Essay #1:
An Essay on Connections
An Essay by Inpyo Hong
9th Grade English
Pine Point School
September 15, 2011
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “For everything you missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.” There is always something I have earned after a loss I have considered valuable. The writers of “For A Dancer” and “A Dream Deferred” have elucidated that they have acquired, but have not given up their hopes even though they both mislaid priceless entities. Thus, the writers and I have earned precious rewards in life for every invaluable thing that we have lost.
To begin with, there are certain connections between “For A Dancer” and my life as an international student. Firstly, one part of the lyrics—“I don’t remember losing track of you”—makes me recall coming to the United States of America for the first time. I did not anticipate studying abroad and worried about leaving my family in South Korea. However, leaving my family and coming to the United States, I have earned an opportunity to procure a better education. Secondly, the verse that says, “I must have thought you’d always be around,” roused me to recollect memories of my friends and I in South Korea. For instance, it was a profound grief for me to depart from them. Nevertheless, for leaving my peers in Korea, I have made friends in the United States who indeed support me to become a better person than whom I was in the past. Finally, the lyrics—“Along with whatever meaning you might have found”—discloses another connection between the song and me. To be more specific, when I arrived in the United States, I realized the culture of South Korea and the United States is different. Along with the American culture that I am learning from the Rosenbergs and Pine Point School, I have acquired a chance to comprehend both cultures even though I left my family and friends in South Korea. Therefore, I have obtained a preferred education, friends, and culture after leaving my family and friends in South Korea like how Jackson Browne depicted in his song that he gained hopes after the death of his loving friend. Not only do I have connections with “For A Dancer”, but also “A Dream Deferred” has connections with the song. “For A Dancer” and “A Dream Deferred” indicate that they both lost their incomparable entities. “For A Dancer” is an exceedingly mournful song, which expresses the loss of the writer’s exceptional friend. [Allit.] Correspondingly, “A Dream Deferred” insinuates Langston Hugh’s postponed dream. Additionally, they are similar in the way they disclose that their dreams are implausible to achieve. For instance, the song signifies Jackson Browne’s obscure dream of being united with his wife again. The poem also reveals Langston Hugh’s dream being adjourned. Furthermore, the song and the poem demonstrate that Jackson Browne and Langston Hugh did not lose their wishes. Specifically, the last sentence of the lyrics in “For A Dancer”, “But you’ll never know,” represents that Jackson Browne did not lose his hope. Similarly, the last line of the poem that says, “Or does it explode,” exhibits that Langston Hugh did not lose his aspiration. Consequently, “For A Dancer” and “A Dream Deferred” have connections such as their loss of objects, impossibility to achieve their dreams, and not losing their wishes.
“For A Dancer”, “A Dream Deferred”, and my life have connections that Jackson Browne, Langston Hugh, and I have acquired invaluable and preferred entities for everything we have lost. “For A Dancer” and my life have connections because Jackson Browne gained hopes even though he lost his friend, and I have gained new friends, family, and culture even though I left behind my family, friends, and culture I cherished. “For A Dancer” and “A Dream Deferred” have connections because they have similar themes. Hence, Jackson Browne, Langston Hugh, and I mirror Ralph Waldo Emerson’s concept: “For everything [we] missed, [we] have gained something else, and for everything [we] gain, [we] lose something else.”
An Essay on Connections
An Essay by Inpyo Hong
9th Grade English
Pine Point School
September 15, 2011
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “For everything you missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.” There is always something I have earned after a loss I have considered valuable. The writers of “For A Dancer” and “A Dream Deferred” have elucidated that they have acquired, but have not given up their hopes even though they both mislaid priceless entities. Thus, the writers and I have earned precious rewards in life for every invaluable thing that we have lost.
To begin with, there are certain connections between “For A Dancer” and my life as an international student. Firstly, one part of the lyrics—“I don’t remember losing track of you”—makes me recall coming to the United States of America for the first time. I did not anticipate studying abroad and worried about leaving my family in South Korea. However, leaving my family and coming to the United States, I have earned an opportunity to procure a better education. Secondly, the verse that says, “I must have thought you’d always be around,” roused me to recollect memories of my friends and I in South Korea. For instance, it was a profound grief for me to depart from them. Nevertheless, for leaving my peers in Korea, I have made friends in the United States who indeed support me to become a better person than whom I was in the past. Finally, the lyrics—“Along with whatever meaning you might have found”—discloses another connection between the song and me. To be more specific, when I arrived in the United States, I realized the culture of South Korea and the United States is different. Along with the American culture that I am learning from the Rosenbergs and Pine Point School, I have acquired a chance to comprehend both cultures even though I left my family and friends in South Korea. Therefore, I have obtained a preferred education, friends, and culture after leaving my family and friends in South Korea like how Jackson Browne depicted in his song that he gained hopes after the death of his loving friend. Not only do I have connections with “For A Dancer”, but also “A Dream Deferred” has connections with the song. “For A Dancer” and “A Dream Deferred” indicate that they both lost their incomparable entities. “For A Dancer” is an exceedingly mournful song, which expresses the loss of the writer’s exceptional friend. [Allit.] Correspondingly, “A Dream Deferred” insinuates Langston Hugh’s postponed dream. Additionally, they are similar in the way they disclose that their dreams are implausible to achieve. For instance, the song signifies Jackson Browne’s obscure dream of being united with his wife again. The poem also reveals Langston Hugh’s dream being adjourned. Furthermore, the song and the poem demonstrate that Jackson Browne and Langston Hugh did not lose their wishes. Specifically, the last sentence of the lyrics in “For A Dancer”, “But you’ll never know,” represents that Jackson Browne did not lose his hope. Similarly, the last line of the poem that says, “Or does it explode,” exhibits that Langston Hugh did not lose his aspiration. Consequently, “For A Dancer” and “A Dream Deferred” have connections such as their loss of objects, impossibility to achieve their dreams, and not losing their wishes.
“For A Dancer”, “A Dream Deferred”, and my life have connections that Jackson Browne, Langston Hugh, and I have acquired invaluable and preferred entities for everything we have lost. “For A Dancer” and my life have connections because Jackson Browne gained hopes even though he lost his friend, and I have gained new friends, family, and culture even though I left behind my family, friends, and culture I cherished. “For A Dancer” and “A Dream Deferred” have connections because they have similar themes. Hence, Jackson Browne, Langston Hugh, and I mirror Ralph Waldo Emerson’s concept: “For everything [we] missed, [we] have gained something else, and for everything [we] gain, [we] lose something else.”
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