Analysis Of Works And Days: The Ohio State University

The main aim of the education of any kind is to provide the people with a possibility to use their knowledge and skills in order to be able to live and to lead a complete life. However, nowadays, the large concern of our society is the morality and the cooperation between people in the community. Thus, the issue that needs much attention on the side of educational system is the morality. The Ohio State University claims to open for the students a clear way toward the American Dream. However, in the modern society, the universities not only need to lecture the students, but also to instill them the moral norms and the principles according to which they should live. With regard to this, the didactic poem Works and Days is a great reading that the freshmen of the OSU must read since it develops the topic of morality and teaches that nothing can be achieved without any effort as well as covers a number of crucial issues like peace, religion, and society.

In the poem, the author believes that there is the higher instance and “that all-wise Zeus will not yet bring that to pass” (Works and Days, l. 273). With regard to the modern society, this idea implies that everyone will get what he deserves. Thus, this piece of idea provides the students with an idea that hard work will be compensated and remunerated. Achieving success requires from the students much effort to get the knowledge and learn how to apply them in their further life. This principle would be valuable for the freshmen. Moreover, Heciod speaks about fairness and calls for people “Do not get base gain: base gain is as bad as ruin” (Works and Days, l. 353). Therefore, reaching success should be completed with moral