The world within the prison system has a unique aspect of making Jimmy realize what he has lost in his freedoms and has gained in inner personal acknowledgement of his ancestors and of the world that has become from them. Jimmy new nothing of what he wanted to be in the world or much of how his placement came to be. The authors idea that the walls hold meaning is powerful because it helps show the realization of how other people's actions end up affecting many things in one's life. If I could speak to the author I would ask him if he felt stronger realizing more things within his ancestors and if that helped him gain better composure than just waiting to die.
The wall is like a God in a way for Jimmy. The wall gives meaning and guides his thoughts …show more content…
It empowers the thought that we all can choose a path to follow and believe. No one has to follow one or more people based on what they say. We all have an internal voice so we all should follow and be true to it as we go on living our day to day lives. This idea aslo shows how much our views are affected by what others have done or said. Our lives get shaped by others but in the end, we always go back to somehow credit them and give dues that helped us all reach our end paths.
I haven't fully processed his words just because it all bunches up in my head and the meaning gets a little lost. I want to know how the author decided to write down the poem the way he did since it all seems too much like one thing and not separate points or ideas to me. The wall seems so meaningful in a good way but why is it the wall was chosen and not let's say his cell or even just the ground he stood on. The authors strong mind sets of an aw so I for one would love to discuss if he continued to carry that with him through his life from that point or if it takes a moment to kind of stop and smell the