[Welp. That's obviously not something he could relate to. Nope.]
So since he couldn't ask for help, he never reached fulfillment as a poet. And yet, he couldn't be satisfied with being a regular worker, so the weight of his failures and the dissatisfaction he has with life changed him into a man-eating tiger. Was that his way of escaping those societal pressures? It seems easier just to live in the wild.
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So since he couldn't ask for help, he never reached fulfillment as a poet. And yet, he couldn't be satisfied with being a regular worker, so the weight of his failures and the dissatisfaction he has with life changed him into a man-eating tiger. Was that his way of escaping those societal pressures? It seems easier just to live in the wild.