Summary Of The Missing Piece Meets The Big O By Shel Silverstein

Children’s books have different things to offer when one reads them as a child, but when one takes a second look as an adult, it has a completely different interpretation. The messages that we see from a childlike perspective are less complex, they present themselves in more simple terms, mostly aiming to be enjoyed, spark up imagination and have dreams arise. As adults, children’s books have the ability to speak to our fears, our desires, our dreams, and so much more, as we grow older we attain the ability of fully comprehending the deep meaning behind these stories. In Shel Silverstein’s, “The Missing Piece meets The Big O”, the reader follows the story about a wedge looking for a missing piece, going through many adventures and outrageous situations to do so. But really, it is an encouraging story about how true love, no matter if it’s who or what, does not complete us, but instead lets us grow and helps us reach our full potential. The words of Shel Silverstein stretch out
A few would be, “Some had too many pieces missing” (Silverstein), portraying the damaged-beyond-repair. The overly complicated, “some had too many pieces, period” (Silverstein), the fragile, which Silverstein draws as a balloon being popped by the sharp point of the wedge, the narcissist, “some rolled by without noticing” (Silverstein), and the worshipper, “one put it on a pedestal and left it there” (Silverstein) and so much more. These depictions of partners are ones that may be familiar to anyone, and we may come across partners who represent all of these archetypes, but the result is always the same. Some partners are just not entirely right for us, which becomes tricky. We become involved in the suggestion that maybe we are the problem, changing ourselves to attract what we think will be better