Lastly, I would like to say that I really enjoyed listening to the poetry from Maya Angelou, the way she presented it was different than anyway I had ever recieved poetry. The words that were once confusing made complete sense, and I feel that this will help me when reading more poetry. Have a good week everyone, theres only a few left!
Monday, April 6, 2009
I love you Jennnnnaaaayy.
So, how many of you guys can relate to the way that Dave felt in this story. I know I can, I always felt I was more mature than I really was. Though I never killed my employers mule, I know I did some dumb stuff back in the day. Dave felt that he was ready to become a man, and hold some power that a man would hold. Like any BOY would do, he misjudged what he could handle. Then he decides to run away, which, will never lead him anywhere different than where he is at currently. Not acknowledgeding that he was still a boy will lead to him never actually maturing. Its like the old saying, we learn from our mistakes, its what makes us better, what helps us grow into more mature individuals. But I would have to say, in many ways many of us can relate to this story, maybe not the settings, but the main plot behind it all seems to be universal.
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I so agree with you. I too have thought I was grown and could do things on my own. But when time came I was the first one running back to my mom asking for help. You're right you learn from your mistakes. With out doing wrong you won't know how to do right. I too love Maya Angelou's poems! Still I Rise happens to be my favorite! It's not tht long but the meaning is powerful!
ReplyDeleteI agree that this main plot is universal. Im sure everyone around this world has felt this way before, i know i have. I have two younger brothers and i see it in them all the time, and now that im older i can look back on when i was their age and remember how grown up and mature i was. I do think that running from your problems never fixes them, in the end you are either in a bigger mess then what you started with or you are just right back to where you started. Its not about your mistakes you make, because everyone makes mistakes, thats how you learn and develope into a mature person, but its how you recover from your mistakes and what you get from them.
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