Assignment #4

When I started to read the poem, it was somewhat difficult to comprehend the main idea of the poem but gradually I came to the understanding that Alexander Pope is trying to show us the relation between human and god in a philosophical manner. He explains to us that no one is imperfect in this world, each one of us have a role to play and that’s why we are who we are, it’s all part of the god’s plan, me might not understand or be able to see it yet, we just need to believe it as it is near impossible to seek perfection and to always seek perfection, it can be tormenting and exhausting. He says that it is not reasonable to complain against god as what we see is what is visible to our eyes but he see’s everything and all the different worlds with a completely different spectacle of perspective. He talks about angels, humans and god, and the relation between them. He says that all of us are connected and we can not replace each other as it would cause problems. Pope says in his poem that all human beings deserve to be happy, but most have a different opinion of happiness or what makes them happy, which is why through religion he has separated right and wrong. The one who follows the right path is a good human being and shall be happy in this life and in his immortal life in the hereafter. He further on says that God is not biased towards anyone or favors certain individuals. And he is the only one who knows that is going in someone’s heart which is why he is the only one who gets to judge us, we should not judge each other and just work on ourselves as on the day of judgement, every man is for himself. And by following the path set by god, one does not just achieve happiness but virtue as well. And to come to think of it, if we all mind our own businesses instead of judging each other, we can all be happy and help each other grow. And one is only good if does not expect rewards for doing good deeds instead understand the importance of having virtue in this world.