Behind Grandma's House Poem Analysis

How cool is your grandmother? Nikki Giovanni, Gary Soto, and Lorna Dee Cervantes share poems with their audience about their grandmothers and the lessons they have been taught. Throughout the year as we grow most of our grandparents get to see us change into the person we are today. “Lord these children”, Grandparents do not care what generation you grew up in they are mostly traditional and do not take disrespect too well. Here are some poems dealing with: Performance in everyday life, Traits that significantly shape human identity, and traits that shape cultural backgrounds.

Ever wanted to say something but refuse to say it out loud because you may not want to take a hold of the outcome? In “Legacies” by Nikki Giovanni argues about the role
Gary explains his childhood, “at ten I wanted fame”. The little boy in the story wanted to be known and craved attention from his peers. The little boy says, “I wanted to prove I was tough” so he does the following “borrowed a dog, one with mismatched eyes and a happy tongue,”. “Behind Grandma’s House” there was an alley. “In the alley, kicking over trash cans.” was some of the many things the little boy do to shape his identity as a tough bad boy! The little boy did not stop there, he proceeds with “I hurled light bulbs” and threw them as if they were meant to be “like grenades” grenades are not to be play with and are certainly not an object little kids should be allowed to play with especially at age ten but the little boy imagined the light bulb to be a grenade so when it hit the ground it would break, as in a grenade would explode and make a loud
Lorna does not feel like she fits the definition of an authentic Mexican woman because of the language barrier, religious views, and “my reflection: bronzed skin, black hair.”. The language barrier makes Lorna feel heartbroken because “The words are foreign” and Lorna finds herself “stumbling on my tongue” meaning she cannot say most words in Spanish to communicate with her grandmother or even to communicate with other Latinos. Lorna speaks about her feelings “I feel I am captive aboard the refugee ship.” as in locked into the sea and has no home. Lorna feel as if she does not fit neither culture. “The ship that will never dock.” then Lorna says it in Spanish “El barco que nunca