In The Norton Reader By Sylvia Plath Analysis

Fresh outta high school and already onto another four possibly six years of college is a never ending cycle. So far, I’ve spent my entire life educating myself to further my knowledge, but sometimes I get a feeling as if I’m wasting my time and delaying my dreams. Don’t get me wrong, the more knowledge the better; however, I always think I should be doing something better with my life. Maybe because I’m considered a lazy 18-year-old who just started college a couple months ago and it already it feels like it’s been a lifetime. Aside the fact that it seems as if I have no motivation, I do, I just hate the fact that I have to figure out my career or field of interest at such a young age because there’s so much more to experience in life, other than classrooms. I don’t want an ordinary life, but I also have to think about what’s best for me and my future. I want my life to be meaningful, I want to exist in this world and most importantly, I want it to be memorable. So, in order for me to pursue a meaningful life that I desire, I have to figure out what I want.

Plath talks about certain aspects and events that happen in her life and holds onto her past, but I get a feeling that she wants to move on and take her past with her. I may be interpreting her story different than her intentional meaning, but it opened my eyes about how repetitive life can be and it’s important to take characteristics about myself and incorporate it to who I want to become in the