Your Ropes
There are many things in our lives that we do or are forced to do that causes us to be held back from our full potentials or something that we desire to fulfill. Matilda endures this struggle, which can be shown by her exclaiming, "From the prison's courtyard it rose, a yellow silk bubble escaping the earth. I vow to do that one day, slip free of the ropes that held me." She gives off a strong message of feeling trapped and not able to make her own choices while looking at Blanchard's balloon flight. By saying this, she means something much deeper than a piece of rope and I feel a sense of relation and sympathy for her.
She explains that she'll slip free of the ropes that held her and I believe that is simply a metaphor of her struggles holding her back from something she wishes to do. I believe that she dreamed of doing more with her life but her mother abides it. I can tell from this passage in the book "I was going to travel to France and bring back fabrics and combs and jewelry- I wanted to own an entire city block- If I was going to work as a mule, it might as well be for my own benefit." I can convey from the …show more content…
I don't consider to have ropes holding you back is to truly be tied down by physical ropes, but to have your own monsters and demons that lurk in your head control your life. It could also be the things or people present in your life that object to something you want. These things that don’t allow you to do what you want usually makes you feel trapped and isolated or even powerless or “stuck to the ropes that held you”. Having things making you feel powerless usually drives the human to either break down or overcome said struggle or to “slip free from the ropes”. I’ve felt this way many times before, I can truly sympathize with what Matilda is feeling because I’ve been stopped from doing so many
There are many things in our lives that we do or are forced to do that causes us to be held back from our full potentials or something that we desire to fulfill. Matilda endures this struggle, which can be shown by her exclaiming, "From the prison's courtyard it rose, a yellow silk bubble escaping the earth. I vow to do that one day, slip free of the ropes that held me." She gives off a strong message of feeling trapped and not able to make her own choices while looking at Blanchard's balloon flight. By saying this, she means something much deeper than a piece of rope and I feel a sense of relation and sympathy for her.
She explains that she'll slip free of the ropes that held her and I believe that is simply a metaphor of her struggles holding her back from something she wishes to do. I believe that she dreamed of doing more with her life but her mother abides it. I can tell from this passage in the book "I was going to travel to France and bring back fabrics and combs and jewelry- I wanted to own an entire city block- If I was going to work as a mule, it might as well be for my own benefit." I can convey from the …show more content…
I don't consider to have ropes holding you back is to truly be tied down by physical ropes, but to have your own monsters and demons that lurk in your head control your life. It could also be the things or people present in your life that object to something you want. These things that don’t allow you to do what you want usually makes you feel trapped and isolated or even powerless or “stuck to the ropes that held you”. Having things making you feel powerless usually drives the human to either break down or overcome said struggle or to “slip free from the ropes”. I’ve felt this way many times before, I can truly sympathize with what Matilda is feeling because I’ve been stopped from doing so many