Throughout my journey in Eng. 621 we have studied many different plays, short stories, essays, and novels. There were a lot of lessons in each piece that we looked over but the one that stuck out to me was the topic of “fear”. In the play of “Macbeth” written by no other than Shakespeare, the fear of getting caught really motivated Macbeth to continue down the wrong path and inevitably led him to his foreseeable death. In the documentary “The Armstrong Lie” Lance was so afraid to lose the Tour De France that he turned to drugs to enhance his performance which eventually ended his career in cycling forever. Lastly, Morrie didn’t necessarily fear death or aging but he talked a lot about how many people feared it instead of embracing it like he
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Morrie comments “All this emphasis on youth- I don’t buy it” and talk about how many young visitors are complaining about their struggles, their strife, their feelings of inadequacy, their sense that life is miserable, so bad they want to kill themselves...”. When asked about fear of growing old, Morrie states he embraces it, seeing it as growth, and that regret only comes from people who live unfulfilled lives without meaning. He says that battling against age is meaningless, as it will happen anyhow. Morrie states that he detaches himself from those emotions and that he accepts who he is and revels in it. Also, Morrie doesn’t envy youth he was once a young man himself and it isn’t his time to be young anymore it’s his time to be seventy-eight. The memoir “Tuesday’s with Morrie” was eye-opening to read, it taught me many life lessons about love, money, and death but, what it taught me about fear itself is that sometimes we need to embrace our fears. Death and aging is going to happen to each one of us eventually. We should be aware of it every day and appreciate every moment we have because, tomorrow could be our last day on earth. Morrie showed me that everyone has some type of fear but instead of letting it get the best of us we should face our
Morrie comments “All this emphasis on youth- I don’t buy it” and talk about how many young visitors are complaining about their struggles, their strife, their feelings of inadequacy, their sense that life is miserable, so bad they want to kill themselves...”. When asked about fear of growing old, Morrie states he embraces it, seeing it as growth, and that regret only comes from people who live unfulfilled lives without meaning. He says that battling against age is meaningless, as it will happen anyhow. Morrie states that he detaches himself from those emotions and that he accepts who he is and revels in it. Also, Morrie doesn’t envy youth he was once a young man himself and it isn’t his time to be young anymore it’s his time to be seventy-eight. The memoir “Tuesday’s with Morrie” was eye-opening to read, it taught me many life lessons about love, money, and death but, what it taught me about fear itself is that sometimes we need to embrace our fears. Death and aging is going to happen to each one of us eventually. We should be aware of it every day and appreciate every moment we have because, tomorrow could be our last day on earth. Morrie showed me that everyone has some type of fear but instead of letting it get the best of us we should face our