Sarah Morin “On My First Son”: Short Writing Assignment 3/11/13 Have you ever been to a funeral‚ or lost somebody close to you‚ or known somebody who lost someone close to them? When someone has died‚ it is common for people to say things like "he or she is in a better place now" or "it was just his or her time." These and similar comments are attempts to explain death or to find some meaning in it. We like to believe that after we die‚ we go to a better place. In the same way‚ we like to believe
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couple of weeks we have been studying readings that pertain to Innocence and Experience. The readings that I have chosen to best represent these concepts are "Advice to My Son" by Peter Meinke and "Ex-Basketball Player" by John Updike‚ both readings deal with the Innocence and Experience of life. In the first poem "Advice to My Son" the author is trying to put emphasize how the words written can be applied to life. Also how choices have an impact on our life’s journey and ultimately how these choices
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I cannot express the love and fear for my child until I actually become a father. I do know a mother’s love runs deep though. Mothers are more nurturing‚ caring‚ more emotional and loving than a father in most cases. I know my mother hates that I am growing up so fast‚ she even tells me sometimes that she still wishes I was a little baby that she could hold in her arms and rock to sleep. “My Son the Man” by Sharon Olds expresses the same feeling that my mom does. She is afraid of her “baby boy”
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other. Through the reading of Sharon Olds’ poem “My Son the Man”‚ a mother is witnessing her son growing up into a man. Olds explores her sadness on how her son matures‚ while also realizing he is able to escape from her tight grasp. Olds examinants how her son grows from a little boy to a man‚ how she has to get ready to let him go‚ and how he finally has freedom. “My Son the Man” starts with an allusion‚ “Suddenly his shoulders get a lot wider” (1). The son has already physically matured. His physical
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The poem “Mother to Son” addresses the theme of overcoming racial discrimination. The speaker of the poem is a mother lecturing her son. By referring to her life as not being a “crystal staircase” would suggest a lifestyle that is simple‚ beautiful‚ and luxurious (). The life she speaks of is only for people with privilege‚ specifically white people. The speaker reflects on her life‚ stating how it has never been easy for her. The description of her life evokes sympathy. The speaker describes her
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family however it’s more harmful to the children. Every family has a different approach in how they deal with the conflict. As a class we have read and discussed Caroline Hwang’s essay “The Good Daughter.” as well as Janna Malamud Smith’s essay “My Son‚ My Compass.” There is different approach illustrated by Hwang’s and Smith’s essay as they choose their own lifestyle and confront their parent’s arrogant behavior. Hwang essay explains how immigrant children are living a paradox‚ forcing her to keep
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Who is the Fanatic now? My Son the Fanatic is a short story written by Hanif Kureishi. The story is about a person called Parvez who have migrated to England with his son Ali. My son the Fanatic was published in 1997. In the story we are following Parvez where we are introduced to a worker class area with taxi drivers and a prostitute called Bettina. The story occupies with genres such as drama‚ religion‚ father and son relationship and adaption. The main character Parvez is a long time working
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My son the fanatic Growing up with teenage attitudes and not having a role model around can make it difficult to be loved. The short story “My son the fanatic”‚ by Hanif Kureishi is set in 1997 in England. Ali has no one to look up to – He starts as an attentive scholar who got straight A’s‚ but turns into a dedicated Muslim‚ which gives Ali the opportunity to find it in his religion. We get to know Parvez‚ who is a Pakistani immigrant in England. He had an indignant experience with
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They don’t see how well they have it while the outsiders are sitting around‚ waiting for someone to understand them. I was sitting there‚ but I wasn’t there. I was in my own land of creativity where I can be anyone and be anywhere. Today‚ I chose the life of a star athlete‚ popular‚ loved. But all of a sudden‚ I snapped out of my dreamlike state. Why does everything have to revolve around popularity? Why can’t it be simpler? Why can’t we all just be happy and ourselves around everybody? Because
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