activities and provides some sort of order to our lives. There is no way to prove that time is real because it is not a physical object. Thus, from deductive reasoning, humans must have created the idea of time at one point or another. Time, in my opinion, is just a frame of reference that society uses to maintain order.

 

 

This topic is discussed in Kurt Vonnegut's novel, Slaughterhouse Five. In this novel, the narrator experiences his life through time travel. This ignorance of standard time represents the idea that time is not an actual thing. The narrator does not live through the time frame that society does, yet he is still functioning. Time was also used as a motif in the novel when the narrator travels to the planet of Tralfamadore. Tralfamadorians are also ignorant of time. They do not view their life as separate events, but as one large image from birth to death. This alternative to time, again exemplifies by belief that time is not an actual thing, but a frame of mind that society chooses to use.

 

 

We have created a society that is linked with time. Every activity we do begins and ends at a certain time. For example, let's say that you are making plans with friends to go out to lunch. One of the first questions you will ask is, "What time do you want to go?" We ask this to make sure that we will all arrive at the restaurant at the same time. Let's say that you are meeting at noon. What is the difference between noon and one o'clock? There is none; time is not an actual thing. It is just a way to break up your life based on when the sun rises and sets. I believe that time is a method of organization for society and only exists in our minds.