Themes Of Letters To Kappus

He feels that everything in the universe is only created for him as if no one else is alive. The power of being alone, surrounded by your own thoughts, by your own nature, by your own world is truly an experience that Thoreau will never want to change. Thoreau values the sensation and thrill that solitude can have on one 's mind. Throughout Henry David Thoreau’s life, he preferred to spend his time in solitude. As being in the company of other people are beneficial, the interactions between them soon become dull and uninteresting. With the appeal of human interaction depleting, self-reflection and solitude are to be used for a replacement for conversing with people. This is because as Henry David Thoreau announces, “I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude”(Thoreau 128). Thoreau’s life consists of being alone for the most part of the day. He isn 't in need of friends in order push past the lifeless moments of time. He himself is the only person he needs. Why must everyone require friends when you have yourself to connect with? You are your own best friend. Thoreau knows this and lives his life constantly digging deeper into his own thoughts asking questions and pondering about himself. He is able to truly discover his inner self to the full extent by being succumbed in his own solitude. In allowing himself to be his own companion he has also allowed solitude to become his best

I believe the overall message of Henry David Thoreau´s “Solitude” is to differentiate solitude and loneliness which are totally different. It is more of a state of mind than something real. People around by other people would feel more loneliness than people who are physically alone. For Thoreau being in solitude is the best way to discover your mind and spirituality and is the best way to know yourself.

“Black Swan Green” specifically the chapter “Solarium” by David Mitchell and “Letters to a Young Poet” specifically “Letter One” by Rainer Maria Rilke share a central idea in common that they develop throughout their texts. Both explore the idea of beauty and how it is shown through poetry. “Black Swan Green” tells the story of Jason, an aspiring teenage poet. “Letters to a Young Poet” is the interchange of letters between a novice poet seeking advice and criticism from Rainer Rilke. Both stories explore the process of showing beauty through poetry and developing the concept of beauty itself.

I find that after spending time in solitude, I am able to serve others better. The inner solidarity borne out of a heart of solitude lessens my frustrations and enables me to accept others where they are.

Camus’ Siddhartha and Herman Hesse’s The Stranger have recurring experiences of solitude. Whether it be physical or mental, solitude plays a major role in allowing each protagonist reach a point of enlightenment. Through solitude, each protagonist goes through rebirth, their lowest point, and awakening, revealing things about themselves in the process. Although the two protagonists reach enlightenment in the end, the two have very different outlooks, Meursault is a reserved person who goes with the flow while Siddhartha is the opposite. The two works show that no matter what the initial outlook on life is, points of solitude are key to reaching a point of enlightenment in the end.

Unlike other forms of literature, poetry can be so complex that everyone who reads it may see something different. Two poets who are world renowned for their ability to transform reader’s perceptions with the mere use of words, are TS Eliot and Walt Whitman. “The love song of J Alfred Prufrock” by TS Eliot, tells the story of a man who is in love and contemplating confessing his emotions, but his debilitating fear of rejection stops him from going through with it. This poem skews the reader’s expectations of a love song and takes a critical perspective of love while showing all the damaging emotions that come with it. “Song of myself”, by Walt Whitman provokes a different emotion, one of joy and self-discovery. This poem focuses more on the soul and how it relates to the body. “Song of myself” and “The love song of J Alfred Prufrock” both explore the common theme of how the different perceptions of the soul and body can affect the way the speaker views themselves, others, and the world around them.

In many of the works read in this quarter, there was a deeper meaning to the story that the author would convey to the reader through various morally based or meaningful points and sections. This is most evident in the works of Robert Frost, Ernest Hemingway, and Tim O’Brien. In all of their works, these writers each leave the reader with an important value and a little more understanding on the complexity of human nature and of life itself. Ranging in levels of subtlety and truth, the message sent is familiar and revealing. One might want to ponder these truths alone, as Ernest Hemingway’s main character does in his story, The Old man and the Sea.

Finally, in the seventh letter that Rilke composed for Kappus, he tackled the effective ways of resolving problems (Rilke 41). Rilke believed that meditating would be the best way to find the most effective and easiest resolutions to problems (Rilke 41). Rilke also adhered to finding solutions during difficult times as the best seasons to resolve problems (Rilke 41). These beliefs would ultimately help people to be creative and analytical in resolving problems. However, these beliefs may be particularly difficult to utilize by weak individuals.

With his attention moving from one text to another, he felt ridiculed. With every reading, the picture was getting clear and clearer. His mind could fabricate all our Harkatein, our love, our feelings, our dates, and our intense relationship.

With Rilke driving the point of going into yourself, he is also sublty driving a point of respect “ No one can advise or help you- no one.” (Rilke page 5). Rilke is just saying to the boy that he has to stop going to other people and to just go to him self, or “Go into yourself” (Rilke page 5, oyu see what I did there again?). He is kind of telling the poet to respect his work and critque it

Through solitude, we have the opportunity to retreat and be alone with God. We are away from the hustle and bustle of our chaotic days. We are not concerned with work, school, or family, which allows us to rid ourselves of the noise pollution that effects “the sacred within.” During times of solitude we can readjust our focus and thoughts on love for ourselves and our love for God. We can center ourselves and as Narsinha Mehta writes, “They are pure in thought, word, and deed. Free from greed, anger, and fear, These are the real lovers of God.” (Easwaren, 1982. P. 148). This time in solitude allows us the ability to confess our faults and motivates us to seek God.

Poetry is an art of words, a painting of language. Their work influences all of their writing, they tend to carefully select words that leave a heavier impact. Few things in any art form are left to chance, instead, choices are made to ensure articulacy and steadfast value. As such, Rilke, a poet, uses very deliberately placed and selected words in his letter to the young poet. Rilke's shrewd choosiness and eloquence in his letter to Franz (the younger poet) add to the tone of advising and wisdom that runs through the majority of the text.

Love makes people become selfish, but it is also makes the world greater. In this poem, the world that the speaker lives and loves is not limited in “my North, my South, my East and West / my working week and my Sunday rest” (9-10), it spreads to “My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song (11). The poem’s imagery dominates most of the third stanza giving readers an image of a peaceful world in which everything is in order. However, the last sentence of the stanza is the decisive element. This element not only destroys the inner world of the speaker, but it also sends out the message that love or life is mortal.

They are living in a moment of revolution, of innovation, of speed and steam; and they are longing for returning to past ages where everything seems easier, like the Ancient Rome or Greece. But especially they are going to look for that innocence and purity in their inner souls, in something that everybody has had the pleasure to experience. For the Romantic poets childhood is vital, for they understood that the child has a wider overview of the world given that he has not lost the innocence that characterizes him; there is something magical, pure and divine in a child’s vision of the world and that is what the Romantics are longing

He transitions the tone of the poem from one of despair and hopelessness to one of encouragement which adds a realistic effect to the poem while still encouraging the reader. There is a thin line between being completely discouraging and being realistic; the speaker in the story seems to keep the perfect balance between these two lines. With the skillfully organized tone, the author helps the reader better understand the mood of the story as well as the difficult