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One analogy that came up was if Whitman represents evolution and you don't want to live with Whitman it states that you don't want to live with evolution.  Well do I want to live with evolution?  Well if it is Whitman then no, because I would get so annoyed with the man's ramblings and randomness that he might be kicked out in a few days.  But what if the question was are you afraid of evolution, and that's why you don't want to live with "Whitman?"  No is the first answer that crosses my mind, but at the moment I'm not exactly sure.  If I knew everything there is to know about evolution, would I be happy with the result, would I be happy with knowing there might not be destiny that there is nothing in control?  Maybe that does make me a little uneasy because it is nice to have the comfort of knowing what is to come, it is nice to have comfort.  People say they know how an animal will act, and people say that they know how the world will change, but they are only guesses. So, am I scared of living with evolution?  Yes, I have my fear of not knowing what is to come; scared of the random process that affects my life and the people around me.  Whitman can go live with someone else, right now I don't need discomfort at my back, and I don't want to think about what is to come, try to figure out the meaning behind the randomness.  And yet with this class I have to think about the unknown, have to question myself, have to explore, and maybe with this exploration I can conquer my fear and begin to live with Whitman as he tries to show me how the world works through is eyes.  I guess I'm just going back and forth.