Analysis Of The Poem 'All That Glitters Is Not Gold'

“Not all those who wander are lost,” a line from the poem All That Glitters Is Not Gold by J. R. R Tolkien tells how even if you are on a journey and you don’t know quite where your destination is, it can be worth the while. In this unit, we learned about multiple journeys that can convey how the journey is important to gain life long experiences and build upon courage in order to set off on your own. On this journey, we can see some heroes, a hero can be defined as someone who even in the smallest of deeds, can help someone in their time of need. For example, if one kid was sick and another kid was to lend him his notes, that could be defined as an act of heroism. Solely because even though it was a small deed, it still meant a lot. A …show more content…
While is can be fun to go on a journey of self discovery, many time, you discover a side of you that you don't/didn't want to find. Heros undergo a part of their life when they cannot find out why they are heros. But everyone can be a hero. A small act can be taken as an act of heroism and can make everyone feel better. In a poem that I read during this unit, Ithaka, it shows how you always need to keep your home in mind. Lines 2 and 27, “Hope the voyage is a long one… But do not hurry the journey at all.” This is basically saying that Ithaka wants you to take a long time on your journey and make sure that you learn. If you hurry a journey, you won't learn what your supposed to. You could miss a key detail that could affect you for the rest of your life. When leaving for a journey, people are often unprepared. They don't expect what they learn and don’t take it as they should. If they fall and scrape their knee, they don’t think to not run on slick tile. They blame the airport for their own mistakes. If given a choice, many people would rather have someone else be blamed for their mistake. As humans, we all make mistakes, no one has an immunity. While it is important to remember where you can from, it’s also important to learn so much from the …show more content…
If you're going on a trip, the most memorable part of that is what happened on the plane or in the car. You remember the weird people you sit next to, or how they narrate the scenery flying by. Once you get to a destination, it can be very fun. The new sights, new adventures to have, but that can get pretty boring after some time. And once that gets too tame, you can look back on how the journey made you laugh, or how it made you scared. While nothing can compare to the joy of feeling home again, a quote from the poem the Odyssey, lines 995-997 shows that even with the feeling of home or discovering a new place, a journey can impact you more than the destination. “Those adventures made a long evening, and i do not hold with tiresome the repetition of a story.” The narrator/ author is telling how he remember the journey, and he remembers it in detail. Of course, he probably remembered the joy of seeing his wife and his son again after ten years. But Odysseus has also seen his crew members get picked off in front of him. While you can learn on a journey, it is also important to keep the destination and your home in your mind and in your heart. Another good quote that shows how important the destination is to remember is from line 32 in Ithaka, “Ithaka was the one that gave you the journey,” This is saying while the journey was very fun, it is always important to remember where you came from. When you leave home, you take the