In the Long Hall
Hibbs
Composition 2
February 3, 2014
In the Long Hall
When life throws you lemons, you squeeze them and make lemonade; just like in the poem “In the Long Hall”, when the young boy gets stuck in between the tapestry trying to move forward, but the tapestry continued to unravel behind him as he tried to move forward. This scenario really made it hard for the young boy to move forward with things. Sometimes in life things may get hard or difficult, but we have to continue to move forward and not let anything stop us. When you get in a difficult situation in life do not let the tapestry keep you stuck continue to move forward.
The story begins with a young boy “weaving a tapestry which was unraveling behind him” (Carruth 1). The author uses the word “tapestry” multiple times though out the poem this word really begins to show symbolism throughout the poem, it is more than just a piece of textile fabric with pictures or designs that are formed by weaving colored weft threads. The author explains in his biography how he spent eighteen months in “the looney bin,” recovering from agoraphobia which was so severe that he stayed hidden in his parents’ attic for five years. When he finally decided that staying hidden was not going to get him anywhere in life he decided to come out and figure his life out, when he first began his journey of figuring out his life he had a hard time of moving forward because all of his old moments in the attic and how he got there kept stopping him. Instead of letting this stop him Hayden continued to move forward and work through the hard times.
A tapestry can be used to make many of things, in this story though it is used to symbolize life and how life as you try to move forward and grow as a person there is sometimes on thing that keeps to in the spot that you are in or try’s to reel you back in. Although sometimes it may seem easiest to let the tapestry reel you back in you have to continue to push and try not to let the tapestry
Composition 2
February 3, 2014
In the Long Hall
When life throws you lemons, you squeeze them and make lemonade; just like in the poem “In the Long Hall”, when the young boy gets stuck in between the tapestry trying to move forward, but the tapestry continued to unravel behind him as he tried to move forward. This scenario really made it hard for the young boy to move forward with things. Sometimes in life things may get hard or difficult, but we have to continue to move forward and not let anything stop us. When you get in a difficult situation in life do not let the tapestry keep you stuck continue to move forward.
The story begins with a young boy “weaving a tapestry which was unraveling behind him” (Carruth 1). The author uses the word “tapestry” multiple times though out the poem this word really begins to show symbolism throughout the poem, it is more than just a piece of textile fabric with pictures or designs that are formed by weaving colored weft threads. The author explains in his biography how he spent eighteen months in “the looney bin,” recovering from agoraphobia which was so severe that he stayed hidden in his parents’ attic for five years. When he finally decided that staying hidden was not going to get him anywhere in life he decided to come out and figure his life out, when he first began his journey of figuring out his life he had a hard time of moving forward because all of his old moments in the attic and how he got there kept stopping him. Instead of letting this stop him Hayden continued to move forward and work through the hard times.
A tapestry can be used to make many of things, in this story though it is used to symbolize life and how life as you try to move forward and grow as a person there is sometimes on thing that keeps to in the spot that you are in or try’s to reel you back in. Although sometimes it may seem easiest to let the tapestry reel you back in you have to continue to push and try not to let the tapestry
Cited: Carruth, Hayden. ”In the Long Hall.” Literature and the Writing Process. Elizabeth McMahan Susan X. Day Robert Funk and Linda Coleman. United States: 2007. 517. Print Carruth, Hayden. ”In the Long Hall.” Literature and the Writing Process. Elizabeth McMahan Susan X. Day Robert Funk and Linda Coleman. United States: 2007. 517. Print Carruth, Hayden. ”In the Long Hall.” Literature and the Writing Process. Elizabeth McMahan Susan X. Day Robert Funk and Linda Coleman. United States: 2007. 517. Print Carruth, Hayden. ”In the Long Hall.” Literature and the Writing Process. Elizabeth McMahan Susan X. Day Robert Funk and Linda Coleman. United States: 2007. 517. Print