In Social Studies, we had a task to do as a class, each one of us had to read two lines from a poem called, "The Starfish Poem". After that, we had to blog about its message trying to come across.
THE STARFISH POEM
Once upon a time there was a wise man
who used to go to the ocean
to do his writing.
He had a habit of walking
on the beach
before he began his work.
One day he was walking along
the shore.
As he looked down the beach,
he saw a human
figure moving like a dancer.
He smiled to himself to think
of someone who would
dance to the day.
So he began to walk faster
to catch up.
As he got closer, he saw
that it was a young man
and the young man wasn't dancing,
but instead he was reaching
down to the shore,
picking up something
and very gently throwing it
into the ocean.
As he got closer he called out,
"Good morning! What are you doing?"
The young man paused,
looked up and replied,
"Throwing starfish in the ocean."
"I guess I should have asked,
why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?"
"The sun is up and the tide is going out.
And if I don't throw them in they'll die."
"But, young man, don't you realize that
there are miles and miles of beach
and starfish all along it.
You can't possibly make a difference!"
The young man listened politely.
Then bent down, picked up another starfish
and threw it into the sea,
past the breaking waves and said-
"It made a difference for that one."
Meaning & Evidence:
In my opinion, the meaning of this poem is about even making small action can make a big difference. The reason why this is what I thought of is that the line said "If I don't throw them in, they'll die". The sun is going up and the tide will go down, which means, the water levels will go down and the starfishes will die because there's no water where they were at. So the guy, who was throwing them had to do it, or else, they'll die. By throwing them, where there's water, the starfished will live longer.
Annyeong Skyler,
ReplyDeleteThis is a great blog post about the Starfish Poem. I like that you have included the poem into your post so people can understand what you are talking about. I also like how you added in your own opinion about the poem. Anyways I enjoyed your blog post and keep up the excellent work.