Throughout life people fear, whether it’s something ridiculous like bugs or something immense like death. But what if what is actually feared by people is what needs love the most? According to a quote from Rainer Maria Rilke, “Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that needs our love.”, normal everyday fears and life's more inevitable fears are just the things that need love the most. Similarly, Grant Wiggins in the novel A Lesson Before Dying and Tita de la Garza in the novel Like Water for Chocolate both fear something that enables them whether they realize it or not. Grant Wiggins had feared a few things throughout the novel, but something that stood out was his fear of pursuing change. As for Tita de la Garza, she immensely feared Mama Elena who dictated most of her life.
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He would often ask Vivian to come with him to leave, but even when he tried he always came back. Grant was unable to just leave everything behind because he secretly couldn’t. He used people like Vivian and his Aunt to stay and got frustrated when he couldn’t leave with the one he loved. Towards the beginning of the book he was told to leave by his old professor, and if he was smart he would. Grant was told it was just a vicious cycle that could never end until someone “broke” it. Grant feared change, but he was in love of the idea of
He would often ask Vivian to come with him to leave, but even when he tried he always came back. Grant was unable to just leave everything behind because he secretly couldn’t. He used people like Vivian and his Aunt to stay and got frustrated when he couldn’t leave with the one he loved. Towards the beginning of the book he was told to leave by his old professor, and if he was smart he would. Grant was told it was just a vicious cycle that could never end until someone “broke” it. Grant feared change, but he was in love of the idea of