Eli -- the truly admirable one

By weilla yuan
September 22, 2014 - 13:43

At first, I was shocked by how Eli Clare could get so many ideas from one single word. He kept on making examples about himself, the torture and pain that he experienced. I feel really sympathetic towards him, his description makes me feel like I have experienced the same thing, too.

Eli makes everything sounds so easy like those things he experienced are not painful. All the stories he told, all the explanations he made, are all described calmly. He is persistent, which I admire so much. He does not make excuses for him being a crip, still climbed up on to the Mount Adams. The tone of his description about his situation is light, but makes me feel bad about him more. His words are composed but the emotions are strong. Maybe only him, a person who has been through so many exiles in his life, can be able to write sentences like that.

People would normally think the ones who suffered are vulnerable, but it might be the complete opposite. People who suffer more would gain more experience, and through the time, they will be stronger and more imperturbable. And those people are the truly admirable ones.

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Like Weilla wrote in her post, I too am astonished at Eli Clare's accomplishments, given his hardships, and the interesting perspectives he provides given the struggles that he faced through his childhood and adolescence. First off, he wrote a memoir which in itself is an accomplishment. I feel like so many people assert that they’re going to write a memoir and have children, or get a job or a dog or something and never get around to it. On page 20 he writes, “For years I have wanted to write this story…” and he did.

Eli -- the truly admirable one