This week in class we finished reading the Greek play Oedipus. A tragic tell about a man's fall from power. While reading this play I saw a lot of myself in Oedipus, mostly with the way that he was at the top of the world then how he just fell from power so fast. It really made me think of myself because sometimes I think that I can climb my way to the top then fall because of my arrogant ways. I never want to achieve all that I want in life then just fall from that power because of something like arrogance and my selfishness towards other people. If I do in fact become a judge or some high powered lawyer that I dream to become, I hope I still remain as down to earth as I am now and that I help my community in any way that I can. And I don't want to give back financially I want to give back with my time and energy. I think that if you just give back financially you don't really contribute all that you can you just think money excuses you from really giving back. So to keep myself from the arrogance that Oedipus had I want to give back and do all I can from my community with time and energy.
Wowwww i didnt think that you realized that you were kindof arrogant. This is a good post kindof funny because when i started reading it i was like ok thats weird you are like oedipus,ok..... so you had sex with your mom, i dont think you should be telling people that, but as i kept reading i realized that you were talking about a quick fal from power. Which is also the deffinition of this story.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Sydney sometimes we don't realize how arrogant we are. But I am not sure where you are going with the whole giving back thing. Is that how you would stay grounded? It is very interesting to see how other people respond to this reading
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