Harmonium and Nettles Harmonium and Nettles both highlight the theme of memory. As they both are looking back over past memories that are painful, the poems feature the feelings of being helpless in stopping the hurt that was caused. The writer in Harmonium feels remorse for the things he hadn’t said to his father as Armitage states “then mouth in reply some shallow sorry phrase or word too starved of breath to make itself heard”. The writer in Nettles is protective of the recurring threat to his child that he can’t destroy. “rain had called up tall recruits behind the shed,” this quote shows the father cannot destroy them .They differ in the way they felt powerless however as in Nettles the father is feeling powerless because of a physical threat whereas in Harmonium it is an emotional threat of the inevibility of death and unspoken feelings that makes the writer feel powerless.
How to be Trustworthy Through various forms of irony in The Yellow Sweater, Hugh Garner portrays trust being too easily acquired by vulnerability. Marie was living with her aunt and he aunt’s husband. She did not refer to him as her uncle or step uncle, which would mean some unpleasant history, was there. Also, when asked about him by Tom, Marie replied with, “I hate him!” (26). Marie also had trouble with a boy- presumably her ex-boyfriend.
Tory can only present facts about what happened, he couldn’t write about the emotional side because it is impossible for language to accurately bear witness. The narrator’s tone reflects the disgust that he has for the Rauca, the disgust at the simplicity the Rauca has with ending hundreds of lives. For instance, the Rauca, with the “cynicism and the utmost speed” decided who would leave merely by a “flick of the finger of his right hand” (225). Tory uses words such as “fiendish”, “separated”, “blood-stained”, and “scornful” in the passage (224-226). This is important because it forms within the reader’s mind the sentiment of the selection at the Ghetto.
This symbolises his state of ambivalence and detachment from the religious culture his mother wanted him to become affiliated with. Another example of ambiguity in the poem is when Peter writes “caught the 414 bus, like a foreign student”. These two lines contradict each other because he first acknowledges the number of the bus, indicating a sense of belonging, but in the line after he compares himself to a foreign student, which is a symbol of disconnection. This is another example of how Peter’s desire to belong is in conflict with his duty to
Belonging Creative Writing Belonging is the inevitable outcome of an individual’s journey in exploring the surroundings and the many factors that may outline the definitive location at which that individual finds solace and comfort. However, it is crucial to observe, thatin the process of achieving a sense of belonging, one comes across many laborious obstacles that can potentially hinder that process andcompel a sense of alienationand detachment. This is reflected through an analysis of Peter Skrzynecki’s anthology “Immigrant Chronicle” which essentiallydeals with the migrant experiences of the poet and his family.It encompassesthe many aspects and themes of belonging throughout. The core issues related to belonging are also raised in the related text ‘Looking for Alibrandi’, by Melina Marchetta, in a
Although belonging is about the desire of acceptance, a study of Peter Skrzynecki’s poetry and Von Trapped, depicts a compromise between one’s personal vision and the demands enacted by society. Whilst protagonists may be instinctively drawn to belonging, without a strong emotional, cultural and philosophical connection, they may suffer feelings of alienation and detachment. Evoking a sense of discomfort and disassociation, Skrzynecki’s poem ‘In the folk Museum’, explores the struggle of an individuals search for cultural certainty and emotional connection in order to belong. This positions Skrzynecki in a world where he can find no personal satisfaction. Skrzynecki’s feelings of estrangement are registered through the establishment of
This chapter is counted into a climax and a turning point of the novel. Due to the effect of alcohol and ignorance from Sally and the bar singer, Holden made himself of a fool with collapsing sense of security. When he was in the park, he was overwhelmed by depress and miserableness. Tape, ducks and pond triggered his depressing memory of his brother Allie’s death and the fear of his own funeral, thereby revealing the root of his previous manic behavior: Holden was troubled by unexplained disappearance and he was in deep anxiousness that all the things that were related to his pure, innocent childhood would suddenly vanish. This echoes one of the themes of this novel—adolescent confusion on the way to the adult world and the pain of growing up.
He states at the end of the quote, “perhaps it does not seem to them that we suffer”, which seems to help him forgive his relatives because they don’t know the troubles Kumalo and his wife have suffered. When he first goes to find his sister Gertrude, he is angry at her for shaming his family, “You have shamed us, he says in a low voice, not wishing to make it known to the world. A liquor seller, a prostitute, with a child and you do not know where it is? Your brother a priest? How
Mid-Term Break The poem is about the death of Heaney's infant brother (Christopher) and how people (including himself) reacted to this. The poem's title suggests a holiday but this “break” does not happen for pleasant reasons. For most of the poem Heaney writes of people's unnatural reactions, but at the end he is able to grieve honestly. The boredom of waiting appears in the counting of bells but “knelling” suggests a funeral bell, rather than a bell for lessons. The modern reader may be struck by the neighbours' driving the young Seamus home - his parents may not have a car (quite usual then - Heaney was born in 1939, and is here at boarding school, so this is the 1950s) or, more likely, were too busy at home, and relied on their neighbours to help.
This technique of cursing language is used to portray poor relationship he shared with his father “he gave me one backhander..i felt the blood” and his attitude towards the world he’s living in. Whilst catching a train, uncertain where the train will take him, bad weather, wind and rain recalls the violent significant memory of his father “with the forces of a fathers punch”. The