Harder They Come, The Harder They Fall.... One And All

                                              "A classic from Jimmy Cliff! :D"

   
      From literature, it is foreshadowed that a hero will eventually fall because it is inevitable.  He or she gets to the top, has all the riches and fame anyone could ask for, will be immortalize in history and story books forever and, for in a instant, all of it will go... along with the hero.  Because of their pride or flaws, they will reap what they exactly sow, but it doesn't just happen to heroes... it happens to the best of us, all of us.   Karma, bad luck, destiny, or whatever you want to call it has a way of punishing such pride or foolishness by being cruel and can be a  major well... a b***h (sorry and excuse my french ).    That's what Greek myths and, heck, every myth known to man is about, when our lives will change... for better or worse.  I remember watching the movie Alexander (which isn't that bad but isn't that great) and I especially remembered  this one scene (which is the best scene from the entire movie) when Alexander,  before he became Alexander the Great, was a child went to a cave with his father, Phillip the II.  Phillip showed Alexander ancient paintings about myths of old from Oedipus to Prometheus.  Phillip then says , "A king isn't born, Alexander, he is made. By steel and by suffering. A king must know how to hurt those he loves. It's lonely. Ask anyone. Ask Heracles. Ask any of them. Fate is cruel. No man or woman can be too powerful or too beautiful without disaster befalling. They laugh when you rise too high. And they crush everything you've built with a whim. What glory they give in the end, they take away. They make of us slaves."  It's a sad and cruel existence for humans.  And we all suffer.

To me, I guess Okonkwo is a hero because stood up against the white men through silent disobedience in order to save  his village... but it was all in vain.  Okonkwo tried soooo hard to not follow his father's footsteps because he was ashamed.  But, in the end, Okonkwo realizes that (excuse my french again) s***t happens, and it doesn't matter if you're rich, have a ton of wives, the best wrestler... crappy things will find you... soo don't pretend that you're above it.


"Pride cometh before the fall..."

                         Proverbs 16:18