Hi, need to submit a 1500 words paper on the topic Water is the Foundation of Life.

Hi, need to submit a 1500 words paper on the topic Water is the Foundation of Life. &nbsp.The rage of water in the climate through rain, hurricanes, and tsunamis provides context for its management. Even sitting perfectly still in the clutches of water through sitting on a boat is not enough to give any sense that water is not in control. Water controls the world, whether or not the established authorities intend to create a more stable environment. Water has a power that can be harnessed in part but never fully appreciated for its destruction or the immensity of its quantity. &nbsp.

&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp. Illich discusses water in terms of its social identity as a symbol of purity and cleansing. He suggests that water always is a substance of duality and that one of the most potent dualities that it has is in its purity and cleansing properties. Cleansing is of prime importance to Illich as he discusses how water can “detach what sticks to people” (27). It can be said that water is a lubricant that can divide as much as it can bring together, the substance coming between the body and impurities to wash them away, as much as it can be the great equalizer in which what flows past and through one body is destined to continue to flow through all bodies. Patton says of purity that “Religious notions of purity and pollution, particularly for oceangoing or shoreline peoples, chronically regard the sea as the most powerful vehicle for catharsis” (140). The idea of water is associated with washing away troubles and providing a clean surface to make new or continue.

&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp. In both the religious and the context of the commons, water represents cleanliness. As baptism takes place in many churches, the recipient is sometimes sprinkled, sometimes dunked into the water to enjoy water's purification ritual. In baptism, the individual washes away the past to reveal a new future dedicated to faith. From a more practical standpoint, water represents a city that does not stagnate in its decay. The emergence of city plans with water systems is one of the more essential elements of creating a well-organized city. Water is placed with dreams for Illich, who writes that they “make(s) the city work” (3). Therefore, it can be seen that water can be used through both the ritualization of its use and through commonality that is sustained in the development of a clean and well-run city. Cleansing is both a religious ritual and practical application of the idea of the use of water.