Change :: Expository Essays

Change Change is inevitable. Just when you decease ad mediocreed to your surroundings, something changes. Stability does not last forever. In the article spectre Cities by Andre Aciman, the aspect of change is looked at by the viewpoint of an exile. From his beginning attempt to deal with change to his final acceptance, Aciman describes in an abundance of ideas, what he is feeling throughout this process. aft(prenominal) leaving Alexandria as an exile, Aciman came to call Manhattan, or more precisely Straus Park his home. But Straus Park is not just one place. It is a multitude of different places coming together to framing a rather dingy, grubby park with park. Straus Park is whatever you necessity it to be. It can be far off destinations such as capital of France or a small place in ones imagination. Whatever the place, it creates a bit of stability. When Aciman walked by the Park one day, he realized that it was in ruins. Assuming t hat the city of Manhattan was closing the park, he began to meditate what this change meant to him. He began to realize that even if I dont disappear from a place, places disappear from me. New York became his home not because it was where he wanted to be but because he led him to new places. by Straus Park, he met a variety of people each with their own level that eventually added to Aciman story. By sitting on the park benches usually cover with bird droppings, he encountered people and dreamt of unknown places he wanted to go. After a while of contemplating, Aciman realized that he did not want to go to these places but was satisfied living the life he was living. The statue that helped him through his version to America was soon replaced. However, whereas he thought he was a statue of a