Have you ever read a book or story that you just never wanted to put down? Books are basically magic, they can take you on adventures and to far away places. Maybe, one story strikes an intellectual thought or makes you have to read over and over until you finally get it. However, everyone has a favorite book or text, one that they claim is greater than any other. Throughout this semester, “Water, is Taught By Thirst” by Emily Dickinson, “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar, and “Story Of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, were the texts that I found most interesting.
Emily Dickinson’s “Water…” provides a crucial life lesson that should not be overlooked. Dickinson states, “Water, is taught by thirst. Land - by the Oceans passed. Transport - by throe - Peace - by its battles told - Love, by Memorial Mold - Birds, by the Snow.”(Pg 417). This poem is a comparison of words it shows how several things are “taught” by trial. Too often we take things for granted when instead we should focus on what we already have. In other words, we never truly appreciate something until it's gone. There will always be hard times in
life. If not, then we would never appreciate anything in life, and the good things that come would not seem as good. Even though there is trial, there is always a better side to it. The solution is to stay strong and wait for
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In this specific story Dunbar is speaking of the African American community and how they had to hide their true feelings to blend in with the culture. “We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes- This debt we pay to human guile; With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, And mouth with myriad subtleties”(Pg 638). At this point in time, African Americans had to smile and pretend that everything was okay. They were the ones being discriminated against but if they spoke up, they were in the