Wednesday, August 24, 2011
English Blog
The author Virginia Woolf is writing about a moth that she sees on her window seal. At first, the moth is full of life and then it suddenly dies. Virginia Woolf's "why" is her life is defined in this short sequence of events. She foreshadows her own future because she eventually drowns herself in a river. There is more than one "significance" in this short story. The story mainly talks about death but it also talks about life. The story effects me as a reader because you fell compassion for a tiny creature that is helpless and as a writer she amazed me how she could so vividly describe a small moment in her life. The story mainly talks about death but it also talks about life. She watches as the moth struggles to survive and she tries to help it but she realizes that her attempts will not be able to help it survive. Virginia Woolf probably did not realize that she could not overcome death just like the moth.
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I think the story is more about life than death, Woolf does seem to focus on the death of the moth but it hardly seems important that the moth died but rather that it seemed so alive minutes ago and that it fought so hard to stay alive. I believe that Woolf is saying that everyone and everything should "live life to the fullest" even though death cannot be beat. Be like the moth, have a death that surprises because you lived so full of life that death didn't seem possible. Make your life lively and if you do that you will make your death captivating.
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I like how you point out that this moment probably helped define and shape Woolf's life. Brilliant. Isn't interesting how the smallest memories can change our perspective on life? Thanks for sharing! Good point! -teachy teach
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