H. P. Lovecraft once said “the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”. He is implying that one may fear the thought of change but is tired of one's old way of living. Many people can feel trapped and buried with tradition, emotions, and general way of life. Many people are scared of change but do not feel like it will be a positive change. An individual can be overwhelmed by tradition and may crave for change.
In the poem “Diary of a Piano-Tuner’s Wife” by Wilmer Mills he tell us about a woman that feel constricted of the way her husband acts and the way of life he lives. He shows that the woman is afraid to change and to leave him. She is craving a piece of freedom and revolution like their daughter had. Her husband got back from the war in France and he had lost arm, She has notice many things different with him ever since the war. She has been trying to change by helping him change from his trauma that he is going through. This poem has show us the
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The wife in the poem Diary Of A Piano-Tuner’s Wife, the wife is trying to bring a change to her husband's way of life but afraid of what might happen. Just like me in that was a petrified of moving to manitoba, though we might differ in that the wife is trying to change her husband's way of life and me being afraid of moving to a new place. We are similar in that we both share the fear of change, weather or not it will bring a positive change. Knowing now that what happens in movies are fake and are not real. It help me understand that change can have a positive side to it and there’s nothing to be afraid about. Through the experience with moving it's help me better understand the meaning of change and how it can help mankind in a positive way. Which many people around the world can better from change and not have to fear