Engish 125
Literary Comparison
Jenna Sanders
ENG125: Introduction to Literature (GSH1035D)
Michelle Pinkard
September 28,2010
People in all organizations and walks of life must have the ability to work in a team environment. Yet the world can not see that viewpoint sometimes, the idea that we all stand together in one fight. Thus creating conflict, the literary element I have chosen. Tuesday 9/11/01 by Lucille Clifton is the poem to represent the ongoing conflict of Man versus Society. In the last stanza of this poem it goes on to say “ and God has blessed America to learn that no one is exempt the world is one all fear is one all life all death all one.”(Lucille Clifton; DiYanni, 2007) What happened to this country, and any other tragic case of pain or suffering is expressed in this poem, when the author says “they know this storm in otherwheres,” and “ no blood is untouched.” Conflict is frequently characterized as a controversy between interrelated individuals who intervene with one another in reaching their objectives , and that it is. We all have objectives to reach and visions in sight but most times conflicts do arise. We may be thinking we are alone during these times, that no one could possibly be understanding what the other is going through, Yet, Tuesday 9/11/01 reminds us that this is not true. Conflicts and struggles lie deep within themselves but also among each other. In the comparing of Tuesday 9/11/01 with W.H. Auden’s Musee des Beaux Arts. The analysis of the second poem would be found in the first line “ About suffering they were never wrong.” This poem is telling of the people’s response to tragedy, and the apathy with which people view individual suffering. In the beginning though the poem points out that every person has known of suffering no matter the kind. Although these two poems agree on the theme of suffering, or man vs. society, this particular poem is emphasizing suffering as being individual. The author of the poem Musee des Beaux Arts
Jenna Sanders
ENG125: Introduction to Literature (GSH1035D)
Michelle Pinkard
September 28,2010
People in all organizations and walks of life must have the ability to work in a team environment. Yet the world can not see that viewpoint sometimes, the idea that we all stand together in one fight. Thus creating conflict, the literary element I have chosen. Tuesday 9/11/01 by Lucille Clifton is the poem to represent the ongoing conflict of Man versus Society. In the last stanza of this poem it goes on to say “ and God has blessed America to learn that no one is exempt the world is one all fear is one all life all death all one.”(Lucille Clifton; DiYanni, 2007) What happened to this country, and any other tragic case of pain or suffering is expressed in this poem, when the author says “they know this storm in otherwheres,” and “ no blood is untouched.” Conflict is frequently characterized as a controversy between interrelated individuals who intervene with one another in reaching their objectives , and that it is. We all have objectives to reach and visions in sight but most times conflicts do arise. We may be thinking we are alone during these times, that no one could possibly be understanding what the other is going through, Yet, Tuesday 9/11/01 reminds us that this is not true. Conflicts and struggles lie deep within themselves but also among each other. In the comparing of Tuesday 9/11/01 with W.H. Auden’s Musee des Beaux Arts. The analysis of the second poem would be found in the first line “ About suffering they were never wrong.” This poem is telling of the people’s response to tragedy, and the apathy with which people view individual suffering. In the beginning though the poem points out that every person has known of suffering no matter the kind. Although these two poems agree on the theme of suffering, or man vs. society, this particular poem is emphasizing suffering as being individual. The author of the poem Musee des Beaux Arts