Summary Of The Gift By Li Young Lee

In the poem The Gift written by Li-Young Lee the meaning could be a numberless amount of things. The message I concluded from it is that kindness and love is passed down.There are many pieces of evidence that prove this. First of all, the son explains watching his father’s lovely face while he told a story. If the father was mad or furious it would not be lovely. The father was expressing love and that he deeply cared for his son. Furthermore, Li- Young wrote, “Two measures of tenderness he laid against my face.” The quote verifies my conclusion even more. The poem goes into the present to when the boy is a man. The man is in the same situation, but now it is his wife with the splinter instead of him. This was his chance to pass down love his