I do believe that Maud Martha is justified in sparing the
mouse as told in the poem "Maud Martha Spares the Mouse" by Gwendolyn
Brooks.
I find that Maud Martha is justified given that she
allows her heart to make the decision to release the mouse from the trap. Maud Martha
thinks about the mouse, not as a destructive creature, but as the leader of a family.
She, herself, can relate to the idea- she is a leader of her family. She worries for the
mouse's family in the same way that she would worry about her own if she were not there
to support them.
This poems is a wonderful example of
putting yourself in another's shoes. It is no longer aboutthe past actions of the
mouse:
eluding her, the tricks, the clever
hide-and-go-seeks, the routes it had in all sobriety devised, together with the
delicious moments it had, undoubetdly, laughed up its
sleeve.
Instead, the mouse
has transformed in the eyes of Maud Martha. She personifies the mouse- gives its
children names, gives it a spouse.
By doing this, Maud
Martha creates a relationship with the mouse. She finds herself wanting to care for it.
By doing so, Maud Martha has changed, not only her mind, but her
soul.
A life
had blundered its way into her power and it had been hers to preserve or destroy. she
had not destroyed. In the center of that simple restraint was–creation. She had created
a piece of life. It was wonderful.
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