Theme Of Interconnectivity In Confined, Any Human To Another, And Connected?

In these three poems: “Connected,” “Any Human to Another,” and “Connected,” the theme of interconnectivity is displayed throughout the writings of the authors: Ian Beckett, Countee Cullen, and Wolf Irwin. These authors show that everybody feels the same sorrow and joy, but in different ways and forms. The authors express their point of view of the subject at matter through their poems of black and white beauty. These poems are written in different periods of time, but still carry the same meaningful subject of intertwined relativity. There are three poems that depict unique characteristics that deal with everyday life in which they all speak the truth of life itself, pain and joy in which every human feels, and the bond that every living thing …show more content…
Every human feels a variety of emotions throughout their life. Cullen describes this in his own way, “Joy may be shy, unique, friendly to a few, sorrow may be scorned to speak to any who were false or true.” (Cullen). Cullen demonstrates that sorrow is common and ordinary to everyone on this earth, while joy is less common and harder to find amongst the average person. Cullen alludes to the Bible in the last line of the poem. “Of bitter aloes wreathed, my sorrow must be laid on your head like a crown.” (Cullen). This line refers to the story in the Bible where Jesus is crucified on the cross after given a crown of thorns to wear on the head. Sorrow is personified to a crown of thorns in which it is related to pain through one another. “What makes a community then is not that we all suffer pain, but that we inflict that on each other.” (Wasley). All too many times do people find themselves putting their grief and sadness on others to try to make themselves feel better. Instead of throwing their sad or angry emotions at someone else, people should be contempt with their own feelings and learn to let go of the past to move on. This process of forgetting or letting go is hard for some people and easy for some. There is no sure way to make this easy or even possible in some cases. It all depends on the strength and the willpower of one’s …show more content…
This path has many different twists, turns, and bumps based on one 's beliefs, ideas, friends and family, and viewpoints. The fact that remains the same is that everyone must go through life with just as many struggles or hardships to deal with. Cullen explains this in such a creative way. “Your grief and mine must intertwine like sea and river, be fused and mingle, diverse yet single, forever and forever.” (Cullen). The line that cullen uses paints a beautiful picture that displays different peoples personalities, and emotions being so different, yet the same in a way that has been consistently repetitive throughout history. It also says that this integration of all triumphs, falls, highs, lows, living, and dying will continue as long as time will allow it to. “Nothing existing is worthless.” (Irwin). Many believe that their own life has no purpose. Many believe that there is nothing that they could do to benefit this world. This thought is one that is completely wrong. Everything has a purpose on this earth. If there was no purpose of it existing, then it would never had existed in the first place. The trees have the purpose of providing oxygen so that humans can breathe. The roads have the purpose of transportation of vehicles around the world. A car has a purpose of transporting someone or something to its destination. A person has the purpose of some kind to benefit the society in which they live in. Many inventors have made it