Sarajevo Bear Poem Analysis

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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

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