Are you living your life the best you can? Are you truly in the moment for every experience? “Jeremy Fink and The Meaning of Life”, a realistic fiction novel by Wendy Mass contains a letter from Jeremy’s dad describing the meaning of life on pages 269 to 273. Where The Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein is a poem about the end of the sidewalk, representative of childhood memories. Therefore, using metaphors, Wendy Mass and Shel Silverstein convey the common theme of living life to its fullest. In the letter from Jeremy’s dad, Wendy Mass uses metaphors to display the theme of living life to its fullest. In the letter, Jeremy’s dad says “I made sure to pay attention to everything I was doing”. To…show more content… Wendy Mass uses the metaphor of life being a string of moments you carry with you to show how these moments are fundamental to who you are. This metaphor tells Jeremy that every moment he has had is important because he will carry it with him for the rest of his life. This further shows that you should try to live every moment the best you can because you have the power to make life better. After all, “Life” gives meaning to life. The answer to the meaning of life is hidden right there inside the question” (Mass 3). If you don’t try to live life to its fullest, then there is no meaning. Living the best life you can is what gives meaning to life. Wendy Mass says that all the memories and experiences throughout are important and should be cherished. Where The Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein offers a theme of cherishing your memories and life experiences. The poem says “There the grass grows soft and white, And there the sun burns bright crimson, And there the moon-bird rests from his flight” (Silverstein 3-5). This is a metaphor for the wonder of the end of the sidewalk, and how magical it is. This is a stand-in for a childhood experience that the speaker wants to remember and return to, as the speaker says they want to go “To the
