Many people wonder what it would be like to move from the dangerous city they live in and travel to a paradise full of abundance. This plot is depicted in John Bunyan's allegorical book, Pilgrim's Progress. This fascinating story describes the life of Christian, a married man living in the City of Destruction, who longs to travel to the Celestial City. While Christian struggles to stay on the right, albeit more difficult, path, I struggle to focus in school and not pay attention to distracting ideas. I also struggle to become strong enough in dance to become a professional dancer, just as Christian must climb the Hill of Difficulties to get to the Beautiful Palace. In order for Christian to get to the Celestial City without wasting his life, he must be patient. Likewise, I have to be patient to achieve my life goal. Just as Christian struggled to overcome obstacles in his life, I must become stronger to dance, concentrate in school, and be patient to achieve my life goal of becoming a faithful and patient person of God. Christian meets many people who try and lead him down a different path, including Worldly Wiseman. Worldly Wiseman encourages Christian to shed his burden and take the short, easy road to his destiny, instead of the long, hard road Christian is currently on. Christian finds that even though the short route is described as "better" by Wiseman, Christian knows that he needs to stay on his path because he finds relief: "I don't care what I meet on the road as long as I can also find release from my burden." (Bunyan 16) Worldly Wiseman focuses his life on eliminating all burdens and concentrating on worldly comforts. Christian, on the other hand, keeps his burden and pushes the... center of the paper......and, I worked hard to get stronger to go on pointe, but in the end, my reward was just being able to dance on tiptoe without hurting myself. Also, I had to concentrate a lot in school while I missed having fun with friends, but my grades they stood tall and that made school easier. At the time I didn't feel very wise like Mr. Worldly Wiseman, but I soon learned that it also taught me to be patient patient with myself and I realized how much easier it will be to achieve my life goal with new experiences. Even though I have not yet achieved my life goal, I still learn through my experiences just as Christian learned from his experiences going to the Celestial City. Works Cited Bunyan, John and L. Edward. Hazelbaker. The Pilgrim's Progress in Modern English. Alachua, Florida: Bridge-Logos, 1998. Print.