Ocean Vuong's Father: Poem Analysis

“A Good Man Is Hard To Find”: Characters Qualities and their Changes Flannery O’Connor’s short story A Good Man Is Hard To Find tells about the end of Bailey’s family; it is called by father’s first name as the author did not mention characters’ last name. The man’s mother, hereafter referred to as the Grandmother, did not want to go to Florida and preferred to visit places of her youth. Woman’s contumacy led to the car accident; she took her cat to the trip and the pet disturbed the driver. After that the family met with escaped convicts led by the criminal called Misfit and were killed by them.

History (including details of time and circumstances of onset, and the evolution of complaint) – Ben described his childhood was a nightmare to him. His mother would tie him to a chair and hit him with hangers. He did not want to go to school because his teacher and classmates would ask him about the bruises on his body. He would steal money from his father and gambled it away. He said gambling is like the only escape of reality and feeling high when he wins.

When he denies them and Mayella’s father comes into the yard tom runs away because he knows something bad will come from this. After tom is gone Mayella’s father forces her to say that Tom Robinson abused her. Mayella is powerless because of her gender, the class she lives in, and the respect she gets from those around her. Mayella has never really been respected before. When in court she is examined by Atticus and he does nothing but call her “ma’am” and “miss Mayella” and she sees it as him mocking her.

This is significant because the main character is overconfident in himself and found the consequence shortly after when a bullet hit the parapet, a low protective wall along the edge of a roof, bridge, or balcony, and whizzed past him almost hitting him. The enemy was near and he still took the risk, which could have taken his life. The man found himself almost getting caught by the enemy after he risked lighting a match which causes smoke and light that the enemy easily could see. This shows that he was too overconfident in himself and his abilities to be unseen by the enemies. Another reason is, being cocky can lead to harsh consequences such as, noticing that

Americans often portray heroes to be flawless, but truth be told Malcolm X’s actions and life will reveal the contrary. He was a thief, drug dealer, racist, gambler, pimp, and took part of racketing. Some

This also broke Eric and Arthur because now they have to go to jail and have lost the trust and admiration of everyone in lake Windsor downs, this also happens at the time that Paul’s grandparents show up for a visit. This was just like what happened ten years ago but instead of Grandpa asking Paul what's wrong with his eyes he asks eric and whispers him something when he

Sociopaths, often described as having antisocial personality disorder, are not born with their traits but their experiences they go through make them the way they are. Perry Smith has many examples of how his upbringing has made him the way he is. Perry’s life was filled with violence and neglect. Perry had a seemingly happy life until his dad started to beat his mother and she turned to drunkenness and promiscuity. Finally perry’s parents split, which can also to lead to problems in children's lives, he travels with his mother and siblings to san Francisco where he constantly gets in trouble to which he blames it on having, “no rule or discipline, or anyone to show me right from wrong" (54).

“When I was little, I would think of ways to kill my daddy.” (Gibbons 1.) Since the father was not a father figure and more of a warden who beats and sexually abuses her, she has never seen him as someone with power who can control it. She took care of both of her parents and anyone who was actually supposed to be her

Hi mommy. Where my bottle. Who dat .I hungry. I want wawa.

One of the main reasons that led to Blanche’s downfall was due to her husband’s suicide. One night before Blanche and Allan, her husband, went to a dance Blanche found Allan in a room with an older man. Later that night at the dance, Blanche told Allan that he repulsed her because of his homosexuality. This small action although just words, is what lead to Allan’s suicide. After Allan had committed suicide, Blanche felt extremely guilty

In Sarah Dessen’s book Saint Anything, Sydney feels less valuable to her parents than her brother Peyton. Sydney is a 17 year old getting ready to graduate. Her brother Peyton is in jail for running over a guy name, David Ibarra. Throughout the book, I could connect with what Sydney felt. With her brother in prison, her mother really doesn’t care about much except him.

He was acknowledged by every one of the washouts who did drugs. He was arrested at his home for hosting an underage drinking party while his dad was away. He barely spoke to his mom any longer, and when he did, it was sinful, dirty things that a man ought to never say. He would curse at her and tell her that he hated her and that he that he wishes she would die. I was just finishing high school by then and was starting my mission to discover the cash to promote my education at the college level.

In the poem To This Day by Shane Koyczan is about how sometimes bullying get’s ignored. The reason I am writing this paragraph is to tell you how bullying get’s ignored in school and sometimes the kids have to walk around like clowns and carnies or the lion’s that the lion tamers hit with their words and their names that they call them every school was a big top circus tent “...and the pecking order went from ,acrobats to lion tamers, from clowns to carnies...” In conclusion the lion tamers are like the kids that are making fun of the kids that are like the lions getting whipped with the words of the lion

The poem I will be analyzing will be “Uncoiling” by Pat Mora. The theme the author is portraying is the personification of a tornado . It has a dark/fearful/grim tone as she describes the storm that is accruing. The author is using similes, and personification to convey the theme. The very first figurative language used in the poem is personification.

Originally, I was going to choose an excerpt from Bud, Not Buddy for the key assignment. We had previously read this novel as a whole group in class and I completed the text completxity assignment based off of this text. However, due to recent, intense incidents of bullying in my classroom and in the school, I began to look for resources around bullying and I came across the spoken word poem “To This Day” by Shane Koyczan . Not only did the topic of this poem scream to be introduced to my class, I also noticed that it contained powerful imagery and metaphors that could be used during lesson two of this close reading unit. Additionally, I wanted to make a tie-in between spoken word poetry and rap verses as a way to encourage buy-in from my