14 March

A Field to Getting Lost: Abandon
By: Rebecca Solnit

I AM RESPONDING TO VANESSA MARTINEZ'S QUESTION: 4. Explain the significance of the following passage, "The young live absolutely in the present, but a present of drama and recklessness, of acting on urges and running with the pack." (108)

In the book A Field to Getting Lost, Rebecca Solnit tells a story called Abondon. In Abondon, Solnit use the following quote to represent the literary device of synecdoche, "The young live absolutely in the present, but a present of drama and recklessness, of acting on urges and running with the pack" to show the way people live life. For Marine, she followed a crowd that made her a rockstar, but was not worth it at the end. Many teenagers today follow fashion trends, share music, and even share dislikes, just to keep being "cool" or "in." And this is not only in teenagers, this goes for the famous people, too. For instance, many famous artist have shown us how "life" should be lived, and later, end up in complete disaster. Many of these artist end up in jail or even worse, dead like Marine. Thoughout the this story, Solnit shows thats Marine is just another person trying to live life to the fullest (by following or being like others) but in order to live this way, there will be consequences for the actions committed.