The Flame Beneath the Pot

In piece full of passion, life, and lobsters we were asked to find the true meaning behind what was written. During the discussion many ideas were brought up, but one struck me the hardest. Someone had said that the "flame beneath the pot" could symbolize our deaths. But what many people seemed to look pass was the part about the flame the boils the water.

With such a simple comment, my mind began to burst with new ideas. I began to think of how we wait for the water to boil and in the same way it is like us waiting for something cruel underneath us, that eventually over time with bring us to our deaths.  I from then on understood that it wasn't just the flame that had the meaning behind it, but it was what the flame put into action that portrayed the true meaning of the poem.