Greatest Emotional Response To 'Dusting' By Julia Alvarez

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The poem that gave me the greatest emotional reaction was “Dusting”. The poem is very touching to me. The poet described a girl in the poem who is writing her scribbling everywhere and her mother keeps erasing her scribblings. “Each morning I wrote my name/on the dusty cabinets, then crossed/the dining table in script…” (Alvarez, 2006, 1-3). This poem is showing how the girl is trapped in her mother’s shadow. She wants more in life and doesn’t want to be like her mother. The poet is showing that the girl wants to be better than her mom, “But I refused with every mark/to be like her, anonymous.” (Alvarez, 2006, 17-18). In some cultural you see this a lot; parents trying to guide their child down the same career path they are in. Most of the

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