Living Life to the Fullest Sometimes, living life to the fullest can be very difficult. People may find that it is hard to live life to the fullest if they do not get the opportunity. Other people may be satisfied with how they lived their life when they die. Many of the characters in Neil Gaiman’s book, The Graveyard Book, found out the importance of living life to the fullest.
Nehemiah Trot, the poet, believes he lived life to the fullest. He says he got revenge on the person who “had the nerve, the confounded cheek to write of his first slim volume of poems.” (Gaiman 233) Nehemiah got his revenge by writing a letter to the Public Houses of London saying that he would no longer write for them. Though many people may think that this was not revenge, Nehemiah thought it was good enough for him. Trot believes he lived a full life because he wrote poems for himself and did what he wanted to do in his life. In The Graveyard Book, he lives peacefully as a ghost in the graveyard, with no regrets. …show more content…
Since these creatures are neither living nor dead, they cannot eat normal food. Therefore, Silas has never had a banana. “‘What’s it taste like?’ ‘I’ve absolutely no idea,’ said Silas, who consumed only one food, and it was not bananas.” (Gaiman 27) Also because Silas is not living or dead, he cannot dance in the Macabray in chapter four of The Graveyard Book. “Silas was watching the people dance the Macabray; he was not dancing, but watching them. Bod wondered if it was longing he saw on Silas’s face, or sorrow, or something else.” (Gaiman 161) Silas probably wishes he was living or dead so he could join in some of the things he will never be able to
Nehemiah Trot, the poet, believes he lived life to the fullest. He says he got revenge on the person who “had the nerve, the confounded cheek to write of his first slim volume of poems.” (Gaiman 233) Nehemiah got his revenge by writing a letter to the Public Houses of London saying that he would no longer write for them. Though many people may think that this was not revenge, Nehemiah thought it was good enough for him. Trot believes he lived a full life because he wrote poems for himself and did what he wanted to do in his life. In The Graveyard Book, he lives peacefully as a ghost in the graveyard, with no regrets. …show more content…
Since these creatures are neither living nor dead, they cannot eat normal food. Therefore, Silas has never had a banana. “‘What’s it taste like?’ ‘I’ve absolutely no idea,’ said Silas, who consumed only one food, and it was not bananas.” (Gaiman 27) Also because Silas is not living or dead, he cannot dance in the Macabray in chapter four of The Graveyard Book. “Silas was watching the people dance the Macabray; he was not dancing, but watching them. Bod wondered if it was longing he saw on Silas’s face, or sorrow, or something else.” (Gaiman 161) Silas probably wishes he was living or dead so he could join in some of the things he will never be able to