The thought of running away

Hi everyone, it's Mika. As you can read from the title today's topic is about the thought of running away. This is reflected in the novel I am currently reading which is "The Secret Life of Bees" written by Sue Monk Kidd. In this story after a very heated argument between the main protagonist (Lily) and her father she came up with a plan and decided to run away. 

I can easily describe Lily as a risk taker as she is venturing out of her comfort zone into the harsh world. Lily understood the consequences very as knows that her father is very harsh and controlling man who puts his interest in front of others. For the majority of Lily's life she has been treated like a true daughter and was never granted the permission to take part of a great father to daughter relationship. This only pushed her forward with her decision to go run away from her previous life and to start making it interesting.

Caring fits the characteristics of Lily as well, this was pointed out slightly in the book as she puts the thought of others first instead of hers. Lily knew if she was caught by her father she would be lucky to stay same without any bruises from the lines of punishments waiting for her at home and yet she put in the thought of freeing Rosaleen first from captivity. Technically saving her life as she would have been killed by some of the town folk who she made them very cross earlier that day.

Lily is not only restricted to these characteristics as she is very intelligent young girl. She has managed to not only plan her run away properly and what to do afterwards, she has also managed to trick multiple people such as the guards from the hospital to do things they should have not done. This paved away for her and Rosaleen's escape from the hospital and run away to Tiburon a place where always wanted to go.

I do not often share my stories to others but there was a time when I felt I needed to runaway. This was 2 weeks before my IGCSE exam. I studied from morning until late night but I felt that I couldn't accomplish anything. I was feeling the stress so much I couldn't cram anymore information into my mind. Even though I studied for months and felt I could do ace the exam, a whole new different reality grew into my mind as the days counted down faster and faster. During that time I keep thinking to myself how much of a waste of money I was as my keep forking out funds for my tuition and every time I had tuition I didn't think that I used that time to the fullest and I could have done so much more. They have allowed to participate in one of the best schools in the country and much more. That was when I though of running away so I wouldn't waste their money anymore. I kept this a secret from my parents as I would be embarrassed to share with them on how much I was disappointed about myself. Overtime as the days grew closer to the exams my parents never knew how I felt then but always said that no matter what happens it is the will of God. I kept that in mind and persevered. The grades I got was not what I was striving for 2 years but I was very grateful to what I got Instead. 

The thought of running away does make one think more on life and his/ her current situation. A bad experience can easily make one rethink on what they should have done or make someone do something they should have not done. With a long thought and assessing the situation at hand one just cannot run away for a few simple reasons. A person must understand emotions have a very big impact on our reasoning so always cool down before ever making a big decision. Remember that your friends and family are always there to pick you back up. So never think that you are alone on this.