All the poems expressed how your overall personality plays a big role in one’s life. It is inevitable that we all go through mental or physical growth. We can control how successful we are by making the right decisions. However, our personality or emotions can impede our self-development. They all taught me different life lessons. For example, in “Alone” the poet talks about how billionaires are greedy, and sometimes it can lead to their own death. Richard Cory had the “looks” and money but this only made him seem overconfident and no one wanted to be his friend. Everyone was envious and he did not get the opportunity to create lifelong relationships with other people. He was on his own and you cannot learn a lot by yourself. “I am from…” was a poem that shows how even though you may come from a poorer family or are not as fortunate you can still pursue your dreams. Optimism can take you far in life. A quote from the poem was “in the back of my mind there lies a dream of good “soul food” and “money trees.” He hopes to become successful one day and it is possible, as long as he believes in himself. His journey may involve failure a few times but his persistence will push him to accomplish things that may seem unattainable at the time. The main idea is that if you have a dream of doing something you might as well pursue it because it allows for self- growth to occur. “As I grew older,” is an example of how growth happens because of one’s personality. She was determined and overcame all obstacles. “… shatter this darkness. Into a thousand whirling dreams of sun” were lines from the poem that shows she accomplished her goal and changed into a new person. In conclusion, your personality is like food, it fuels you to keep on “growing.”
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