I guess that they are similar in that when you are asleep your not interacting to the world. When you wake up anything could have happened without you have knowing. Sleep is also a really good metaphor for death, because at first glance it is really easy to confuse the two.
I really like the Langston Hughes poem. I don't think that Hughes was talking about sleep and dying though. I think that he was talking about ambitions that are left unpursued. It really upsetting when you think about all of the dreams you had that you never acted on. I know that I'll never be an astronaut or a test pilot, but deep down I still don't want to let go of the idea that I could be.
No comments:
Post a Comment