"I learn by going where I have to go," plays an important role in "The Waking," by Theodore Roethke (822). This quote plays extreme significance in my life, as a person. I, in fact, enjoy learning as I go along, and making mistakes. I find pleasure in correcting my mistakes from the past, and gaining more knowledge along the process. That is exactly what I think Roethke was trying to get across to the reader. He emphasizes sleep and awaking in his poem, but they are not meant to be interpreted literally. Sleep, i think, symbolizes mistakes and passive life. But, awaking symbolizes learning and discovering new things by going places and exploring. The main ideas in this poem play so well with the various symbols used. In fact, upon reading it so many times, I have actually grown to like this poem as well as some of my other favorites by Frost, Hughes, and Wordsworth.
In "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas," by Ursula LeGuin, townsfolk of a "perfect" society choose to walk away from perfection-or do they? LeGuin makes the reader think that those who walk away do it because they want to, but in reality, it's their duty to not live in a city like Omelas. Those few are the ones who seek adventure, and the ones who wish to learn life the hard way. It is more important to go where we have to go than where we want to go, because we will always learn on the way.
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