This was a great story that even though its length
was rather short, it had an important meaning
and a moral. I was able to connect this story with our current society and how humans act
towards their own environment. As soon
as Erisichthon cut off that grove tree, a part of
me died. In this story, the grove tree wasn't a
plaintree just found on the park of your
neighborhood, but it was more like the only tree
there. Its meaning was so great that it
represented nature itself and completely.
So when he cut the grove, he wanted more
and more that by seeing the wood, he got hungry.
Erisichthon could not satisfy himself for there
was nothing to do.
It seemed as if he had been cursed for cutting
down the tree. He was so ambitious that he passed
the limits when he decided to sell his mother.
Am I kidding? No, I am not. For as more
ridiculous that it may sound, this is what he did.
He wanted to have more of everything and therefore be who he always dreamed of being.
A man with lots of power, wealth, and belongings. But what Erisichthon never realize
was that by doing this, he was only loosing. He lost his family, he lost his values, he lost respect.
But what did he have left? Nothing. Erisichthon soon starts to devour himself.
Since he couldn't satisfy his needs, he gets desperate and begins to eat from himself.
He destroyed himself, being led by the ambition within him.
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