Overcoming Obstacles In Naomi Shihab Nye's Life

Naomi Shihab Nye was born on March 12, 1952. She lived in Jerusalem most of her life then she moved to San Antonio, Texas. She later received her BA in English and world religions from Trinity University. Her experience in both cultures have influenced much of her work. Much of her literature has been inspired by her local life, the things around her and what happens in her life(“Naomi Shihab Nye”). Naomi Shihab Nye helped people overcome obstacles in their life through her literary works including “Jerusalem”, “Burning the Old Year” and “Making a Fist”. Naomi Shihab Nye’s poem “Jerusalem” helped people by saying that they can overcome things in life. The poem ¨Jerusalem¨ she writes about her father. She writes how her father was hit in the head with a stone was little. She isn’t interested who suffered the most, she
And start a new one. If you didn't have a good year. You can restart a new one.“So much of any year is flammable”. Meaning that any part is easy to forget or let go. This poem was written to show that if you were to have a hard time there is always a new year to start over and have a good new one. Naomi Shihab Nye’s text “Making a Fist” explains how things in life can be hard. Sometimes in life there is a bumpy road but you can overcome that and move on. “I felt the life sliding out of me”. In Naomi Shihab Nye’s life she went through a scary and hard time and she was worried at the time. This poem was written because if someone holds onto something for there whole life it will never be easy to let go of it.(“Making a Fist”) In the end Naomi Shihab Nye made these poems to show that she had hard times in her life and she moved on to better things. So it is important to move on from anything in your life that is holding you back. It makes everything in your life easy because you aren't stuck worried about that