Muddle In A Puddle: Comparison Of Essay To My Life

"Muddle In A Puddle": Comparison of Essay To My Life


While reading the essay "Muddle in a Puddle," some very colorful images
came to my mind   about what I have done in my life that compare to this
particular piece.   Of all the times I have embarrassed myself by sticking my
foot in my mouth, or by making a fool of myself by playing with a strange toy
in the toy department, only to my surprise, everyone in the toy department was
laughing at me.   As Robert Herrick mentions in his poem "_O how that glittering
taketh me!"   (100 Best Loved Poems, 12)   That"s how I felt at that time.   All
of us have experienced things like this in our lives, and it is strange what
makes it so interesting to watch people make fools of themselves, as mentioned
by Baker in this quote, "...and any one could could have spoken out as one
human might speak to another....not one had said that."   (156)
Yet another piece really spoke to me about the ways people communicate
on a daily basis.   "I led the Pigeons to the Flag" was very exact to the
feelings I have of miscommunications and mishearings.   I can remember   times in
which I have done the very same things that were mentioned in this essay, like
singing a tune over and over out loud, then looking over the lyrics later.   Only
to my knowledge, my version of "Cannonball" was actually "Panama."   The way we
hear and say things is also very influential in the way others hold us in their
standings.   If someone catches us slipping up, they might think we are weird, or
stupid.   It could also be a good ice-breaker for a good friendly relationship.
Sometimes not.   It just depends where the people are from, and what the
situations are at the time of the incident.
I can remember a time, while at work at the funeral home, I was
discussing school with a bereaving individual.   I was trying to comfort this
person, as I noticed she was very disturbed over the loss of a friend.   It was
around the time of finals, and she asked how they were going.   I said...