What is Reality?

Reality is what the world perceives as real and factual. It is people, objects, and events that happen in the world that can affect our lives. It is also the conscious experiences that people have with the world. However, chapter 14 of Envision In Depth describes how a person’s view on the reality of the world can be influenced or changed based on moments captured by photography. A good example from my Biological Sciences class is a picture of a crippled man on the side of the road in Africa. The whole class reacted with sympathy and pity towards the man. Our professor then went on to describe how the man had been crippled on purpose by another individual so the crippled man could beg and receive money from people passing by that felt sorry for him. This shows how the reality of the situation is a man was purposely crippled so he could easily earn money, yet the world’s knowledge of the situation makes them believe that the man is poor and was unfortunately crippled in his life. While reality is what is true in the world, sometimes the truth is hard to find or is obscured by a single moment captured by a picture.