One Man's Treasure...

"One man's trash is another man's treasure".  This idiom perfectly encapsulates the idea that every living human being is capable of having their own unique perspective.  In this case, the quote is implying that one person can view something as completely useless and worthless; whereas, another person can view that exact same object and priceless.  In the piece, "The Death of the Moth" Virginia Woolf expresses her perspective and stream of consciousness while watching a moth flutter to no prevail.  Woolf describes the moth as a "tiny bead of pure life".  And as one delves further into her anecdote, they will uncover a world of hidden metaphors such as the window sill, and the corners representing the limits of life.  Woolf even makes a pun coinciding with the sorrowful tone of the story being "window pane[/pain]".  However, this is only one point of view depicting the moth.  Anyone else would most likely see something completely different.  I for one, when I read this text, was reminded of the novel "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez.  All of the Marisposas never ceased in their fight against Trujillo and the government he stood by.  While the government eventually did fall, along with the oppressive Trujillo, the heroic sisters never truly won.  All but one remained alive, and the last was surrounded by sorrow remaining in the home of their ghosts.  The moth described in Woolf's piece "knew death" as eventually did all of the sisters, even the survivor.  Both the moth and the sisters faced "a power of such magnitude" that it was eventually imminent that none "stood [a] chance against death".  All that participated in the fight put up a tremendous struggle but were ultimately trapped, only able to zigzag in their respective corners.  Perspective plays a part in everyone's life, but no two perspectives will ever truly be the same.