You Can Only Control Your Own Life

As we read Hamlet in class, we are forced to examine our own lives in comparison to Hamlet because of the fact that we, as teenagers, are going through a lot of the same things that the characters face in the play. We are at a crossroad right now trying to choose between doing something for oursevles that we want to do, or pleasing our parents and doing something they want us to do. As we go through our journey of leaving home and as we choose a path on which to live, we may find ourselves a changed person, just as Hamlet and Ophelia have changed throughout the course of the play. Are these changes good, or will we be worse off from changing?

As it stands now, people in high school are changing, for better and worse. People are making new friends and older friends are being left out. Everyone has a right to change whether it's for the best or worst. If it's for the best, then they've chosen the right path, if it's for the worst, then it's their mistake to make. We cannot control everyone and it's inevitable that people will change and grow apart. At the end of the school year, though, we will all be on our way to college, forever changing our lives, hopefully in the best way. Some friends will grow apart and others will stay friends forever. Growing and changing is a part of life and no one and nothing can change that. You can only control your own life and as much as you may want to, you can't control the lives of others.

Though our changes and future may be vastly different from what Hamlet and Ophelia go through in Hamlet, the messages are similar. Because of certain experiences and reasons, people will change, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse. No matter what, though, you can't control them as much as you may want to sometimes. People must live their own lives and learn from their own mistakes if they make them. The only thing you can do is be yourself and live your life they way you want to.