Revised "Miniver Cheevy" Introduction

Original:

      Edwin Arlington Robinson uses the character Miniver Cheevy to show that people are always going to have challenges in their life, but the best way of handling these situations is to accept them, so we can receive positive results. He uses characterization to prove that issues in life should be embraced, and people should live in the present instead of dreaming about the past. Certain things cannot be controlled, and we should not try to change them. In the poem “Miniver Cheevy”, Edwin Arlington Robinson depicts Miniver Cheevy as a child reminiscing about life in a different time period, to send his readers a message about living in the present and adjusting to situations we have no control over.

Revised:

Edwin Arlington Robinson uses the character Miniver Cheevy to show that people always have challenges, but we should try to create our own happiness. Robinson depicts Miniver as child who wishes he were never born, then talks how Miniver wants to live in another time. To close the poem, Robinson portrays Miniver as someone who will continue to pity and make himself miserable. In the poem “Miniver Cheevy”, Robinson depicts Miniver Cheevy as a child who reminisces about another life, to show us that we should live in the present and adjust to the situations we have no control over.