Song Of Wandering Aengus Analysis

Have you ever had a calling, a feeling so strong that it draws you in to accomplish a goal? In an instant you realize that no matter how difficult and painful accomplishing this task may be; that, doing so will change your life forever. Well, Aengus from “The Song of Wandering Aengus”, Ernesto Galarza from “Barrio Boy”, and Annie Johnson from “New Directions” all had this type of feeling. Aengus wanted to find love, while Galarza and Johnson were determined to survive desperate circumstances. However, all three shared an ability to endure hardship and accomplish their goals.

Aengus had the desire to search for love, so it became a goal he wanted to accomplish his whole life. Like many people, Aengus wanted to find love, so he continued to look until he was “old with wander.” This means that he never lost hope because of his love and desire to find his true love. Another way Aengus endured hardship is how he never stopped searching for his love, he kept searching and searching, “ Through hollow …show more content…
Galarza talks about how it was difficult learning a new language and understanding a new culture. Galarza talks about how it was difficult learning a new language, “ Keeping an eye on the class through the open door she read with me about sheep in the meadow and a frightened chicken going to see the king, coaching me out my phonetic ruts in words like pasture, bow-wow-wow, and pretty, which to my Mexican ear and eye had so many unnecessary sounds and letters.” Keeping Galarza’s heritage was also difficult for himself because he was learning a new language, and he was around other people of different nationalities and heritage. Galarza states this in the following, “ Our assortment of nationalities included Koreans, Yugoslavs, Poles, Irish, and home-grown Americans.” Although Galarza faced these tough challenges, he was still able to succeed in