Dated back to April 28, is the lecture believed to have the most impact on me. We are all created to have desires, to set ourselves apart from others, and to have a say in our own destiny. The theme and title of the poem Identity written by Julio Noboa Polanco, resinates with me due to the expressed themes being that of desire, freedom and destiny.
Agreeing with the idea that all people have different desires, some choose to follow the norm and conform with society. However I am one of many like the speaker of the poem, who stray from the plan I was expected to follow by my peers. I desire to be different, my destiny is whatever I want it to be, and I enjoy being an outcast like the “weed” in the poem. One of my favorite stanzas in the poem is “I’d rather be a tall, ugly weed, clinging on cliffs, like an eagle, wind-wavering above high, jagged rocks.” This stanza resinates with me because the metephor of the speaker comparing himself to an ugly weed, relates to his desire to stand on his own feet and to make his own plans for life. The eagle also symbolizes freedom which is something the speaker, like myself, desires.
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