Life Cycle Of Human
“Life's a journey filled with lessons, a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Confronted with many situations, some will be filled with joy, and some will be filled with heartache” by Thomas S. Monson
During Quarter 3, we were focusing on how do we describe life’s journey. In this unit, we read and analysed Shakespeare's “Seven Ages of Man,” he describe seven acts of human; the schoolboy, the lover, the soldier, the judger, the pantaloon, and the dead man. I totally agree with him because that’s how life cycle are like. Moreover, we read another poem by Frost’s “Road Not Taken,” Hugo’s “The Sower,” In this poem Frost describes in different view on life. Speaker has to choose between two roads. These two roads offer different experiences and it is depends on the speaker to decide his future. Last thing that we read was Piercy’s “To Be of Use”. Each poem conveyed differing ideas of life’s journey and what it might conduce. We had to analyse these three poems for poetic devices and complete several writes about them.
In both Shakespeare's “Seven Ages of Man” and Frost’s ”The Road Not Taken,” the speakers explore life’s meaning in different ways. Jacques conveys life as a series of acts, stating that everyone becomes oblivious and dies in the last act. According to Jacque, once we are at the last, we are in “mere oblivion, sans teeth, sans taste, sans everything.” The quote shows that we are at climax of life and it started to slowly depressing slide down to death. Jacque is pessimistic and believes life to be meaningless. In contrast, Frost conveys that life is about making risky choices but not Unlike Shakespeare’s Jacque, Frost’s speaker is an optimist. He took the road that was less travelled and got to have an adventurous time. He went into where unknown risks were higher, but he has shown that making different choices or choosing the road less travelled has made a positive difference. In both poems “To Be of Use,” by Marge Piercy and “The Sower” by Victor Hugo, the speakers show great admiration for hard working people and their attitudes toward life. Piercy proves attitude by evidence when the author writes, “I love people who harness themselves...” and in the “Sower” the speaker sees the farmer as working hard with hope for a better day which is depicted that a boundless faith in future days. According to “Marches he along the plain,To and fro, and scatters wide, From his hands the precious grain; Moody, I, to see him stride” In my life, I work hard because I feel satisfied and I enjoy when I complete and do excellent work. In addition, I’m dedicated to working hard because I am positive about my bright future. Therefore, I think both of the author’s perspectives are valid.
From my point of view, I agree with all of the speakers because In Shakespeare's “Seven Ages of Man” and Frost’s ”The Road Not Taken,” the speakers explore life’s meaning in different ways. Jacques conveys life like cycles, stating that everyone becomes oblivious and dies. In my opinion, this is life’s cycle that everyone should accept. In contrast, Frost conveys life is about making risky choices but not always what we want. I believe that any risky choices that I make will led me to a better of my future. Difference that I make will force me to get out of my comfort zone and took adventure to learn life. Life is not only a cycle or taking risks for a positive difference but it’s more on what we believe in our life. In my personally I believe in time and responsibility.
Works Cited
Frost. “The Road Not Taken.” Mountain Interval. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1916. Print.
Hugo, Victor. “The Sower.” Holt McDougal Literature Grade 9. Eds. Allen et al. Orlando, Fl: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2012. 810. Print.
Piercy, Marge. “To Be of Use.” Holt McDougal Literature Grade 9. Eds. Allen et al. Orlando, Fl: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2012. 811. Print.
Shakespeare, William. “Seven Ages of Man.” As You Like It. London: Van Voorst. 1648. Print.