“My Wood” by E. M. Forster

In the essay “My Wood” by E. M. Forster is trying to tell us that we got to be careful because humans are selfish and once we got something we want, we will want more and more until we have lost full control; for example, in the essay they talk about the author buying a small piece of land. At first that small piece of land had an open road that the public can pass by and for the author that was enough and felt like home, but after a while the author kept looking right and left and realized that his land was the smallest land there and everyone else had gigantic lands with a lot of beautiful things. The author is trying to let us know that owning a piece of land makes the owner feel heavy and important; therefore, they start to wish for a larger piece of land. It also make the owner feel that he got to do something to it, and lastly he wants it all for him selves, so he wants to block the public path.

Once we got something we are going to want more until we have better things than anyone near us; therefore, the author toward the end wanted to build a tall fence to block the public from going inside his land. Also, once the author looks at his neighbors and sees something nice he will want something way better than what they have to show off. Owning a piece of land or something of your own can make you change completely who you are; therefore, I believe that I prefer to have nothing but people I love around me. For instance, the author is a perfect example of how people can let their ownership controls everything in their life such as his own family, and life. A person can become so obsesses with making their land unique, huge, and pretty that can totally forget about the few things that are important to him such as family, friends, and himself. When a people gets power they put it over everything such as creating debits to fix up the place or even risking their own home and children’s future for a simple obsession that is not worth it. A few of those people end up with nothing because their family will leave for his obsession, and lose the land that changed him because of the debits.

In my opinion like I mention above is that I prefer to have nothing but a family and friends who are willing to love me like I am willing to love them. I believe that in this life all we need is love to be able to survive; with love, we can overcome everything. A piece of land will not give me the love and happiness I need it will only give me a headache and end up alone and with no one in my side; therefore, I prefer to have nothing but a family who shares love with me.