Deal with It (⌐■_■)

E.A. Robinson, the author of the poem “Miniver Cheevy”, introduces to the readers a pessimistic main character who hates his current life. The author is trying to tell us to live life to the fullest. One can think that Miniver doesn’t like his life, but Miniver should consider himself lucky because it is a privilege to have shelter and guaranteed education. Also, Robinson shows us that Miniver is being too greedy. Life doesn’t give specific instructions to follow, but it gives each person the opportunity to create his or her own path in life. The author is showing us that Miniver is an ungrateful fool who is only daydreaming about living a better life in the medieval times. He romanticizes about medieval life and makes assumptions that life would have been more exciting if fate didn’t bring him into his common world. But he will never experience the glorified medieval times and carry on with what he has in the present time. Instead of being like Miniver and wasting our lives, we should be satisfied with what we have. Complaining is just an excuse to be lazy. We should take action toward goals and not get stuck in negativity.