There are two things in life you must understand to survive: First, it is better to give than to receive. Two: you can't save people, you just have to learn to love them. Life is a beautiful horror movie that we experience every day. Over time, we humans learn things we never knew and forget things we once understood. We have a tendency to want to take control of EVERY situation and sometimes ignore the fact that some things are completely out of our control. It is said that as we age we also gain wisdom, and while this is true, it is only true to a certain extent. In "The Writer" by Richard Wilbur, we are able to see the fact that life is a struggle we cannot avoid, how easy it is to forget what it means to struggle and what it means to stand by while others watch. go through turbulent times. In “The Writer” by Richard Wilbur, we realize what the real battle in life is: seeing the person you love suffer and having to stand by and watch. Jane Nelson once made the following statement: "The worst thing you could ever experience is watching someone drown and not being able to convince them that they can save themselves by simply standing up." In “The Writer,” we see this conclusion come when the author compares his daughter to the trapped bird. Wilbur explains the story of a time when a bird was trapped in the room, but due to the fear possessed by the bird, Mr. Wilbur was unable to aid the bird in its escape, but was rather forced to watch the suffering from afar hoping God has mercy. Mr. Wilbur describes the state of the birds as: "We watched the elegant, wild, dark, iridescent creature beat against the brilliance, fall like a glove on the hard floor, or desk, and wait...halfway through the paper.. .is the race we call life: death. “The power to cause pain is the only power that matters. The power to kill and destroy, because if you cannot kill, then you are subject to those who can Never.” Enders' Game. This evil power that is spoken of is the power that life possesses. "The Writer" by Richard Wilbur is a great example of what happens when life runs its course, is forgotten and wins the race. after having tied your hands behind your back. Life plays dirty and as a result some situations are beyond our control, but the important thing is to never forget, because then to remember you have to have a rude awakening. As shown in “The Writer”, the only way to survive this masquerade of life is to simply love, because you cannot save. So it's up to you to realize, remember and try not to unconsciously write the end of your story…