Maze

In this image, I can't help but see the building shown as home. Like many things in life, the propensity we have to take things for granted is enormously disruptive. Like the feelings we face in quarantine, messages like "stay home" are simple for those that have a home to go to, or just to feel safe in. Although I like the message here, the term maze is not totally descriptive. The trouble is, that it's like more of a labyrinth, in the ancient Greek sense. The prize is set directly in front of a select few, but many are left haplessly wandering in a labyrinth without any real end, changing constantly to keep them trapped.

Idk man I think it’s just a maze with a beginning and end

The way I view this is how some people have it easier and things are given to them. While other have to work twice as hard to get to the same position other's are in. Someone has to actually go through the maze getting lost and figuring his way out alone. The other man the house is in front of his face waiting . Sometimes the ones' with the most blessings are never grateful. Everyone has a different journey and we should be aware of that and respect people.

This image portrays two men, a maze, and a house within the maze. In a maze, you typically go in random directions until you find your way out or to the desired destination. Some mazes give you a map. Others don't. There are also strategies, like staying on the left side. But even with strategies, mazes are challenges and can take up a lot of time. In this image, one man has a clear view of the house. All he has to do is walk forward. The other man has to actually go through the maze to reach the house. The way I'm seeing it, it shows how in society, some people have it easier to purchase a house. Others will have to find their way through the maze. This difference is made possible by factors. These factors can include race, gender, This image portrays two men, a maze, and a house within the maze. In a maze, you typically go randomly in all directions until you find your way out or to the desired destination. Some mazes give you a map. Others don't. There are also strategies, like staying on the left side. But even with strategies, mazes are challenges and can take up a lot of time. In this image, one man has a clear view of the house. All he has to do is walk forward. The other man has to go through the maze to reach the house. It shows how in society, some people have it easier to purchase a house. Others will have to find their way through the maze. This difference is made possible by factors. These factors can include race, gender, area of childhood, and education.

This image shows two men, one with an easy path to the house and one who's in a spot that doesn't even have an entrance to the house. I think it may be comparing it to people who are maybe not in a good spot right now and ones who are. Some people may have a harder journey than others. Everyone's got some type of issue or inconvenience in their life and they all matter. Some people may be struggling more than others, though and I think that's what this image is portraying. We all face obstacles in our lives, sometimes we face multiple at a time. Life is tough. we all got this though. No matter how hard it may seem right now, it will eventually get better. Nobody's problem is more important than another, Everyone's issues matter, no matter how big they may be. I think this image is just showing how the one man who has an easy path to the house may not appreciate how easy his path is and he may not think about how the other man's path may be very difficult.

A few years back my teacher from college asked me what I would compare life with, and immediately without thinking I responded: “I would compare life with a huge maze.” Her face got anxious and impatient at the same time wondering how I could possibly make that comparison. And nowadays, the answer remains the same to me. We live in a maze that is present in every decision and every step that we do going forward in our life . Every time we decide to start something new, our journey in our maze begins. Every problem or obstacle that makes us lose our path are the walls in front of us that stop us from reaching our goals. And when we finally get what we fought for, this is when we find the exit of that maze. There are a lot of different types of mazes. Their sizes are directly proportional to our goals and desires. But we must be really careful because even when we share the same objectives with others, the act of finding a route through the maze from the start to the finish could be different from others. Finding the finish of the maze will indicate our success into what we looking for, just we need to focus in our path, doing with patience even when our goals are the same the path to success is different.

The picture shown is giving the message that some people have it easier than others in life. The two people in the picture have the same goal and that is to get to the house. Like the real world many people have the same goal of growing up getting a good job and starting a family. The difference between the person starting at the bottom and the person starting at the top is the path the two have to take. The person at the bottom has one of those lives where everything is set up for them. They were probably born in a rich family and have their life set up for them because they have all the money they need. The person starting at the top is likely the opposite. They probably have very little money and face many obstacles as life goes on, they have to work harder and still might not succeed as well as the other person. Yes it’s unfair and shouldn’t happen but it does.

I think this picture is trying to depict peoples lives and how everyone has a different paths to where they are going and how some people have it easier than others. The person at the bottom is going straight to the house which I think is showing that they have an easier path to know what they want to do and start their life. Whereas the person on the top is going to have a far harder time getting to the house, which could show that they might be more troubled or come from a different background than the person on the bottom or will just have a harder life ahead of them. I believe that everyone has a different path in life and if you’re willing to work hard, you will be successful, so I think the top person will end up being very successful because they have to work more than the bottom person to get to their final destination, whatever that may be.

This image shows two men both trying to get to the same place, but one has a much simpler and straightforward path. The one starting at the bottom can already see the house he’s trying to get to, and doesn’t have to get lost or stuck on the way there. The man at the top doesn’t have a clear path and will have a difficult time getting to the house, if it’s even possible for him. This image is very representative of our society today. Many people are born with privilege just because of what they look like or where they’re from. They don’t even realize the struggle that the other side faces and will often be the first to belittle their journey just because it seems so easy to them. They will be the first to say that everything’s fair when they can reach the house/their goals in just a few easy steps without any setbacks, when everyone else has to make mistakes and work hard to get there.

The world outside of our little comfort zone called home, is a wild and confusing place that takes both brainpower and common sense to overcome. You need a keen sense of direction and purpose to get the most out of it, lest you be trapped in the maze. Your house is the only safe haven, a place with rhyme and reason that won’t try to dissuade you and always makes sense. That applies with almost every person on the planet. Some people might have an easier way to their “house”, but the reward to them is a lot less satisfactory and kind of lame. Not all can get through the maze, but when they can everywhere is their home.

I think the image is depicting how some people are born more privileged than others. The two people in the picture are given the same goal, to make it through the maze to the house, but one of them is obviously at a disadvantage. If it were a competition, the one closer to the house would win, and the other would lose, simply because they were placed at their respective starting points. In society, some people are born with disadvantages compared to others. Whether it be due to their class, skin color, or a disability, they need to work twice as hard to achieve the same things those born with more privilege want to achieve. The maze represents boundaries hindering these people from reaching their goals, things like bias, wage gaps, and physical differences. This metaphorical maze can discourage people from reaching for their goals because they can’t see the end from their vantage point. If they even attempt to make it through, there’s no guarantee that they’ll be successful. On the other side, the person who stands directly in front of their goal was born with privilege. Maybe they were simply born into the right family, as is often the case, and they’ve never had to experience the obstacles that the person on the other side of the maze has had to face. They can’t see that person. They might not even know that person exists, but the fact remains that they have an advantage, and as long as they have that advantage, the person on the other side will remain an underdog.

I believe that this image is trying to represent the life of a high school student. All of the different turns and dead ends, one faces, while reaching for the light at the end which could be anything. A 4.0 GPA, or winning a sporting event, or even something as simple as finishing an AP essay. There are so many twists and turns that high school students face. Trying to juggle athletics, extracurriculars, and school work is a menacing task for any 16 year old to face, or even think of. Sadly, what happens most of the time, is the light eventually exposes the horrifying reality of the real world. 9-5 jobs, mortgages, taxes, and the constant presence of the unescapable mounds of student debt. So as many teenagers will tell you, they can't wait to get out of high school and go to college. However, high school is truly the last time that teens are able to be free, with nothing tying them down. So, my last word of advice is to enjoy the maze, and take your time navigating it, because it might help you when you get out.

I interpret this image as the lives of the different social classes. I think that the maze represents life and the house represents an idea of the end goal in life or a “'perfect” life with everything that someone would need to be completely stable as an adult. Some of the things that would be in the end goal of this life would be things like shelter and food which many people are struggling to get. The fact that the maze is simple for one person but is twisty and complicated for the other perfectly portrays the privilege that some people have and how they just have a straight path towards the “ideal” life while the other person actually has to work for that goal and travel through the complicated maze that represents life and its hardships.

The image depicts a maze with a person on one end having a house immediately upon his entrance, while a person on the other end enters the same maze, except with no way of getting to the house. The artist’s message is that based on starting points in life, some people are more or less able to succeed, that in many ways our success in life is predestined by where come from and the circumstances around us. While we as people and our success are impacted by where we come from and how we grow up, I believe that with smart decision making and hard work, anybody can be successful. Personally, I realize I’m definitely somebody who has an incredible amount of privilege being born in the situation I am making it easy for me to take the side that my circumstances aren’t as important in determining my success in life. However, I know many people who have made good livings coming from very poor living conditions as child, as well as people who have squandered the best, richest situations. Overall, I’m more a believer in freewill as a determinant of success rather than success being a function of somebody’s circumstances.

The way I interpret this picture is exposure to life. Let's look at the person at the bottom, right at the entrance there is a house. But the person on top has an empty corridor into the unknown. It doesn’t know where to go, it can’t know, but the only way it can is to walk forward through life. The one on the bottom can simply end it’s journey and go inside the house. I think the person up top has it better, because the one on the bottom has to come out eventually, and the one up top will get out of the maze first to freedom. I realize that that entire paragraph is really hard to follow but just bear with me while I explain. The person on top is already going through life and learning from it. I think that he’ll survive outside the maze better, because the other one is sheltered, protected inside that little house, with no idea how big the world really is outside that little maze. People should be exposed and be more aware of their surroundings. That way we are more prepared to act when something happens around us to make the world a better place. Otherwise, we might as well be living in the back of a cereal box, and always be trapped in that maze.

The two men are trying to get to the same place, but only one has an easy and fair way to do it. This is a pretty good representation of our society today. The article talks about a mother who had just finished watching her son go through the college application process. She recognized that it was long and horrible, but what the sad part is all that work is going to go through a biased and unequal process of being judged. Affirmative action. It makes it easy for those who are black to get into college and harder for Asians. Some might say “Okay, and?” That’s a big problem! Asians are being stereotyped, as usual, of being smarter than the rest of the population, so colleges hold them to a higher standard. They have it wrong. Not all Asians are the same. Not all Asians excel at academics, and it’s unfair to put them in a category like that. In the same way, black peoples aren’t stupid. They very much have the potential to succeed just like everybody else, so to lower the standard for them is just demeaning. It makes you think twice before bubbling in your race on all the forms. Your whole future could change based on that one simple mark.

Some people have easier home lives. Some harder. Some people fear going home because they know what awaits them, whether that be parents that simply don’t pay attention to them or worse. Personally, I am the person with the easy path home. I have an extremely close relationship with my parents, and I’m proud of that. When I get home from school, we talk about our days or joke around or do anything together. And that is one of the things in life I cherish most. But many people don’t have that. Those people have to navigate through a maze of home issues just to get to their room and feel safe. Unfortunately, for those that have to find their way through the maze, every wrong turn has its consequences. Some people don’t even get to go “home,” or a place they feel safe and secure. Some people’s houses are a battleground, and that makes navigating the maze to comfort impossible.

Two people are standing on opposite ends of a complicated playing field- a maze. At one end is home. Yet one is closer to it than the other and can see it clearly. The other is barred by numerous barriers and it would appear that none of the paths actually lead to the home. One person is at a clear advantage. The other is lost and is about to plunge themselves into the maze, not realizing that it is impossible to find it again because of the twists and turns that separate them. It could be representative of racial privileges, or the maze representative of the challenges that special needs face in order to connect with their peers. But I want to explore an idea about the barriers that we place in between us and the ones we love. Fights cause twists in the roads, isolation causes turns, and bridges are burned into walls. The person who remains close to the home and the people in it will always be able to find their way back to it, no matter how far they go out. They walk away, yes, but there is no wall dividing them and they can always see it. But if they walk in a different direction, if they split ways, they will never be able to see it. The walls stand guard, preventing them from even looking back at the home and remembering it fondly. They only see the cold, stone walls, only remember the fights, the anger, and the bitterness. When at last they are so starved for a home that they must turn back, they cannot find their way through the mazes of fights again.

The two maze runners have unequal chances of success. In America, home ownership is often a sign of achieving the American Dream. In the drawing, one runner has an easy road to success with no obstacles in the way. The other person has to navigate through many challenges and is at a disadvantage. This can be compared to real life, where many people are at a disadvantage because of their family’s wealth, their race or gender, their geography, or many other factors. My Dad is a first generation college graduate. He grew up in a relatively poor family in one of the poorest counties in Florida. The public schools were not good and his parents did not help him much with high school and he put himself through college. My father had to figure everything out himself. He had a harder time in high school than I have. Because of my parents’ experiences, they can give me advice to help me get ready for college and a job. They encourage me to try new things like applying for internships and support me when I take risks. My path to success is more direct than my father’s. As a white male, it is easy to feel upset when women, minorities or first generation college students get extra help or preference. But, I am aware that I have advantages others don’t simply because my parents paved the path ahead of me. Unfortunately, in my town, state and country, not all kids have the same jumping off point on their path to success. It is a good thing when a rising tide lifts all boats together.

I think what the image represent is that the house is the start, the person that is the furthest is someone you admire, the person closest to the house is you. People always admire people who are on the stage and just want to be like them. Sometimes they give up their interest and start acting like them. And the maze show that every dead end you walk into will tell you that you are just not there because there is no way to get to that person because you are you and they are they. you and her are two different people, you might act like one but you are just you, just like no one can change your life but you can. The maze is dead because if you look closely to that two spot that is block, there is definitely no way of reaching to that other person.

I believe that this image represents two people attempting to reach the same goal/destination in life. In the image, both of the people are attempting to get to the house, but the person near the bottom of the image has a much easier path than the person near the top. This represents that in life, two people can take different paths to achieve the same thing. It also represents the idea in society, one person may have to work less or more to achieve a goal than someone else based on things such as race or gender.

This maze has many meanings, and the only way out is near a house. I think this house represents a goal. That you're going to have to get sidetracked or go through obstacles to reach it. There is no easy way, you have to go on a journey.

That there's a beginning in life but no end, nothing to earn but what you already have at home.

I think that this illustration of a maze has many meanings. The maze has multiple entrances and exits, but only one leads to a house. There are two people on opposite ends. The person in the top has no way to get to the house because the house seems like it's completely closed around it. The person on the bottom can see the house right in front of them. What I think this means is that one you get too far away from an entrance it's difficult to get back home. To get to the house, the person would have to walk around the maze. This relates to the world today because to reach a goal, you have to be patient and walk around the obstacles.

This image might represent the difference in opportunities presented to people who are privileged versus those who are not. Some people might have opportunities handed to them on a platter or just have an easier path to their destination to others. One person in the image is standing at the entrance to the maze where the house is right in front of them while the other needs to go through the maze to find the house. Some people are born with an advantage, whether it is wealth or unfortunately, race. Many shortcuts taken and accomplishments achieved can be bought by money. There are some opportunities barred from adequate and able people just because their race has placed them at the end of the list. Unfortunately, that is the dark side to a society mostly based on Capitalism.

This picture shows the difficulty of making it home. I understand the point of view that this image concerns, the struggle to get to ones final destination, but I see it as the struggle to find you way home. A lot of people deal with unstable home lives and for them finding stability is a lot harder, represented in the left side of the photo, while some people never really face those home life challenged. They are represented by the bottom right side. The journey home is different for everyone, and sometime you get lost in a maze trying to find what is right in front of you.

I think this illustration is trying to represent people’s lives. I think it represents the fact that some people have to go through more to get to their final destination. One of the people in the illustration has to go through a maze in order to reach the house, while the other one is staring right at it. I think this is a great metaphor for life because every person’s path is different. Some people have to face more disadvantages and roadblocks than others, while some may have a straightforward path. But, you never know what another person is going through. The person staring right at the house does not realize that the person opposite them has to navigate a maze first. This also points out the fact that some people don’t realize how easy their life is compared to someone else’s because they don’t always see each other’s path. It reminds us that we all need to be compassionate with others, as we don’t know what maze they have been through in their life to get to where they are today.

While viewing the image, I think the message it is conveying is while for some people the prize is right in front of them, others often face a maze full of challenges to the point of the end result not even being clear. This relates to the world today through discrimination. Whether the status you hold is based on your race, wealth etc. For one group of people, reaching the end goal could be such a direct easy process while others have to out everything they have to hope to reach the end. No one will understand the challenge that really goes into accomplishing something without putting themselves in someone else’s shoes.

I believe that this maze represents the difficulties that minorities face while trying to prosper in life. In the United States minorities, like black people, tend to have the odds stacked against them unlike the majority of the white population. In this picture I see the house as a symbol of financial stability and security. Financial independence is something all Americans are striving for. However, the nationwide race is not fair. The wage gap, a low minimum wage, racism, the court system, and prejudice are all to blame for this issue. To me, the figure on the bottom of the maze represents white Americans. Not only is the figure closer to the house but there are no walls impeding it's progress towards it. The figure at the top of the image represents the minorities of America. Their struggle is represented in the immense effort it takes to make it to the house of prosperity, the struggle to be financially independent. It can be seen that the upper figure is not only positioned further from the house but they also do not have an easy path to the house, unlike the figure on the bottom. Sadly, although the government is doing some things to lessen the struggle for minorities there is no end in sight. In America, minorities will always be oppressed because of the way we embraced slavery as an early country. America is built on the roots of oppression and racism and this can not be undone.

I think that this image is saying that some people have it easy while other people from the start have a disadvantage. It relates to the world today because people are discriminated against when they are born. In the picture, there are two people and one house. One has an easy route while the other´s is much harder. It points out that this is how the world is and we need to change it. I can kind of relate personally. I am white, so I am often given privileges. It probably happens more often than I notice it and, sadly, that is because I am used to it. My opinion is that the picture is powerful and very realistic.

I think that this image is saying that some people have it easy while other people from the start have a disadvantage. It relates to the world today because people are discriminated against when they are born. In the picture, there are two people and one house. One has an easy route while the other´s is much harder. It points out that this is how the world is and we need to change it. I can kind of relate personally. I am white, so I am often given privileges. It probably happens more often than I notice it and, sadly, that is because I am used to it. My opinion is that the picture is powerful and very realistic.

I think that this picture means that nowadays, people are trapped in their houses because of technology. People can spend hours on their phones or watching tv. It is scary to think that many adults barely get out of their houses. It is like they are trapped in the middle of a labyrinth and can´t get out. People can do so many things now without leaving the house, and that is what is changing people to stare at a screen the whole day.

I think the illustration is saying that what may be one person's home may not be another's. For example, one person's home may be with a blood-related family that cares for them and helps them, while others may be with their college friends who listen to them and make them feel better and safer. What one sister may call home may not be the other sister's home. Home, for me, is a place where you feel safe and cared for, full of people and things you trust. Everyone trusts and cares about different people.

I think this picture is trying to represent a good day vs a bad day. On one side of the picture I think it represents, the struggles people have to go through as an everyday human being just to make it home. Meaning by, getting stuck in traffic, having a bad day, working so many hours, just wanting to be home. On the other side of the picture I think it's someone having a good day. Everything went just fine for them that day, they had good luck, they got home easily, and the day just went their way.