Death of a Moth

I skipped the introduction, as did many other students in the class. I also had the same outcome. The story by itself left me confused on why a writer would describe such a somber account with nature. I assumed she was just writing about how animals struggle with death everyday, but after reading the introduction it is obvious she is comparing the moth to herself. She uses the moth's stuggle to right itself as a metaphor to her own life. She then goes on to decribe how after the fight the moth basically gave up all hope and allowed death to win saying: "death is stronger than I am." I believe after reflecting on this she makes the decision to commit suicide.
As a reader, this story allows me to see deeper into what the author was going through at the time of her death. She was a depressed individual who felt as if she was fighting the world everyday when she got out of bed. Also she feels that there is no way out of this situation and finally she believed that death was stronger than she was.
-Colton McKinney