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Lost?

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What does it mean to be lost?

When we don’t know where someone is, we say they are lost. Is that really the case? The lost person spoken of knows exactly where they are. Maybe it is not they who are lost, but we who are lost without them.

If my dogs ran off and started exploring the neighborhood, I would say they were lost. That’s not true. They know exactly where they are. I don’t, but they do. They aren’t lost. I’m just lost without them.

I have a theory on the mentality of a dog. If you were to ask a person what time it was, they would most likely find the nearest clock and tell you what said clock shows. Let’s assume that dogs can talk. If you asked a dog what time it was, they would reply, “now”.

If you were to ask a person where you were, they would most likely tell you what building, or what city you were in. If you were to ask a dog, they would say “here”. Kind of obvious isn’t it? Where else would you be? Dogs know exactly where they are at all times. They are “here”.

The meaning of the word lost is really in the eye of the beholder. Who’s to say who is lost?

Beowulf

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In my English class, we have been reading Beowulf: A New Telling by Robert Nye.

In a few places, Robert Nye describes queen Wealhtheow as having a blue cloak. In chapter 5, she also is described as having blue eyes. Why all the blue?

In the Christian bible, Mary, the mother of Jesus, always wears a blue cloak. She is known as the Holy Virgin. She is, in some branches of christianity, queen of the heavens. Blue is known as the color of purity, of virginity, of innocence.

All babies are born with blue eyes. Not many people know this, but all babies are born with blue eyes. The scientific reason is that people are born without melanin, the pigment that accumulates over time and darkens your eyes. People with blue eyes have less melanin in the genes they get from their parents.

In times when the bible was written, however people didn’t know that. They thought that the color of the baby’s eyes was because of innocence. Therefore they made Mary’s cloak blue.

Because of that cloak, blue became known as the color of the heavens, of benevolence and goodness.

Having queen Wealhtheow wear blue and posses blue eyes signifies that she is a good, innocent person. Someone that can be trusted.