Libra

A while ago we were given a prompt in class. We were supposed to write about the significance of Lee being a Libra. I don’t want to rehash my journal entry on the subject, but I found this prompt very interesting. Lee being a Libra is not just a quick way to relate him to the title, it holds very relevant meanings. Most importantly, when I think of Libra, one of the things I think of is a division. I associate the scales with dichotomies, and I see a huge dichotomy in Lee. On one hand there is the dumbass I previously talked about, and then there is the ambitious planner that he thinks he is. Even though his plans aren’t complete or well thought out, he does try to make them, and one cannot argue that he isn’t ambitious; he knows he’s gonna be in the history books. There is a huge difference between how Lee sees himself and how others see him. He sees shooting himself as some big thing, and the guy who finds him sees him as an idiot. He sees himself as a revolutionary in Russia, and they see him as a pathetic child. In the assassination plot, he sees himself as the key historical figure as always, taking that ridiculous picture with his gun, while the others involved in the plot see him as an expendable pawn and a scapegoat.