Sherman Alexie's The Facebook Sonnet
The Facebook Sonnet” clearly shows that the smallest thing can become the biggest part of life.
The first stanza introduces you to Sherman Alexie's description of Facebook in “The Facebook Sonnet.” It talks about reuniting with old high school friends and how it keeps you connected to them for as long you all shall live in the "endless high-school/Reunion" (lines 1-2). The middle of the first stanza says, "Welcome to past friends / And lovers, however kind or cruel" (lines 2-3), this shows that someone can reconnect with old friends, or even old enemies. Even though Facebook may say someone is a person's "friend," he or she is really just wanting to keep up with to see if the stereotype they drew matches how the "friends" life really turns out. In all, the first stanza reconnects someone to his or her high school antagonist or friend. Through the smallest and simplest form, Facebook can cause a huge impact on someone who missed a long lost friend. …show more content…
It illustrates how constant Facebook users are stuck in his or her childhood. These people stay tied into childish things such as constant drama, comment fights, and direct messages filled with choice words. At the same time, the stanza questions why someone cannot continue to relive his or her childhood by asking, “Why can’t we pretend / Every stage of life is the same?” (lines 5-6). The stanza then sarcastically provokes the reader to continue “play[ing] the games” (line 8) that small children play. It’s provoking people to remain immature and to never grow up, when in reality, he or she should have grown out of it many years before. The idea of reliving or staying in childhood through Facebook, small and short as it may be, can cause large disruptions in mental growth and in
The first stanza introduces you to Sherman Alexie's description of Facebook in “The Facebook Sonnet.” It talks about reuniting with old high school friends and how it keeps you connected to them for as long you all shall live in the "endless high-school/Reunion" (lines 1-2). The middle of the first stanza says, "Welcome to past friends / And lovers, however kind or cruel" (lines 2-3), this shows that someone can reconnect with old friends, or even old enemies. Even though Facebook may say someone is a person's "friend," he or she is really just wanting to keep up with to see if the stereotype they drew matches how the "friends" life really turns out. In all, the first stanza reconnects someone to his or her high school antagonist or friend. Through the smallest and simplest form, Facebook can cause a huge impact on someone who missed a long lost friend. …show more content…
It illustrates how constant Facebook users are stuck in his or her childhood. These people stay tied into childish things such as constant drama, comment fights, and direct messages filled with choice words. At the same time, the stanza questions why someone cannot continue to relive his or her childhood by asking, “Why can’t we pretend / Every stage of life is the same?” (lines 5-6). The stanza then sarcastically provokes the reader to continue “play[ing] the games” (line 8) that small children play. It’s provoking people to remain immature and to never grow up, when in reality, he or she should have grown out of it many years before. The idea of reliving or staying in childhood through Facebook, small and short as it may be, can cause large disruptions in mental growth and in