[stylist] Help! I'm being tormented by my essay!

[Angela fowler]

Hey guys,
    Could someone give me some pointers on these two paragraphs? They are
driving me crazy!
Thanks
 

 

         A far better response to the death of God, according to Nietzsche,
is for those of us who can to seize the moment and become gods ourselves. "I
assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures
and knows how to turn to its advantage;" (382) Here-in lies the will to
power, going not with culture for cultures sake, but having the strength to
go against it. It is following our own instincts, chasing our own dreams,
even though society might deem them unpermissible. Blind people living in a
sighted world are constantly flying in the face of cultural expectations
when we attempt to do every-day things which are thought to require vision.
Nietzsche would laud us. 

         Going against the cultural grain is anything but easy, but
Nietzsche contends that the tougher it is, the more we grow as a result.
"Actually, every major growth is accompanied by a tremendous crumbling and
passing away:" (112) As we take on new challenges and become new versions of
ourselves, we will lose some aspects of our old lives. The losses will be
painful; these things were a part of us and we will miss them and grieve for
them in a way. This pain and grieving, according to Nietzsche, is
liberating. In the end we will be freed from the shackles of old beliefs,
old scruples, and old habits which had held us back for years. The personal
growth we will experience will make the pain and loss well worth it. 

 
Thank you
 
Angela Fowler
 
fowlers at syix.com