Tuesday, December 8, 2009

"All summers in a Day" response

     You sit on the swing at recess with no one to talk to, no one to play with. A girl, Sally, across the grass playing soccer comes over to you, and invites you to play with them. You deny her offer, and continue to sit on the swing, moping, and gently swaying on the lonely swing set. You keep yourself separate from other children. By denying Sally's offer, you’re isolating yourself from the world. The isolation Margot made was during tag. You can't exclude yourself from the world or others around us, or we will loose hope in ourselves.

      When Margot excluded herself from the game tag she pushed herself even further away from others. She put herself in a corner to be alone. Margot also didn't speak up for herself. In the story when she knew she was right about the sun coming out. She sat in silence while the other children made fun of her poem. She ignored them and continued to let her self be invisible. Even though she knows the sun is going to come out. “Those who believe are rewarded with the Truth”, and that’s what Margot needs the Truth. You need to stand up for yourself and for what you believe in.

      This Tragic short story shows us just that. We must stand up for ourselves to keep from death of our dreams. To keep them from being crushed for then we loose faith and hopelessness will come upon you with only yourself left to blame. Sometimes even standing up may not be enough, you need to let yourself be taken in by others around us. Let them accept you.

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