Our Youth Once And Lost:
Youth is something that is considered limited, something that can no longer be regained once lost. Youth is something most of us considered sacred, our youth is like the peak of our lives, the time where we could do most of the reckless things that young people do before we become old.
We all have probably felt or thought about this subject at one point. In the “Birthday Cake” by Goodman, it is a story of being old and wishing to be young again such that a man seeing his birthday cake and notices that his cake has a bunch of candles stuck on top of it, which makes him realize how he should just give up living and not have any more birthdays while wishing that he could get the chance to be young again. The …show more content…
From the author’s perspective, he uses the symbol of fire to show hot youth because when you are young, you are like a newly lit flame that has just combusted from something is is growing bigger and hotter. Goodman also uses the word “hot” twice in the quote, to emphasize how he strongly he remembered his youth, probably remembering how youth is like a passionate burning flame. I would connect to this to my cousin who is now thirty nine and always talks about how he used to be very energetic, always partying all the time but he realize it didn 't last forever. It all ended when he reached the age of twenty seven, all of a sudden he feels a lot more tired, no longer able to stay awake past two midnight, which made him miss being in his twenties. This shows how my cousin 's flaming youth is suddenly dying down as he continues to age which causes him to be unable to do a lot of things he would normally and easily do when he was young, similar to how Goodman felt about his youth. It is because young people need more energy since they are still growing. The bodily growth (cell formation) takes place till the age of about 25 to 30. There is no growth and the body remains constant (stagnant) from 25-30 till about 50 years of age. There is no cell formation afterwards. Because of this, the elderly people would require less energy and their metabolisms slow down and they in turn eat less, “aging is often accompanied by a loss of appetite and changes in taste and smell, all of which can lead to more limited food choices and lower intake of healthful foods.”(Institute of Medicine U.S.,Pray, Boon, Miller, and Pillsbury). After understanding this I was able to realize why younger people would have much more energy than older people, and I can see why that can be another reason why youth would be wanted by
Youth is something that is considered limited, something that can no longer be regained once lost. Youth is something most of us considered sacred, our youth is like the peak of our lives, the time where we could do most of the reckless things that young people do before we become old.
We all have probably felt or thought about this subject at one point. In the “Birthday Cake” by Goodman, it is a story of being old and wishing to be young again such that a man seeing his birthday cake and notices that his cake has a bunch of candles stuck on top of it, which makes him realize how he should just give up living and not have any more birthdays while wishing that he could get the chance to be young again. The …show more content…
From the author’s perspective, he uses the symbol of fire to show hot youth because when you are young, you are like a newly lit flame that has just combusted from something is is growing bigger and hotter. Goodman also uses the word “hot” twice in the quote, to emphasize how he strongly he remembered his youth, probably remembering how youth is like a passionate burning flame. I would connect to this to my cousin who is now thirty nine and always talks about how he used to be very energetic, always partying all the time but he realize it didn 't last forever. It all ended when he reached the age of twenty seven, all of a sudden he feels a lot more tired, no longer able to stay awake past two midnight, which made him miss being in his twenties. This shows how my cousin 's flaming youth is suddenly dying down as he continues to age which causes him to be unable to do a lot of things he would normally and easily do when he was young, similar to how Goodman felt about his youth. It is because young people need more energy since they are still growing. The bodily growth (cell formation) takes place till the age of about 25 to 30. There is no growth and the body remains constant (stagnant) from 25-30 till about 50 years of age. There is no cell formation afterwards. Because of this, the elderly people would require less energy and their metabolisms slow down and they in turn eat less, “aging is often accompanied by a loss of appetite and changes in taste and smell, all of which can lead to more limited food choices and lower intake of healthful foods.”(Institute of Medicine U.S.,Pray, Boon, Miller, and Pillsbury). After understanding this I was able to realize why younger people would have much more energy than older people, and I can see why that can be another reason why youth would be wanted by