Strawberries get their bright red color from chemicals called,"anthocyanin". According to Strawberries for Strawberry Lovers, anthocyanin is a molecule that has to combine with other molecules to make such a vibrant color. When I look at the color of a strawberry, I think of the strawberry having no skin to the point where they need to have wrapped bandages around its body to keep its internal organs and guts together. The blood seeps through the bandages and creates a soaking red color. The thought of strawberries having to bleed out all the time is terrifying. Strawberries carry their wounds on the outside of their body, without any help from someone to cure its suffering and pain. Being helpless is a feeling that some human beings can understand, personally, I think that the sense of helplessness reaches people's thoughts during certain points in their lives.
The feeling of helplessness is an emotion that most people on the planet would never want to have experienced. Being helpless is not often talked about because people fear the concept and might have the idea that they don't have to witness such a horrid feeling. But while strawberries can't do anything about their wounds, humans can. It depends on the human if they want to have help or not and when they have wounds internally and externally, they get to decide to acknowledge it and sadly, the creatures on the planet don't have a choice in the matter to get the help they need. Strawberries can't scream, or hardly even move to show any sign of their suffering, but humans have the ability to do so. Humans are used to being aid to that they don't notice how painful it is to feel helpless. I believe that humans should appreciate the fact that they have opportunities and chances to get the help they need while many other creatures don't. But then there is the fact that some people on this planet can't get any help because of their living situations and their life in general. People may be too prideful to ask for help or are too scared to, but it's a good idea to ask for help because the person won't feel so helpless and alone in the pain they witness.
The strawberries are a symbol that there is suffering in this world and in some situations, there is nothing that humans or creatures can do about it, and some where there can be solutions. Flies may feel the same way as well, the feeling of helplessness because they don't have ways to show it. Helplessness is a reality that many people don't want to think about.
Works Cited
"Why Are Strawberries Red?" Strawberries For Strawberry Lovers. SBI. n.d. Web. 7 Nov. 2014.
But strawberries come back even more vigorously in the spring. I started with one little plant and now they cover an entire flower bed.
ReplyDeleteThis blog is very interesting. It's amazing how you transition your blog from talking about the color of strawberries to the wounds they endure. I would have never thought about strawberries in this way but it's completely understandable. They're externally red and as a child I always believed that the color red was a symbol for something unpleasant hence, when you say they are wounded. I agree a human being is capable of receiving help it's just a matter of asking for it.
ReplyDeleteI want to spend an afternoon in your brain to get a feel of how things work in there.That is quite an interesting way of looking at strawberries. I do think people need to learn and ask for help, but as well, I think others need to reach out a helping hand to those in need of it. The best way of not feeling helpless is seeing others come and help and show one they're there without even having to ask.
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