The Raven

In this essay i will be discussing Edgar Allan Poe’s story called The Raven and two values which are citizenship and commitment which may or not be present in the story. The Raven takes place in what could be the 19th or 20th century, it is not specified or mentioned in the story, it has a general dark and gloomy mood because of the themes it takes on. It is a story about obsession, sadness, guilt and having a troubled mind after loosing someone that was or is very important to you. This story uses a lot of metaphors to convey a hidden language, but can also be called figurative language. This story’s main values involve the feeling and understanding of grief and being confused as to moving on and living a life without that person. The two values we have to compare tot hem are citizenship and commitment. I personally think that citizenship is not a part of the story at all, citizenship is a value that relates to being a citizen of a country and abiding and following its rules, caring for it and defending it, it can be discussed in a political or social concept, but the story The Raven does not talk or take any of those two themes in. It talks more about personal experience but shown in a way that portrays horror and a feeling of being terrified, lost, filled with anger and panic about not being able to understand grief. When you have the value of citizenship, you are a part of something, a country or a community, surrounded by people who you care about and care about you, but this story’s main focus is about the solitude of our main character, or narrator, and how he handles an ominous experience that brings him to the edge of insanity, and haunts him with the memory of someone he loved and lost, even if its to specified in the story who she is, but from all the pain he suffers from not being able to be with her or see her, we can imply that he cared for her very much, and that makes his obsession with her passing even worse. A good example of a story involving citizenship would be one where the main character moves to a country other than the one they were born in and tries to get legal nationality because of the love they have gained for the country and the need to belong to it. The second value we have to discuss is the value of commitment. I can say in my opinion that this value, as the one of citizenship, is also not present in the story and does not take any part in its narrative, because of its very opposite meaning. A commitment is a promise a person does one to another or a task they have been appointed to, like for example, this essay is a commitment that my teacher appointed me to do. It could also be expressed as a relationship between two people, and that is why i believe this story does not present this value, since there is no committed relationship being shown in this story at all. The only person we see in the story that is mentioned other than the Raven, is Lenore, but since she has passed there is no one left for him. That also reinforces the solitude and pain he feels in the story. In conclusion, this two values are not shown in the story, they do not have any relations to it and don't seem to be what the author wanted to convey with it. 

self reliance

Basically what this story tells is the self-sufficiency and confidence that you should have with yourself. Despite what you think and all the opinions that others may have towards your criteria, you should believe in yourself and your instincts. Literally what Ralph Waldo suggests is that our acts are our angels, good or bad, and your instincts are the ones that will guide you in the passage of your life. This is a work of a great philosopher talking about self-improvement and self-help. Confidence and even patience what this great essay teaches you. Focusing on the issue of trust, the author of this essay, Emerson, with this great work helps us and drives us to be proud of our criteria, religion, culture and other ... the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow their own instincts and ideas. However, we do not focus more on our own criterion or judgement of ourselves, that is, what we think of ourselves, rather than prefer to listen to what the world says about us being criticized and leaving our opinions and criteria behind. To understand a little more of what this wonderful writer talks about, it is the way of acting of the person who puts interest and attention in what he does so that it comes out the best possible.  

And the term patience would be the ability to suffer and tolerate misfortunes and adversities or annoying or offensive things, with strength, without complaining or rebelling. what Emerson speaks in this essay is based on these terms and helping us to improve beyond what can be seen well through the eyes of others. From the eyes of the church many people outside of it are seen as something bad and the "devil". As he writes Emerson in a part of his essay, he talks about how unseemly it is to follow your instincts beyond religion for the church. Reciting "what have i to do with the sacredness of traditions, if i live wholly from within?" My friend suggested "but these impulses may be from below and not from above." Here he talks about people seeing your impulses and your criteria different from everyone else, they will see it as if it were an impulse of the devil. For which he responds "they do not seem to me to be such; but if i am the devil's child, i will live them form the devil. "   Saying that despite the frowned that is this is always you must guide your impulses and your instincts even if they are not the same as others, that's what makes you different. Here we can provide the term patience, not all people will support you in all sense and all your opinions on certain topics. Patience is an indispensable value that will help you to become self-sufficient and be happy with yourself.