Sarajevo Bear Poem Analysis

Sarajevo Bear by Walter Pavlich

What idea(s) does this poem suggest to you about overcoming challenges involving with hopelessness and ambitions?

As one goes through life and tries to pursue one’s ambition one sometimes hits upon hopelessness. The poem Sarajevo Bear deals with ambition and hopelessness. Their ambition was so powerful that it overcome the hopelessness of the situation.

Ambition maybe defined as “A strong desire to do or achieve something typically requiring determination and hardwork. The people of Sarajevo’s ambition was to achieve independence for their country. It require to over power the Yugoslavian Army. In the poem, Sarajevo Bear, we see people feeding the bear to keep the bear alive, even though they have to

risk their lives in order to bring food for the bear. The bear represents Sarajevo’s hope and strong desire to achieve freedom, despite their sacrifice and efforts the bear dies. Even though, the bear died they kept preserving, till they achieve their goal.
Hopelessness is explained as having no hope to achieve something. In the poem Sarajevo Bear, hopelessness is represented by the snipers that shoots to kill. The people continue to feed the bear eventually the snipers attack. When the bear dies, it should have broke the people spirit and their ability to function, but it does not. They instead stood up stronger and overcame the challenges of hopelessness.