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border-right: 2px #F696E3 ; border-top: 2px #F696E3 ; border-bottom: 2px #F696E3 ;"> <div align="left"> <center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/piggyangel/caho/endlessroad.jpg" width="560" height="480"></center> </div> </div> <div align="justify" style="position: absolute; top: 500; left: 40; width: 480; padding: 5px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: auto;"> <p> <div align="left"> <a name="5320265158736298271"></a><b>Friday, June 18, 2010</b><br> </div> <br> <div align="center"><u> Poem Post (3) </u></div> <p><div align="justify"> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;color:#FF6666;">  </span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;color:#FF6666;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:6;color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:19px;">  </span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:6;color:#FF0000;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Courage</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">partly adapted from </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Daniel Vango</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The courage I need</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I need the courage to control my instincts<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The courage I need to face my fears<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I need the courage to see the future<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The courage I need to influence my companion<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I need the courage for my companion to think positively<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The courage I need to overcome my pain<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I need the courage to continue the journey<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The courage I need to survive<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I need the courage to convince myself to do something<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I have to prepare myself for any thing that comes up! </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"> This poem is about a person going through a period of difficulty, where he needs to summon all courage he has to handle all the challenges that he will face. This particular person is extremely determined not to give up but to persevere till the very end. Courage is the utmost important element he needs to complete his journey, to succeed in this challenging moment in his life.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> The poet starts each idea with “the courage I need”, thus showing that courage is acute in this case. In the poet’s first idea, he says he needs courage “to control his instincts”, to control his fears of failing in this arduous and emotionally draining journey. The poet is extremely afraid of not reaching his destination, thus needing the courage to “face his fears” and thus overcome them, of not succeeding and the dangers lurking before him</span>. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCFF;">The poet needs the courage to overcome his strong doubts of this journey, he needs to think positively, to generate positive energies, to have the confidence to ensure that he would be able to succeed, “to see the future”. It is the brain that controls one’s thinking and the thoughts that controls one’s actions and behavior. If one thinks in a negative manner, that person would have a higher chance of failing than a person who thinks positively because the brain is telling the person to give up, there is absolutely no motivation for the person to continue persevering, but only the temptation to give up, hence summoning all reason to give up, losing all meaning in continuing the journey, hence the poet needs a great deal of courage to “overcome his instincts”. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">In the next collective idea, the poet not only needs courage to influence himself but also his companion, to “think positively”. If he is the only one having a positive thinking and the companion having a negative thinking, the poet’s companion might fail, making the speaker lose all reason to continue the journey if his friend who has been traveling with him all these while isn’t with him. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Usually if one’s partner is demoralized, the other would gradually be in the mindset and feelings of the other person, and too be demoralized. Therefore, the poet needed the courage to encourage his companion, to ensure that they would succeed. He would lose all motivation to keep on persevering till the very end, and too will fail. Hence the need to encourage his companion. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#99FF99;">In the third collective idea, the speaker may have hurt himself while going through the journey, hence feeling very tired, sick, and thus not feeling in the mood of carrying on in the journey. He would be easily drained, in terms of energy and emotionally. When one is sick or in pain, one is usually in constant need of rest and comfort, always feeling very uncomfortable, with no mood at all to fight on in undesirable conditions. Thus making the speaker easily demoralized, losing the attitude to continue to fight on, the motivation to continue persevering, till the very end. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">Lastly, the speaker has finally summoned all his courage to overcome his extreme fears and doubts of the journey, feeling the motivation and spirit to continue, to press on, feeling his self esteem and confidence raise as he treks through the tough period of time, telling himself that he had to survive, to continue the tiring journey, to see what is beyond the horizon, to lead a better life.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCFF;">To achieve that, he was going to have to give his best shot in the elements that stood before him and to overcome them with the enormous courage and confidence he had.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> What courage the poet had when going through what he had at that point in time is exactly the same as what Jonas in The Giver had to have and experience when escaping the dwelling and on his journey to elsewhere with Gabriel on his father’s bicycle. This was greatly unacceptable in the community and Jonas would be subjected to harsh punishment and serious chastisement if he were ever found. The enormous bravery Jonas had was unimaginable. Not only did he have to fend for himself, but also Gabriel, who was scheduled to be released the next day if he was not saved by Jonas.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC99;"> Jonas recognizes this concept of courage when he understands that he would be the only one who can save Gabriel from being killed. When Jonas takes him in the middle of the night, he demonstrates incredible courage that nobody in the community had, even though he did not receive many memories on courage form the giver.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#99FF99;"> “I need the courage to control my instincts”, this short phrase written by the poet is evident in Jonas’s escape. He knew that he and Gabe would have a very low chance of succeeding, that they were not prepared at all for the harsh environment they were going to face. Even though Jonas was aware of all these, he still tried his best to overcome these "instincts" with courage. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF99;">In the process of escaping, Jonas kept transmitting memories of happiness to Gabriel, to soothe him, to keep him going, because Jonas knew that if anything were to happen to Gabriel during the journey, he himself would hot have the courage, the will power to continue, thus reflecting what the speaker said in his poem “I need the courage for my companion to think positively." </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCFF;">During the journey, Jonas also sprained his ankle, and had some injuries, making riding on the bicycle very arduous and excruciatingly painful for him. However he kept encouraging himself to carry on, to reach Elsewhere successfully, because of the great courage he had, he managed to cycle across many mountains covered in thick blankets of snow. What Jonas was experiencing then was is exactly the same way as how the speaker described, “ I need the courage to overcome my pain”. As he approached the hill with the sled, Jonas began to summon all courage he had, that no matter what, he had to succeed, to face whatever challenges that lay before him, on the route to happiness. He had this thinking” I need the courage to convince myself to do something I have to prepare myself for any thing that comes up!” </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As Jonas constantly thought about how nice it would be if he really made it to Elsewhere with Gabriel, and constantly reminding himself how painful life in the community had been, and how mean and emotionless the people had been. By always thinking of this, Jonas reinforces the courage needed for he and Gabriel to make it to Elsewhere. Jonas does not know how they will get to elsewhere, or even where Elsewhere is, but he knows that he cannot simply sit back and allow Gabe to be killed and the community to persist in this Sameness environment.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;color:red;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;color:red;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></o:p></span></p>  </span><p></p>  </span><p></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, serif;color:#C0C0C0;"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;color:red;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></o:p></p>  </span><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <div style="clear:both; 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