What's gonna work? TEAMWORK! --Kayla Gill
Okay so, while reading this book, just from the start, I have noticed some similarities from previous works we have read. There seems to be an occurring theme in some of these works from around the same period of time and genre. In readings such as the Aeneid and the Epic of Gilgamesh, there is a sense of conflict in the story. Now, while there is a conflict involving other characters in the poems, there is a deeper feeling within the main protagonists themselves. In Augustine's Confessions, Augustine battles with himself in the cave in chapters 3 and 4. He seems to be hinting at the damaging properties of holding onto past mistakes. He is unable to move forward out of the cave because he is bound by the dark shadows that lurk him.
In the other stories, we see an inner battle as well. In Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh struggles with himself because he feels the need to be the most powerful and the best, which then causes him to be selfish and greedy. The Enkidu is sent into the story to humble the king. In the Aeneid, Aeneas struggles with this trap between his destiny or his love for Queen Dido. He has to make a tough call to see what is more important to him.
Augustine teaches us a valuable lesson about leaving the past and troubles that haunt you behind. You can not move forward in life carrying the weight of the world. Augustine tries to find his relief in Christ and learns the Bible, and takes it and recognizes it through his own life. I titled this the way I did because all of these stories correlate and reference each other so well, they all help each other help in making enough content to produce a book. If you don't understand the title, your childhood was probably blessed due to the fact you weren't forced to watch "Wonderpets" because of your younger siblings.
PS: I commented on Gray and Katie's
In the other stories, we see an inner battle as well. In Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh struggles with himself because he feels the need to be the most powerful and the best, which then causes him to be selfish and greedy. The Enkidu is sent into the story to humble the king. In the Aeneid, Aeneas struggles with this trap between his destiny or his love for Queen Dido. He has to make a tough call to see what is more important to him.
Augustine teaches us a valuable lesson about leaving the past and troubles that haunt you behind. You can not move forward in life carrying the weight of the world. Augustine tries to find his relief in Christ and learns the Bible, and takes it and recognizes it through his own life. I titled this the way I did because all of these stories correlate and reference each other so well, they all help each other help in making enough content to produce a book. If you don't understand the title, your childhood was probably blessed due to the fact you weren't forced to watch "Wonderpets" because of your younger siblings.
PS: I commented on Gray and Katie's
That is so true about Wonderpets because I made my older siblings watch it all the time. Anyway, I think that the main reason we see that common theme of inner struggle is because that is what helps us to understand and relate to the people themselves. Everyone faces internal struggle at some point in their lives whether it be about what college to go to or if you should tell your best friend something you know might hurt them but help them overall. Seeing that other figures as powerful as Augustine facing the same struggles as we do now, helps us to see that everyone is a person no matter how well they seem to have it together.
ReplyDeleteI love the title of this blog post! (almost as much as I love you). ;) I struggle with this, because for some reason I can;t get over some of my mistakes throughout life sometimes. Luckily thanks to God and people like you the past is becoming the past, as it should be. In the Young Traveler's Gift, Michael visits King Solomon. Solomon says that every five seconds, God puts something about your life in the past. We should remember this, and move on.
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