In the poem "Minerva Jones" by Edgar Master Lee, mentions how a person wants to let the world know what it looks like, a girl who is dying and craves and cries for affectionate, she wants to be known and wants the people to be put in the verses she wrote. She thirsted for love and hungered to live longer. Butch Weldy and Doctor Meyers were at fault and taken full responsibility to her death, the towns village view is scene as a town in which people may die by the way they look and walk. The town is careless full of bad people. They are judged by their appearance and not by who they are, their personality.
In the poem "Butch Weldy's" by Edgar Master Lee, addresses, one morning he was refilling the canning with gasoline since he works for the
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The people who told, invited him over their house, he went over, the mens wife opened the door and welcomed him in, and as he took a step in, the guys wife screamed and snatched the nearest rifle and almost shot him at their door. They were sent to court and the judges did not believe a word that came out of the man and the wife. He was then free to go after being hold in charge of "crime."
In the poem "John M. Church, Lawyer for the mine." by Edgar Master Lee, mentions the couple on the previous poem, those who went to court and they did not win the case. The guy walked out and then suddenly "the rats" my best guess is, thats how he mentions the couples and they killed him and they devour his heart, until nothing was left of him. The "snake," the husband, made his skull into a nest after his bones only remained. It was a devastating loss of the men to
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He only tried to help, sometimes it back fires on you and you are put to blame. In the end Meyers died of pneumonia. A lesson learn here can be, do not help people who are endangered in your home because you will be blamed.
In the poem "Mrs.Meyers" by Master Lee, states how her husband was not at blame for anything, he was not suppose to be at blame, Mrs.Meyers was only trying to protect her husband after he had died. She was heart broken, she is sad he died and past away. He was defending him from being blamed and accused of doing something that was not wrong but because she died, Mr.Meyers was to blame because he was the last person to touch her, while saving her.
In the poems "Indignation Jonas" by Master talks and he was the father of Minerva and he was a shame of what he had done and been accused for. The inference we can make about small -town America is how people truly are not matter if we are worst or better he judge people to the point where they feel the need to do, what he could have done for his daughter, and it was to safe her but he couldn't and because something so terrible not being able to do something about it afterwards is the hardest
In "Annabel Lee", a young man is mourning the death of a beautiful young lady. Even though the woman had died quite some time ago, the man is still in melancholy. He misses her terribly and constantly thinks of how she was she was tragically taken from him by the angels who were jealous of their love, and by her family who didn't think the he himself was capable of bringing her to her final resting place. He loved Annabel Lee more than anyother human can love another. The following quote tells the reader how much he loves her and shows that he would do anything for her, even if that means sleeping by her tomb, each and every night. "And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side of my darling, my life and my bride, in her sepulchre there by the sea, in her tomb by the side of the sea."
Body: The poem opens with the acknowledgment that we wear these masks that hide our true feelings. It emphasizes the cruelty of the pain and suffering that the masks try to cover up, comparable to the picture. By the end it should be well understood, all of the politeness and subdued emotions are just blind of the painful truths that hide behind them. And those masks certainly are not doing anyone any favors.
In the poem "Minerva Jones" by Edgar Lee Masters, it describes a poetic woman who is from a small village. It highlights that some of the people in that small village made bad remarks about her person that brought her down. In verse number 2 it says,"Hooted at, jeered at by the Yahoos of the street For my heavy body, cock-eye, and rolling walk,". This indicates that her life in a small community was not at all great. This poem consists of other people who have some sort of relationship with Jones. For example, "Butch" Weldy, is the person who captures Jones and brutally hurts her. Another person who has a relationship with Jones is Doctor Meyers. This person is who she seeks after getting brutally attacked. Her life depended on this man's care but in the end, he cannot save her. The things this lets us know about the poet's view on small-town American culture and values is that there are things that are simply overlooked. People don't sit down and think how dangerous a small town can really be.
This astonishing novel shows a perfect example of a dystopian society, with the community starting off as a “perfect” neighborhood, and ended up being the complete opposite. Jonas showed his inner self throughout the story with the help of the Giver, and these magnificent traits is curiosity, to know and to improve his inner strength. As well as being proud of himself when he had just been awarded the superb job of being the Giver of the community to escaping with Gabriel on a treacherous journey to the next community. Lastly, sympathy got in the way of Jonas at any precise moment of the day. Thus, Jonas had undergone many obstacles, he ended up being able to bring about his goals.
Similarly to the way people hold expectations for the daystar, or sun, to rise every day, mothers are expected to perform their duties like cleaning the house or taking care of the children. Both are taken advantage of and are not fully appreciated until they stop performing their duties. Throughout the poem, the woman’s daughter and husband are given names, “Liza” (line 12) and “Thomas” (line 17) respectively, but not her. The woman is only referred to as “she” or “her” which further highlights the lack of acknowledgement she receives. The mother is taken for granted by her family and is not regarded as important. Her efforts are ignored and she is never thanked for completing her tasks around the house because that is the role she is “supposed” to fulfill.
Why would a married woman go out, spend the night with a man whom she barely knows, when she has a wonderful, devoted husband and child? Mrs. Mallard's cry of ultimate relief and the joy she felt when she learned of her husband's deathis intolerable.
wasn't harming anyone. One can understand that the man did it to protect his family in the long
To begin with, though strict rules and rituals executed in Jonas's community are essential to an orderly society, they can also efface villagers human rights including individuality, dominating in villagers lives instead of supervising them. Under strict laws such as release and stirring reports, the villagers in Jonas's community are deprived of their individual uniqueness and become identical. For example, as shown at the beginning of the book, For a contributing citizen to be released from the
... witness box he broke down completely, weeping, clasping his hands and saying, 'I swear to you, sir, my wife is innocent.' The magistrate sternly told him to control himself, and began to question him. Bit by bit the true story came out.
Jane presents one aspect of woman in The Waking collection (1953): Ross-Bryant views Jane as a young girl who is dead. The poem expresses concern with the coming of death. This poignant elegy is presen...
Have you ever been told you weren’t pretty enough or you were too tall, your feet and butt were too big, or you were ugly? Marge Piercy’s poem sheds a bright light on how differently women handle criticism and rejection. The poem really sadden me and it stroke me to my core. As a woman, I’ve been through puberty, acne, and poverty. While in grade school, my fellow class mates were so jaded and mean spirited with their words toward me. The same people who were calling me name where in the same situation as I. Piercy writes, “She was healthy, tested intelligent, possessed strong arms and back, abundant sexual drive and manual dexterity. She went to and fro apologizing. Everyone saw a fat nose on thick legs.” It appears the young lady was happy with herself. She saw no flaws and was confident in her looks and intelligence. But it only takes one negative comment to override years of self-love. The young lady in the poem even apologized for being herself! How emotional crippling that must have been. She let a few nay sayers wreak havoc on her life and form that point on, she did whatever she thought would make the nay sayers approve of her. She sought their endorsement and no longer possessed any power within. Tragically, this did not end with a waltz to her bedroom. The lack of recognition and need to be desired ended up killing her. “In the casket displayed on satin she lay with the undertaker's cosmetics painted on, a turned-up putty nose, dressed in a pink and white nightie. Doesn’t she look pretty? Everyone said” (Piercy). She changed her nose and fat legs and only in death did they see her beauty. This poem was few in words but spoke volumes about a woman’s mental state. Women are very in tune with their feelings and are willing to appease others, even if it means killing ourselves in the
Referring back to my previous point about family, one must ruminate that the Jonas’s family is a spitting image of this superficial existence. After Jonas begins to experience both pain and pleasure including memories of the warmth which family can bring he realizes the underlying dysfunction of his family. This is a momentous enlightenment for Jonas. In my opinion, one of the most pivotal points in the story is when Jonas asks his parents if they love him, and they reject that particular word. This occurrence demonstrates that their connection to one another is considerably weak as well as imperso...
Chopin describes her as a fragile woman. Because she was “afflicted with a heart trouble,” when she receives notification of her husband’s passing, “great care was taken” to break the news “as gently as possible” (1). Josephine, her sister, and Richards, her husband’s friend, expect her to be devastated over this news, and they fear that the depression could kill her because of her weak heart. Richards was “in the newspaper office when the intelligence of the railroad disaster was received, with Brently Mallard’s name leading the list of killed” (1). He therefore is one of the first people to know about his death. Knowing about Mrs. Mallard’s heart, he realizes that they need to take caution in letting Mrs. Mallard know about it. Josephine told her because Richards feared “any less careful, less tender” person relaying the message to Louise Mallard (1). Because of her heart trouble, they think that if the message of her husband’s death is delivered to her the wrong way, her heart would not be able to withstand it. They also think that if someone practices caution in giving her the message, that, ...
Now that we have a little background on the author, we can take a closer look at the actual work and its characters. The two main characters of the story a narrator and her husband, John, and the story takes place in the 19th century. Life for the two is like most other marriages in this time frame, only the narrator is not like most other wives. She has this inner desire to be free from the societal roles that confine her and to focus on her writing, while John in content with his life and thinks that his wife overreacts to everything. Traditionally, in this era, the man was responsible for taking care of the woman both financially and emotionally, while the woman was solely responsible for remaining at home. This w...