What We Really Want Analysis

How would you react to hearing that your neighbor was being evicted because they could not afford to pay their rent? Or when someone robs your store and tells you that they did it to feed their family? Would you immediately feel pity for someone who is obviously less fortunate than you are or would you think “oh well, that’s not my problem?” Unfortunately, we live in a world where, when someone else’s experiences or lifestyle does not affect us directly, then we do not know how they feel nor do we try to put ourselves in their shoes. This indifference towards others causes a sense of selfishness that enables others to be misunderstood and a lack of cohesion as a people. Most of all, we lack the ability to understand the emotional state of another person or oneself, yet when we learn to understand that if something affects one person then, it affects another too. Compassion is an important …show more content…
Line 8 says, “we want to be spoon-fed whenever we’re hungry” to show how people are constantly wanting something but don’t care to think about how it might affect others. For example, when a child wants a limited edition comic and asks their parent to get it for them for Christmas. The child does not often think, how will my mom or dad be able to afford something of such high value, how will this affect my sister’s ability to get the gift that she wants too? Or do I really need these colored pieces of paper? This poem whispers/hints to us that we need to take more into mind the effects of our actions and whether or not they are worth following through with. As humans, we don’t often put ourselves in others shoes to see how our actions might affect them or how they would