Benjamin Roseberry Misc Look Down

There is a poem of which I am fond.  It is called “If” by Rudyard Kipling.  At the end of the poem it states, “If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, or walk with kings nor lose the common touch.”  I enjoy this part of the poem particularly because of its implications in modern day society.  When the people of America are deciding on who to vote for as their next president, they consider quite a few reasons.  But one which all American seem to rally around is the leader’s humility.  If the candidate is not humble, most people will point out that flaw much faster than any platform issue they may have.  In movies we see most superheroes being advocates of the downtrodden and oppressed.  These superheroes have not lost the “common touch.”  They are able to advocate on behalf of the lowliest of humanity.  In Les Miserables, there is a song called “Look Down.”  This song speaks directly to this desire of the lowly.  The people cry out to the top of the ladder “LOOK DOWN, LOOK DOWN.”  When people walk with kings and lose the common touch, they will eventually look down and see that they are only so high up because of all the people’s backs they are standing on.