Books and Bookends and the Bookend Theorem
Created | Updated Apr 10, 2014
Books and Bookends and the Bookend Theorem
Bookends. They are in my bookcase and I deal with them a lot whenever I want to get a book. First, I must define a bookend for myself and for my reader, for it is an object of great mystery. It is an object that is invisible to society. A bookend is a thing that is placed at the end of a row of books to prevent the row of books from falling down. There are many things, so what is a bookend thing? I must refine my definition. A bookend is an object that is relatively the length and width of a book to keep a book in the position in which it is desired. A bookend can be a wall, another book of a greater mass and volume, or simply… a bookend. Anything that can support a book and hold it in its desired position is a bookend.
A bookend supports the knowledge of a book. Without one, the other would be useless. They rely on one another. Without a bookend, a book will not be able to hold itself up and not be able to be in a good condition. Without a book, a bookend is useless. Perhaps a bookend can be regarded as the bodyguard of the president. A bodyguard by itself is useless; it paces around a room in despair, waiting for somebody to protect. A president by itself is also useless, for soon the president will become an ex-president (take for example John F. Kennedy).
There are books and bookends. Which one is more important? It is irrelevant. While an object is serving as a supporting object, its usefulness is incomparable to the usefulness of the object that it serves. You cannot compare the usefulness of a book to a bookend when a book depends on a bookend. The same is true for the converse. A book and a bookend can be compared to a general and his army. What is a general without an army? Nothing at all. He may be intelligent when his intelligence is compared to that of the personnel of his army, but his militaristic significance is nil when he has no army to command.
Supporting objects, like the bookend, are necessary for aesthetic pleasure. They are also necessary for structural purposes. Supporting objects can make the object that they support more useful. Sometimes they are even necessary for the proper use of the object that they support, such as in the case of the general and his army. Therefore, many people desire or require the supporting objects of a particular object. Bookends are very important because of this reason. They are in libraries, homes, schools, businesses, and in all other places where books reside because one must have a bookend to properly house and organize books.
I have bookends in my bookcase. They are metallic and they are a fine lustrous brown. Without these bookends, my books lean on each other like fallen dominoes. Time after time, I lift my books from their fallen domino position into the orderly line commonly seen in library shelves. I then have temporary glory until the almighty force of gravity pressures the books to relapse into their bad posture. Then I buy a few bookends and they defy gravity. Bookends are unnoticed because they are merely supporting objects, but in fact, a bookend holds within itself the essence of a book.
Endnote-
Bookends are supreme. They defy gravity, something even us humans cannot do. One must understand that bookends do not defy gravity for themselves. They defy gravity for the books for which they support. Bookends are loyal to their books. "Extend your awareness outwards, beyond the self of body, to embrace the self of group and the self of humanity. The goals of the group and the greater race are transcendent, and to embrace them is to achieve enlightenment..." We must follow in the footsteps of the bookends. Only then will we achieve enlightenment.
Bookends. They are in my bookcase and I deal with them a lot whenever I want to get a book. First, I must define a bookend for myself and for my reader, for it is an object of great mystery. It is an object that is invisible to society. A bookend is a thing that is placed at the end of a row of books to prevent the row of books from falling down. There are many things, so what is a bookend thing? I must refine my definition. A bookend is an object that is relatively the length and width of a book to keep a book in the position in which it is desired. A bookend can be a wall, another book of a greater mass and volume, or simply… a bookend. Anything that can support a book and hold it in its desired position is a bookend.
A bookend supports the knowledge of a book. Without one, the other would be useless. They rely on one another. Without a bookend, a book will not be able to hold itself up and not be able to be in a good condition. Without a book, a bookend is useless. Perhaps a bookend can be regarded as the bodyguard of the president. A bodyguard by itself is useless; it paces around a room in despair, waiting for somebody to protect. A president by itself is also useless, for soon the president will become an ex-president (take for example John F. Kennedy).
There are books and bookends. Which one is more important? It is irrelevant. While an object is serving as a supporting object, its usefulness is incomparable to the usefulness of the object that it serves. You cannot compare the usefulness of a book to a bookend when a book depends on a bookend. The same is true for the converse. A book and a bookend can be compared to a general and his army. What is a general without an army? Nothing at all. He may be intelligent when his intelligence is compared to that of the personnel of his army, but his militaristic significance is nil when he has no army to command.
Supporting objects, like the bookend, are necessary for aesthetic pleasure. They are also necessary for structural purposes. Supporting objects can make the object that they support more useful. Sometimes they are even necessary for the proper use of the object that they support, such as in the case of the general and his army. Therefore, many people desire or require the supporting objects of a particular object. Bookends are very important because of this reason. They are in libraries, homes, schools, businesses, and in all other places where books reside because one must have a bookend to properly house and organize books.
I have bookends in my bookcase. They are metallic and they are a fine lustrous brown. Without these bookends, my books lean on each other like fallen dominoes. Time after time, I lift my books from their fallen domino position into the orderly line commonly seen in library shelves. I then have temporary glory until the almighty force of gravity pressures the books to relapse into their bad posture. Then I buy a few bookends and they defy gravity. Bookends are unnoticed because they are merely supporting objects, but in fact, a bookend holds within itself the essence of a book.
Endnote-
Bookends are supreme. They defy gravity, something even us humans cannot do. One must understand that bookends do not defy gravity for themselves. They defy gravity for the books for which they support. Bookends are loyal to their books. "Extend your awareness outwards, beyond the self of body, to embrace the self of group and the self of humanity. The goals of the group and the greater race are transcendent, and to embrace them is to achieve enlightenment..." We must follow in the footsteps of the bookends. Only then will we achieve enlightenment.
