Self Analysis: "Grief Calls Us to the Things of This World" by Sherman Alexie
Assignment-Week 4 Lisa R. Pleasant ENG 125 Introduction to Literature Instructor: Stephanie Freese June 23, 2014
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The poem that I picked to read was “Grief Calls Us To The Things Of This World” by Sherman Alexie.
I realized that this poem was about a son and a mother that was grieving over the death of his father, and her husband. They both that day had thought about the father and husband cause the son had called that day to talk to his father. That's when he found out that his mother, had made coffee for his father and had put it on the table like she does everyday for him. They both knew that he had been deceased for a year now. I know the death of a family member can be a traumatic thing for most families to every experience in their lifetime.
The elements that I choose for this poem was Setting, Tone and Point of View. I think these elements represent what the poem is trying to get across the readers and what they are trying to make see how they are feeling at that certain time. Basically it is a feeling that is said, “For the definition of grief as a social emotion, it is important to distinguish between grief and separation on distress”.(Jakoby,N.R.2012). The first element that I would like to discuss is Setting. “Setting usually provides a social perspective as well, which identifies local customs, dress, speech and patterns of thought.”(Clugston,R.W.2010). So the part of the poem where he mentions, “He was using a blue phone in the bathroom of this Five-Star Hotel.” You can imagine that you are standing in the middle of the nice bathroom with a blue phone and trying to decide who you are going to call first. The second element that I would like to talk about is Tone. “Tone is the attitude reflected by the author in a literary work; it identifies the author's approach to the subject a story deals with.” The part that this relates to is “Can I talk to
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The poem that I picked to read was “Grief Calls Us To The Things Of This World” by Sherman Alexie.
I realized that this poem was about a son and a mother that was grieving over the death of his father, and her husband. They both that day had thought about the father and husband cause the son had called that day to talk to his father. That's when he found out that his mother, had made coffee for his father and had put it on the table like she does everyday for him. They both knew that he had been deceased for a year now. I know the death of a family member can be a traumatic thing for most families to every experience in their lifetime.
The elements that I choose for this poem was Setting, Tone and Point of View. I think these elements represent what the poem is trying to get across the readers and what they are trying to make see how they are feeling at that certain time. Basically it is a feeling that is said, “For the definition of grief as a social emotion, it is important to distinguish between grief and separation on distress”.(Jakoby,N.R.2012). The first element that I would like to discuss is Setting. “Setting usually provides a social perspective as well, which identifies local customs, dress, speech and patterns of thought.”(Clugston,R.W.2010). So the part of the poem where he mentions, “He was using a blue phone in the bathroom of this Five-Star Hotel.” You can imagine that you are standing in the middle of the nice bathroom with a blue phone and trying to decide who you are going to call first. The second element that I would like to talk about is Tone. “Tone is the attitude reflected by the author in a literary work; it identifies the author's approach to the subject a story deals with.” The part that this relates to is “Can I talk to