![]() And as a Senior, I have spent some time let the fact that this is the end of my high school career or, to go a bit further, the end of my compulsory education. One part of the poem focuses on Ulysses reflecting on his life and on his past adventures. The poem Ulysses is about reflection of one’s past and present and of one’s preparation and excitement for the future. We have to make some kind of mark in high school, then go on to make our mark on the rest of the world too. made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield." Even though time will affect us, we should forever be trying to achieve and to leave something behind on Earth. Some people are okay with that kind of life, but I believe that we can all somehow make our mark. Everyone is going to go on as if we never existed. In 4 years nobody in high school then will know us either. Ulysses spoke about the commoners as people "that hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me." We're going to go into the world as the most irrelevant beings. Many of these people we will rarely speak to or see again after we graduate. Just as he has his "mariners, souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me," we have friends that have grown up with us, been our classmates, and been our partners in this experience of high school. Pretty soon, everyone that we've grown with will go their own ways. There are several ways that "Ulysses" applies to me as a senior. There will be no senioritis for me because I am in it till the end. Even though I am tired and weak, I am “strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield”(69-70). Although this is my last year and high school is coming to an end they are still things for me to experience. “I am a part of all that I have met”(180). Although high school sometimes felt like the battle of Troy and I with my Achilles heel it is one of the greatest experience of my life. I can Honestly say that “All times I have enjoy’d greatly, have suffer’d greatly, both with those that loved me, and alone”(7-9). I have learn and experience things that will stay with me forever. People that have taught me things that had became a part of me just as my nationality is. I have met people whose words and faces I will never forget. I have discover new things and rekindle with the old things. Now I have been here for a quite a while, almost four years. They were things and experiences waiting for me to discover. High school was a just another experience waiting to happen. In the past I have discover middle and elementary school. This was just a new world waiting to be discover. *193 words*Īs a freshmen coming into High school, this place was new to me. I learned that my purpose should not become empty, but instead be filled with the certainty to follow my dreams and believe in my future before it’s too late. Therefore, as a senior, I should take risks and try new things that I haven’t done over the past three years of high school, and also reevaluate my purpose in life. Push off,…for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset”. He reminds us that “T’ is not too late to seek a newer world. On the other hand, Ulysses also gives us some advice. “To follow knowledge like a sinking star, Beyond the utmost bound of human thought” is what I plan to do not only this year, but during college to help achieve my dream of nursing. He notices that without knowledge it’s harder to achieve the dreams you’ve planned. ![]() We all desire to be something more in our lives besides another statistic and Ulysses recognizes that in his journey. ~203 wordsĪs a senior, there are many aspects I have to think about, career wise, to prepare for college, but the first step is desiring to be something greater than what I am. ![]() That even though we will get weak physically, we must be strong in will and never stop pushing forward, never stop living, “To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die”. At the end of the poem he says, “Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield” We can use this as advice for years further down the line. He then says, “…spirit yearning in desire To follow knowledge like a sinking star, Beyond the utmost bound of human thought” As seniors this quote tells us to never stop learning, to expand your horizons, and to continue to grow. Ulysses says, “I am a part of all that I have met” This quote shows us that everything we have experienced in these four years and even before has transformed us into the people we are today, and everything we experience after graduation will continue to shape us as people. ![]() As seniors approaching graduation we can use this poem as advice for how we should live our lives after high school. Ulysses is all about travel, expanding your knowledge, and living life to the fullest.
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