The Adventure Of Life In Gwendolyn Brooks 'Eveline'

Individuals choose not to go on adventures due to the fact they have witnessed, experienced, or sometimes even had that gut feeling of fear of the unknown. In the short story “Eveline” by James Joyce and in the poem “Sadie and Maud” by Gwendolyn Brooks, fear of the unknown and life’s happenings ruined certain individual’s life altering adventure. My own experience as a young adult immediately succeeding high school, debating on whether or not to move away for college has taught me that life is too short to turn down an adventure. Even if I am afraid of the unknown, I’d rather suffer the consequences than to regret my prior decisions for the rest of my life.
“Eveline” depicts how a young girl named Eveline is planning to run away with her significant
Sadie and Maud are two sisters that lead two completely different lives. Maud went to college while Sadie did not and stayed at home. Then, Sadie had two children out of wedlock and her family almost dies of shame. Towards the end of the poem, Maud, who went to college, is compared to a thin, starving, and lonely brown mouse. This is shown in the poem when the author states “Is a thin brown mouse / living all alone / in this old house,” (Brooks 18-20). Sadie lived life contently as a result of her children growing up. This is shown in the poem when it states “when Sadie said her last so-long / her girls struck out from home. / (Sadie left as heritage / her fine-toothed comb.)” (Brooks 13-16). Basically, Sadie dies at a young age, her children grow up, move out from home, and the only item left is her fine-toothed comb as heritage for her children. This shows that Sadie lived her life to the fullest potential, even prior to having children. Starting at the beginning of the poem, it described her as “livingest chits / in all the land” (Brooks 7-8). At the beginning of the poem, it seems as though Maud would be the happy, wealthy, and successful sister, and Sadie would be the unhappy, poor, and unsuccessful sister. At the end of the poem, the storyline takes a three sixty turn to show that what always seems to be the correct way, which is education, is not always going to be
I was at the time in a long time relationship with my then boyfriend. I regretfully inform you that I did not move away to the college of my dreams, due to the fact that I was already in the deep end of my relationship, as well as I lived with my mother. I could not move to a distant residence, due to the fact I was all my mother had. I do regret my prior decision on not reaching for my dreams, but at the end of the day, everything happens for a reason. Although I did not end up leaving for college, I did attend a culinary college here at home, and after two years of blood, sweat, child birth, and tears, I did graduate. I have had multiple experiences and have created many memories of which I am extremely cheerful has happened. If I decided not to stay, I would have lost the opportunity to not meet the marvelous people I did at school and the many friendships I still have now to this day. I may not have accepted the opportunity to chase my dream and attend my ideal college, but at the end of the day, I still received an education, stayed behind for my relationship and family, and have met marvelous people and created beautiful friendships and memories along the