Pride

     Normally I'm not the person who tries to relate to characters in works we read, but this time I can't help but feel a lot like Gawain. I often find myself chasing honor, prestige, and recognition, and I end up getting in over my head. I find myself face-to-face with a powerful Green Knight who survives having his head cut off, and I pretend I can do the big task on my own and get halfway there and get scared and do whatever it takes to save my pride. All of it could've been avoided had I have trusted someone else or just had the courage to accept the consequences of my actions. I'm not thinking of an instance in particular in my own life, but a bunch of little instances (I think you see where I'm coming from).
     Eventually, Gawain accepts the consequences of his actions (duh, the girdle), and what I think I love the most is that his friends bear the punishment with him. They don't just tease him for caving or for not being perfect. I think we are the same way. We mess up and we get scared that when people find out, they will abandon us. I guess this is just a goofy reminder to me that even when we mess up, there is grace and forgiveness...even if you have to wear a green girdle.

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