With everything happening in life, it is easy to focus on just ourselves and our own lives sometimes. However, it is important to not get caught up in the trivial aspects of life and lose sight of the bigger picture, or forget that “this is water.” In David Foster Wallace’s “This is Water” speech, he states that “[Life] is about simple awareness - awareness of what is so real and essential, so hidden in plain sight all around us, that we have to keep reminding ourselves, over and over. “This is water, this is water.’” He reminds us that being aware of real things is hard, and that we have to use things like literature to keep reminding ourselves of the reality around us.
Like most literature, Beowulf shows us how humility and awareness in
Like most literature, Beowulf shows us how humility and awareness in