How can we escape from the dark dreary moments of life? “Where The Sidewalk Ends” by Shel Silverstein, is a short poem about leaving behind the dark streets and making your way to the light at the end of the sidewalk. The realistic fiction novel “Jeremy Fink And The Meaning Of Life” by Wendy Mass, is about A young boy’s journey to open a box his deceased father left for him to open on his thirteenth birthday, the box holds the meaning of life. These two texts use imagery in their writing to help us understand how to escape the dark.
As we step into, “Where the sidewalk ends” by Shel Silverstein, he opens our eyes to the reality of leaving behind a life of sorrow by writing, "Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black…And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go, For the children, they mark." (Silverstein Lines 8-9). This not only tells us to leave behind a life of sorrow but shows us. Through descriptive imagery, Sliverstein is able to help us vividly see how to escape. It also tells us, though it is hidden, that, yes life will sometimes be filled with anger and sadness, but all we have to do is leave. But
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One wolf is evil. He is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other wolf is good. He is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith" (Mass) We can see here that Mass also uses descriptive imagery to deliver the message that we need to choose whether we stay behind or go towards the light. The options are to stay with the dark, negative wolf floating on an island in an ocean of darkness, or step towards the light, positive wolf on the land underneath a heavenly