We Grow Accustomed To The Dark Analysis

Have you ever died, without dying? Actually, you do this quite often. Not literally, of course. This is apart of the human condition, pretty much just-- life. “Everybody has good and bad forces working with them, against them, and within them.” ― Suzy Kassem. This quote can be a better understanding, even with conflicting with yourself, being emotional and messing up or having “bad forces” does not define you, it is apart of everyday life, as the good is apart of life too. whether you know it or not, the human condition is apart of our everyday life. In short terms, It is the way we do things, the way we grow and proceed through life. Emily Dickinson “We Grow Accustomed to the Dark” is an example of the human condition through birth, and growth. This poem is about stepping out of the dark and bettering yourself. You control your own destiny and can grow as a person. “We grow accustomed to the Dark when light is put away”, “But as they learn to see Either the Darkness alters Or something in the sight adjusts itself to Midnight.” These are some direct quotes from her poem. Have you ever turned the lights off after being in the light, and couldn't see? But eventually our eyes adjust, and we can continue. This is primarily the …show more content…
The meaning of This text is simply that humans will change, and become different in times of despair. Quotes from his text include, “Let one attempt to expose a number of the most diverse people uniformly to hunger. With the increase of the imperative urge of hunger, all individual differences will blur… will appear the uniform expression of the one unstilled urge”, “people unmasked themselves, both the swine and the saints.” This passage is referring to the holocaust, dealing with pain, guilt, and death, When one is set in these positions, they become a ‘different person’ showing the conflict and mortality within