Wednesday, October 5, 2016
White Rabbit Response
I believe the theme of Holly Keith's "White Rabbit" is belief in one's self. After having what I would describe as a rather rough week, reading Keith's dialogue sent a refreshing wave of self-worth over my body. Keith's brushing off of the man's comment how she "sure can move in those things" is typical, since people are raised to be humble, but Keith shows that she is aware that it is her own strength that is getting her through these journeys up and down mountains. "But of course it isn't the snowshoes at all" she says. This casual reassurance of her own strength has been walking through this essay all along, I just didn't know how to identify its tracks until the last pages, until Keith tells the man what he wants to hear but does not lose her own self-confidence.
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Holly's story is indeed very encouraging! Strength of oneself and independency are showed throughout the whole story, which is addressing to all of us that we should be confident with our ability as well. I certainly see your understanding of the theme, but I also think there is another parallel idea along with the belief in one's self. Holly wrote a lot about her physical preparation of the climbing, such as her gears and her principles. Belief and self-confidence, in my opinion, are preparing her ideally for the climb. The gears, on the other hand, are important to her as well. Both Physically and ideally ready, she then can explore and "step beyond the frame of the everyday.(7)", to be the Alice in Wonderland.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree that everyone should be confident. We all should have our own beliefs. To climb a mountain is also from our beliefs and imaginations. I also like the two quoted sentences. The first one is just physical meaning, but the second one means people need to have a belief and imagination to wear the snowshoes to climb a mountain.
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