Hubris Poem By Sherman Alexie

This poem has an underlying theme centered around the concept of hubris being a negative influence in life. In short, this poem talks about a selfish man who feels entitled to the attention of his wife and child. To begin, one way the poet, Sherman Alexie, attempts to show hubris is towards the beginning of the poem where it says, “So I comforted and kissed him in the dark Bedroom, but my comfort was not enough… It’s hard for fathers to compete with mothers’ love.”(5). With these lines Alexie introduces the hubris with the father. The father attempts to be a help to his son, however instead the mother ends up being who was wanted.This idea that he wasn’t wanted is what brings up his feeling entitlement. Alexie later describes the father as