T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” – Kygnon’s Post

The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock is a masterpiece poem that relates the struggle of man trying to fit in the society that he is living in. The foggy environment that describing in the poem shows his level of melancholy. He is certainly not happy about what life is offering to him. He feels insecure and believes that he won’t be understood. Things like time and people view of him seem to have crucial importance to him. Also, he pretends to know very well the people around him, yet he can’t engage with them. He finds women specially, shallow and superficial by mentioning twice their commenting on the Michelangelo painting.
While reading this poem of T.S Eliot the thing that strikes me most is how important is the desire for people to be appreciated by others. The same as now people are worried about their physical appearance and how people view them. Social media just amplified this feeling even more. People create their ideal life on social media which is most of the time far from their reality. An important theme of the poem is the time. Young, we usually believe that we have time to do things or believe that it is not the right time to certain things. In reality we postponed those actions just because we are afraid of the outcome and the judgement of others. Therefore, we settle in our situation and by the time we realize it, it is too late to make a change.
At a personal level, this poem is a perfect illustration of me coming newly to the United States of America. The language and the difference of culture constitute a huge obstacle to immigrant to fit in. Engaging with American people was quite challenging. I was worried about my level of English, my accent or even the clothes I wore. I was really concerned about the way they will see me if I open up. Time later showed me that I should have been myself from the beginning. I would have probably done things better that I have done.