Experience is a concept, which indicates the knowledge gained by a person after a certain period of exposure to a particular situation. Through experience, therefore, one gets the knowledge of what is to do in a given scenario as well as predicts what might follow a certain action. This indicates that one can easily get the meaning of a certain concept by just involving himself or herself in a certain action without reading any literature about it. Experience is acquired about the concept of an experiment where one can acquire the meaning implied in a certain concept.
Being in a certain scenario for sometime enables one to gain experience in that particular area hence becoming an expert as he or she will have the necessary knowledge to carry out the expected. Experience is an ambiguous concept as it can involve those events that the mind receives and processes, the knowledge that one gain from certain reactions, and the interpretation of the events, as one perceives them.
On Cannibals when the Carthaginians were sailing through the Straits of Gibraltar they finally landed on fertile land in the Atlantic Sea where they later moved to with their families. Later the Carthage ruler realized that their people were moving out of the country in much of the fertile land and they, therefore, forbade the movement as it was to depopulate the country hence lose people to defend the country or even in later stages attack them.
The experience gained through observation is the physical experience, which does not involve the mind. This kind of experience occurs when a change in an object or environment does not involve mental experiences. For instance, when one presents the sculptures of five people holding hands, one can have an overview of the whole sculpture by just viewing each sculpture. For example, one can interpret that these figures, which are in pairs, demonstrate the transcending perspective in gaining the meaning that the back or front view of one figure is simultaneously available with the back or front view of its mate. To some extent displaying figures independently, reveals the concept of the generic ideal.
For example, displaying figures in a series of rotational sequence creates the intended meaning of the whole sculpture. This, therefore, creates the idea that meaning unfolds in time where experience is the main idea. In real life, ideas gained influence one another hence creating meaning. The entire richness of a figure in such a scenario should stand out in a linear kind of graph of events.
In real-life situations, when the aspects of intelligence together with thought, memory, the will, and perception are involved create a mental experience. One is therefore able to use the gained experience to come up with conclusions that can help him or her perfect in that particular area. This is evident in Cannibals where the narrator says that a man who is blank in mind is the one who can give reliable information as compared to those who have some information about something as they will always extend and amplify the information given.
In society, people see their political or religious system as being perfect and complete. In this case, therefore such a community is wild, as it has not contaminated the beliefs through ideas from experience. Such societies are like wild fruits that are natural without any artificial modifications. The natural fruits are therefore better than the modified ones because people always use their preferences when doing modifications. Nature and chance are instances that can produce what is desirable than the act of art which in most cases is exaggerated.
Through socialization, one gains experience on how people should live and relate to one another in society. Growing in a given environment, therefore, shapes one’s experience through the observations and developments within that particular environment. In the history of every society, an individual can tell the effects and causes of various events. For instance, the Cannibals adopted the mode of punishing their prisoners from the Portuguese but through their modifications, they made it worse. They added by saying that through the interaction with their enemies they can borrow what they feel can benefit them. Understanding of concepts, therefore, unfolds with time. It is through experience that one can get the meaning of a certain concept in life.
Some people gain experience through either participating in the act themselves or receiving information from a third party. Some countries have also borrowed different forms of punishing their inmates either by implementing directly the way they are or by modifying them using their own beliefs. For example, the ancient Scythians borrowed what the Portuguese used to do when punishing their prisoners by burying them halfway and shooting the unburied parts with arrows. With such kind of activity in their land, they gained experience, which made them think otherwise hence changing the mode of punishment by even making it worse. Experience in such kind of scenarios, therefore, can help one to come up with concrete conclusions.
Sculptures also connote meaning as they embody ideas and attitudes. Sculptures act as a medium of relief in life just like in the history of paintings. Sculptures or paintings have fronts that create relief in a person for that person to view them properly. This, therefore, helps a person to view the paintings and get the whole concept without distorting the meaning. This also depends on the background of the painting, which in return gives the virtual space that helps figures to appear moving. In this case, therefore the sculptor projects the values of the narrative temporarily. The medium of relief in this kind of scenario helps in understanding the meaning through the visible sculptures.
When human beings witness an action they gain experience that helps them to come up with different conclusions based on that particular act. This is because people always draw conclusions based on their beliefs. When one has captured the data and the experience involved, he or she selects the data to pay attention to, fixes meaning, and out of the meaning, one comes up with assumptions based on one’s beliefs, which in return helps that person to come up with a different data and experience. For instance, on Cannibals, some people could not understand the reason why the king had many soldiers surrounding him until when they interact with him as he realized that he always had the privilege during the war by marching forward as their leader and the respect he gained.
Through experience, one is in a position to uncover the inconsistencies created between the first received data and experience gained at that time, and the new experience gained under the selected data based on one’s beliefs. In Literature texts, writers write in a manner to help the readers understand the meaning of a given text. However, readers have to use prior information and experience as presented in the text plus the new experience achieved by the writer to determine what happened afterward without reading additional text.