Things don’t have to change the world to be important.Steve Jobs. There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds. Brushing encounters with people in our every day lives don't allow us to understand the depth or their stories. Alfred Lord Tennyson (Visited 29 times) Share. To this end, the walker doesn’t need a reason to explain why he wanted to walk between the towers; “He didn’t like the idea of why. The beginning of the cyber world. This anecdote also serves to paint the walker as an infectiously likable man, a quality that is important to keep in mind as he breaks the law and performs a stunt that could—if botched—hurt innocent onlookers. Compton speaks to the man through a microphone, asking him questions about the, ...proves much better at explaining the scene than José. Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change. Vesey. They're like having in-class notes for every discussion!”, “This is absolutely THE best teacher resource I have ever purchased. The plane passes, the tightrope walker gets to the end of the wire. There are no comments for this journal entry. Fulton. Young alone. It seems easier when shared. How dare he do that with his own body? Alfred Tennyson B. Share. It was the dilemma of the watchers: they didn’t want to wait around for nothing at all, some idiot standing on the precipice of the towers, but they didn’t want to miss the moment either, if he slipped, or got arrested, or dove, arms stretched. The original text plus a side-by-side modern translation of. If you can't change it, change your attitude. The past is still there and still empty. Struggling with distance learning? Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent. This moment humanizes him and rounds out his personality as a compassionate man. What has she done with her life? “The thing that oils the hinges of his day.” The art of the ghetto. West Street. They are all connected in some way to the true story of Philippe Petit a french man who walked a tightrope wire between the World Trade Center twin towers on August 7, 1974. The original text plus a side-by-side modern translation of. And so it is for us. It could be argued that the art of calculated danger and its inherent beauty is spiritual for the tightrope walker; he has faith in himself and his project, and this allows him to lend it his undivided focus. Still, the repetition reminds us of the idea that many of the characters we’ve met in the previous pages of. LitCharts Teacher Editions. Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. Reflective Summary of "Let the great world spin" by Colum McCann The book is a compilation of fictional short stories all which are set in New York City. Enter your information below to add a new comment. Need to make things right. Everything was rewritten when he was up in the air. Thro' the shadow of the globe we sweep into the younger day; Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay. The walker’s ability to tune out the helicopters and policemen is similar to the kind of tunnel-vision devotion Corrigan often experienced when pursuing his faith. Coping. I am fascinated by the structure of the book and am sure that it is meaningful but have not been able to put the pieces together quite yet. In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first. So immediate. Pin +1. There’s no glory like those who save their country. 97 . Regardless of each character’s individual interpretation, though, the beauty of the walk comes to stand for something larger: unity and connection. Claire’s husband. The towers were there. When you build on drugs, sex and “art” what is left when the mirage melts. The core reason for it all was beauty.