“The Elephant in the Village of the Blind”

The conflict is as old as history itself. Man has always tried to know their world and communicate with others. Although, this is not easy because of the fact that not all people see the problems the same way. If you read this old story from India, you will discover some of the leading causes, due to which there was a lack in the understanding among people. In the village lived six blind. On a day, they were told by the villagers that, they came to the elephant! The blind were clueless in relation to the fact that what an elephant actually was. Due to this, they were of the view that because they cannot see it, they would go and touch it. They went to the elephant and each touched it (Arberry, p. 23-28).

Once in the village, broke into an elephant and stood in the main square. All the inhabitants of the village of scary agitated and decided to find out that the giant had invaded their village. The king ordered the five wise to investigate this phenomenon and report the results. The wise men approached the elephant from different sides. The first came from the side and felt for it, said in the village showed up huge throbbing wall walking. The 2nd of the intelligent individual had touched the leg of the elephant and surmised it's not a wall, and a walking tree. The third came from the tail and refuting the views of the first two sages announced that in fact it is a snake. The fourth, feeling the ear pronounced, that they are dealing with a large walking leaf. Fifth, feeling the trunk, said that all previous opinions are wrong and in fact it is nothing but as a large moving hose. Sages, Supported by his followers, started to have a fierce dispute about the "true essence" of that found itself in their village (Arberry, p. 23-28).

"He looks like a tower," - said the first man who touched his leg. "Oh, no! He looks like a rope”, - said the second blind man, who took him by the tail." Oh, no! He looks like a thick branch of a tree, "- said the third man who touched the elephant's trunk for." He looks like a big fan, "- said the fourth man who touched the elephant's ear." He looks like ...