Analysis Of Short Essay 'Joyas Volardores' By Brian Doyle

In the short essay “Joyas Volardores” the author, Brian Doyle structures his essay in three sections in which he first addresses the tiny hummingbird and its fast and lively beating heart, then he addresses the massive blue whale and its slow and ponderous beating heart, and finally in the third section he addresses the average sized human and its unpredictable and erratic beating heart that often fluctuates between having qualities of both the hummingbird’s heart and the blue whale’s heart. Doyle makes the audience notice the differences in the paces at which the hearts are all beating while still recognizing the fact that all of the hearts are the same in that they are beating. “Joyas Volardores” is very impactful and dives into the interesting …show more content…
You can spend them slowly, like a tortoise and live to be two hundred years old, or you can spend them fast, like a hummingbird, and live to be two years old.” and evokes deep thought about how a life should be lived (Doyle 65). Should life be lived at a slow pace and last a long time or at a fast pace and end quickly? Should life be lived like a hummingbird or a blue whale? In the case of the doctor it is important for him or her to work like a hummingbird and worry about the patients and invest time into them, however; life is full of many precious moments that can be missed if not noticed, so the doctor should take a break and maybe go on a vacation with his or her family to build relationships just as the blue whales do. In the case of the parent it is important for him or her to work like a hummingbird at sometimes so the parent will have a steady income to provide for his or her children, however; it is equally important to spend quality time with his or her children to maintain a healthy relationship with their most prized possession to ensure that their children always love and appreciate them as much as they love and appreciate their