“Wouldn’t it be better to get one last look at the world, even a grey spoiled version, than to plunge without warning into the darkness?” (pg. 158)
Context:
Dragan says this after Emina is shot. He is holding her blood-stained coat, and wondering if it’s worse to be wounded or killed. He thinks it would be better to be seriously wounded, rather than die a long agonizing death or die instantly and “plunge without warning into the darkness.”
Context Analysis:
In The Cellist of Sarajevo, the theme of death and injury comes up quite often. Dragan is addressing his fears regarding being shot. Dragan has thus far, been unable to cross the street. He believes he will be shot, this is partially because he is very pessimistic. He thinks it would be …show more content…
When i die, i hope it isn’t sudden. I want to be able to take in my surroundings before i die, not “plunge into darkness” as he says. We can also take this quote in a more metaphorical way. We can apply this to our lives by saying, if we’re struggling we can either give up (plunge into darkness) or try our best to persevere. (get one last look at the world.) For dragan he feels plunging into darkness would be horrible, and that getting one last glimpse at the world would be better, no matter how awful it has become. We have all had our own personal struggles in the world, you could relate this to doing schoolwork. You could do nothing and get a zero, or you could try your best, even if you don’t get the mark you were hoping for, at least it is better than a zero. Personally i can strongly relate this to swimming. In the summer, i swim competitively with the club Devon Dolphins. I swim mostly distance events, which would be the 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle. Many people who try these events for the first time give up. I know i wanted to give up the first time i swam the 1500, but i didn’t, I persevered. My lungs were burning and I couldn’t feel my leg or arms once i was done, but i didn’t give up. Even though i ended up getting last place, the only thing that mattered was that i did it. I had persevered and tried my
Context:
Dragan says this after Emina is shot. He is holding her blood-stained coat, and wondering if it’s worse to be wounded or killed. He thinks it would be better to be seriously wounded, rather than die a long agonizing death or die instantly and “plunge without warning into the darkness.”
Context Analysis:
In The Cellist of Sarajevo, the theme of death and injury comes up quite often. Dragan is addressing his fears regarding being shot. Dragan has thus far, been unable to cross the street. He believes he will be shot, this is partially because he is very pessimistic. He thinks it would be …show more content…
When i die, i hope it isn’t sudden. I want to be able to take in my surroundings before i die, not “plunge into darkness” as he says. We can also take this quote in a more metaphorical way. We can apply this to our lives by saying, if we’re struggling we can either give up (plunge into darkness) or try our best to persevere. (get one last look at the world.) For dragan he feels plunging into darkness would be horrible, and that getting one last glimpse at the world would be better, no matter how awful it has become. We have all had our own personal struggles in the world, you could relate this to doing schoolwork. You could do nothing and get a zero, or you could try your best, even if you don’t get the mark you were hoping for, at least it is better than a zero. Personally i can strongly relate this to swimming. In the summer, i swim competitively with the club Devon Dolphins. I swim mostly distance events, which would be the 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle. Many people who try these events for the first time give up. I know i wanted to give up the first time i swam the 1500, but i didn’t, I persevered. My lungs were burning and I couldn’t feel my leg or arms once i was done, but i didn’t give up. Even though i ended up getting last place, the only thing that mattered was that i did it. I had persevered and tried my