Buin My Suit? I Don't Think So!

This poem got me thinking really hard about how it could possibly apply to me and what it really means. Then it suddenly knocked me off my…chair and I figured it out. My suit is who I am as a person. The suit makes me up and is what makes me different. It shows my culture, my family, and my race. Being Mexican to me used to be a problem. People would stare and would make comments to my parents when I was too small too understand. I would get teased because my hair was too long or because I was too dark. Sometimes they would make me cry and go home feeling like I was too different to live around these people. As I got older I found out that they were all wrong. I am beautiful inside and out and no one will ever say anything to me again without getting a response from me. I used to want to burn my suit but now that I am proud to be myself, I can proudly say that my suit fits me perfectly fine. From what I understood, the poem is talking about the suit as if it were something that defines us. Because it means to say that “our suits” represent who we are and if we have a problem with it then we should try to buin it. The other problem is that we can’t buin it because it is who we are. As hard as you try to pretend you are someone you are not, you will never be able to hide or erase who you are. People can spot fake people as soon as they meet them, at least I do. It applies to all of us because we all don’t like something about us and we wish we could change it. Burning the suit means changing it to something we want to. We often ask each other what is something you would change about yourself? And we always have something to say. So what would I change? I would like to be able to control my anger and maybe be a little less aggressive. But other than that I think my suit is fine. We all have flaws, we all have pwoblems, and we can’t help it because it is part of being human.
The most difficult parts to buin is our outer look. When someone looks at someone they automatically make a judgment about them. I hate this because people say they don’t do it when they know they do. It is a natural thing to do but it is a bad thing to do. People should not be judged by what their suits are like but by how they act and how they are. You can’t change how you look so drastically that no one can recognize you. Yes there is plastic surgery but it can’t take away who you are. Society pushes this ideal “look” and many try to achieve to look this way. Personally, I think the world would be terribly boring if we all looked alike. I enjoy looking different and I don’t mind the looks anymore. Why should I walk around worrying about looking perfect for others? Why should I act like someone I am not and regret it later? I want to live how I want and be who I am. People should accept that society is wrong for putting an impossible model of perfection. I don’t think perfection exists because perfection would ruin the whole point of diversity. Perfection is boring sometimes and it does not quite fit in with the world of today. Because of society, many people change who they are or want to because they think it is what they should do. This is an example when people most would like to buin their suits. Why? Personally I don’t know why they would want to please others. Like Marianne Williamson said, “Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine…” Do we want to buin our suits because we are scared? We just might. When society pushes others to change then that’s when most people decide to buin their suits.
If I could do something to make my heart beat faster, I would be a dancer or a dance teacher because music and dance are my life. I would never ever be who I am without it. My dancing started since I could walk and even though it’s not professional and all, it is great to me. I love dancing and I would choose it as a career to make my heart beat faster if I could. What prevents me? Let’s see, my financial situation, my parents, and other things. My parents support what I want but deep down I know they want me to do something bigger. I have always pleased others before myself and I am so used to it that I am going to it again. It is life and the way mine has gone, sacrifices come easy to me. I don’t mind putting my family first over my happiness because the way I look at it, living for them is the best thing I can do. I have all my life to do things for me and I have all my life to find happiness.

Pride leads to pain?

When I think of pride I think of it as a quality that many people have. Sometimes it’s so bad that people would rather lose things and suffer instead of admitting they are wrong. The definition of the word pride is a bit vague on how it actually is. Life is powered by so many emotions and sometimes people don’t know how to handle it. Pride to me is something that should be in little quantity. It is fine to have pride in one self or of one’s family. But if someone uses pride in a bad way and loses things in the way, it is not healthy. The question is, does pride lead to pain and suffering? It sure does in my book. Pride, in the play “Antigone,” is prominent in the character Creon. Creon to the reader is taken as someone who is conceited and a person who only thinks of power. He also has so much pride that he would not “bend” to someone else’s priorities and only looked at his own. When he did this he lost his son, wife, and the support of the people. The villagers do not want a king that would rather see his son die than to let someone have their last goodbye. Creon talks about how he does it for the people and the city, but he knows that pride is what is pushing him to make stupid decisions. Antigone also showed this characteristic. The sad part is that there is no difference in the way they acted. She killed herself knowing that her fiancée would the same. Her pride was so large that she would not die by the hands of anyone but her own. Her pride ruined many lives and not only did she leave a sister behind, but she also left no reason for her actions. She was so affected by what happened to her that she was not thinking straight. Pride leads to pain and suffering because losing loved ones is not the only punishment. People that put pride before anything also gets punished with guilt. Guilt is something that I could never live with and I am sure would eat at anyone that actually has a heart. When someone decides to end their life knowing that they would take someone else with them is selfish and they probably will feel guilty as well. Guilt is everywhere and it powers people in the wrong direction. Creon will soon know what it is like to feel guilty. He will probably never recover from what happened as Antigone never recovered from her loss (434).