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The poem which my group selects is “A Time” by Fred Yamashita. At the beginning, everyone in the group is searching a poem on the internet. Everyone was looking up a poem and shared with each other. Finally, my group found a poem called “A Time” by Fred Yamashita. Our group decided to choose this poem because it is related to an important Japanese American history—internment camp, and it may be a good idea to introduce a poem with this kind of history background. Even though this is a short poem, I like it because it is not only related to a significant history—internment camp, but also shows the author’s anger toward the discrimination and unfair treatment. Moreover, the author, Fred Yamashita puts his family to the poem because his family was interned at Heart Mountain in Wyoming. Furthermore, he said the reason for writing this poem is because “he wanted to show his appreciation to his family and how they lived with their life.” I admire that he cares about his family and never give up fighting for their rights even …show more content…
Yamashita shows his loyalty to his country against America because him and his family were sent to internment camp. He thinks that this cannot happen, and it is not real. Mr. Yamashita shows his anger to the government because of the discrimination. The poem mentions that it is ironic that America emphasizes democracy and freedom, but Japanese people are interned and lose their freedom and rights. In addition, Mr. Yamashita puts his family in the poem because he wants to point out that although him and his family suffered from the internment camp and discrimination, they would continue to fight for their rights. Finally, Mr. Yamashita states that no matter what race he is, he is still an American. Therefore, he is deserved to be treated as other American. Most importantly, even though there is a lot of unfair treatment, discrimination and conflicts, he will fight with them to become a true
This poem is telling a story, perhaps of someone grieving over the loss of someone lose to them, with no happiness nor hope left to have. “Here you sit beside me, Our shadows have outgrown us. The lamp goes out, The joy already came, already went. Our heart will grieve, We’ll sit here melancholy, Like children greatly punished. Here you sit beside me, Our shadows have outgrown us” Earlier within the poem it states “The joy already came, already went” which is meaning there is no joy left as it was once there, just sadness and sorrow left behind. This poem shows that he, and other people he was with, went through a great amount of sadness and loss because the Holocaust took loved ones and family members away and he may have felt as if he didn't have hope left any chance of happiness.
For my recitation I chose the poem, “Monstrance Man," by Ricardo Pau-Llosa. I selected this poem from the Poetry Out Loud archive because I liked the way it was structured and written. As I first skimmed the poem my understanding of it was shallow, but as I began to practice it I gained a deeper knowledge of its story and meaning. I realized the depth of the protagonist and how greatly I empathized with him. Specifically, I learned the definition of the term “Monstrance” and that
During this few days, the class focused on two poems Strange Fruit and Primping in the Rearview Mirror. Both poems had interesting stories and meaningful messages behind them. I particular liked reading Strange Fruit by Abel Meeropol. Even though the poem was heavy as it describes the horrendous lynching of black men in the South during the 1940s. I think the poem, both when it was originally written and now, allows it readers to truly think about the serious role that racism had in the American society.
"Caribou ghosts & untold stories" by Leanne Simpson is the poem I choose. The main argument the poet discusses is that were all human beings. Things such as race, sexuality, gender shouldn't differentiate us. For example in the past it wasn’t expected of women to get educated and get jobs, but rather be a housewife. Leanne Simpson was referring to that fact now days were slowly becomes more inclusive to different groups of minorities and was slowly removing labels. I plan to use this source because it is an important topic, which we struggle with even today. Society’s standards are slowly changing but people still tend to have the same mentality when it comes to gender roles. The poem is a reliable source, it shows the difficulties of being
The poem demonstrates the discord that exists when people do not treat others humanely. When we discriminate based on culture or wealth, the ending is a tragic one. The author is able to combine diction, which makes violence occur in the readers mind after every stanza, with a view into both worlds in the society to demonstrate the flaws within the form of government. The author not only brings the tragedy to life, she makes it personal. The poem causes the reader to empathize with the workers and realize that they were slain for no reason other than a cultural difference and an inability to leave.
This poem reflects on how when you lose someone you truly care about it affects you mentally. When we lose someone who we're really close to, we tend to hold a grudge and start questioning our love for the world. We lose ourselves when we
Farewell To Manzanar, by Jeanne Wakatsuki, was the first public written account of the Japanese internment camps. This memoir was written to show the decay of the American Dream through the internment process, but also shows the American Spirit present throughout the experience. The American Spirit is the idea that no matter how hard situations get, people (or Americans) will never give up. The American Dream is an idea that many immigrants look for coming into America, including the Japanese. Farewell To Manzanar is the first account of how the Japanese were prevented from experiencing the American Dream yet they refused to hold this situation against Americans.
The Holocaust was a tragic event in history which instilled fear and sorrow in so many. This time can be seen as one without order, because the law at the time said the actions taken were just (epigraph translation). A poet was able, however, to take such a chaotic time in history in the poem The Book of Yolek, and create a more personal attachment (for the reader) to the topic. The poet Anthony Hecht has taken the Holocaust (more specifically the moving of Jewish orphans to a concentration camp) and made it simple and nostalgic, taking a more calm approach to the subject ("5th August 1942: Warsaw Orphans Leave for Treblinka"). By using the form of a Sestina (very precise form difficult to properly do), along with the images, rhetorical use of grammar, and the tone portrayed throughout the piece, Anthony Hecht demonstrates a peaceful outlook can be given to the most chaotic moments in human life (Strand et al. 20). However, he also demonstrates the need for emotional attachment when referring to an occurrence (in history) of the past.
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In this poem the immigrants are upset with what they have. They called it filthy and they feel like animals in cages. But at least they have a roof over their head. But they do say its filthy and they feel like animals. At the same time America should be happy they created a good nation people want to live in. Instead of humiliating them they should make them feel welcome. As they should test to see if they are healthy they should also, make them feel at home. People leave their lives behind and lose family to come here. They need to learn, don't be upset with what you
The opening of the poem commences when he uses the repetitive question “Do I want to remember? (Line 1).” That is used at the beginning of each stanza, emphasizing that the memories still hurt and the poet expresses that he is disturbed about these remembrances that shadow him and cannot be forgotten. He then, provides detailed description of how he cannot forget what happened. In general, the poem is organized question and answer. First, he begins to ask himself if he wants to remember when the ghetto was a peaceful place before they were invaded making reference to the Germans when the holocaust was in its early arising. The author mentions that children were cold and mothers were looking for food which makes the reader
Even though this poem is pretty tame compared to the others, it still has a much deeper meaning. David is wondering why the camp was so bad, all he remembers is playing a few games, and with a bit of famine. David's mother doesn’t really understand why he doesn’t remember how bad it was. This show how bad the internment camps were for keeping families together, even after they were dismantled. Alongside this, the camps kept people from partaking in cultural events, hobbies “mostly we were bored” (Mura 9). This shows how between the two generations, they can have vastly different views on how bad the internment camps
It is very likely that Louise Erdrich experienced some kind of racism or prejudice in her lifetime. Segregation laws were still in use while she was growing up in the fifties, and in the sixties, many of the same people still felt racist, with or without the laws. Boarding schools were not an exception to this fact either. School authorities probably did take advantage of the fact that boarding schools are away from home and not under the watchful eye of any parent. This poem demonstrates the truth of what it really felt and feels like to have lived through such bad treatment. It is disturbing to think that instead of just learning at school, Louise Erdrich, amongst other children, may have learned what it felt like to be hated. At such early ages, they taught these children that the way they were treated was how the world was supposed to be. It displays the painful scars embedded so deeply into a child, from a time that should have been the most nurturing part of his/her life.
Like millions of Americans or hundreds them that never really enjoy a poem I’m definitely one of them. There is so much anger in this poem that it quickly grabs my attention and pulled me into his world. I have never knew that such a poem could express such a strong emotion on paper, and even though, I don’t consider myself a communist lover I can clearly understand why he might have been one. His world was clearly different from mine and through his words I was able to feel his pain and suffering because of it. For people that never consider reading a poem they should give it a try because one’s never know what they will find.
The poem I have chosen to focus on is “I was Born into a World” by James Franco. This poem focuses on how humans have successfully changed the world we are living in for the worse. Franco describes how most aspects of his life that he has always thought of as being definite are now starting to disappear in front of his eyes. The way that humans have treated our planet is ultimately resulting in the downfall of its diversity and its beauty. This position that Franco holds is something that I believe both Henry David Thoreau, and David Haskell would agree with.