The ingredients to a
Peanut Butter Sandwich are very simple. There are two ordinary pieces of bread,
a heavy helping of peanut butter, and a tablespoon of your favorite jelly. All
these ingredients on their own hold no importance but putting them together makes
an extraordinary sandwich. It makes a sandwich that can be made in a matter of
minutes and eaten for lunch every day.
While eating this
sandwich, the most chaotic of days become trouble free and time slows down. All
your problems will melt away and a beautiful moment occurs. A moment of just
you and a sandwich. There are so many times in our life that we are swept up by
all that occurs around us and we forget to take time for ourselves. The PBJ
allows us to slow down and indulge ourselves in a scrumptious sandwich.
I have
eaten this sandwich every day for my tenure at Athens Academy. It has been with
me through the thick and the thin. It is one of the only things that has
remained constant throughout this changing world. If I was ever in Inception I would choose a PBJ to be my
totem to remind me if I was dreaming or not. Every time I eat it I have a
different experience, even though it never changes. It is still peanut butter,
jelly, and bread but it is much more to me. It is my favorite sandwich.
Big Bob does a good job of showing his love for a good PBJ. He makes it seem almost as if the PBJ has wonderful powers. It "melts away problems" and slows down the chaos of everyday life. He makes it seem almost as if he has a human-like loving relationship with the sandwich when he says, "a moment of just you and the sandwich." By saying, "I have eaten this sandwich every day for my tenure at Athens Academy," he exhibits how him and the sandwich have a lasting history and consistent love.
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