Summary Of The Gift By Li Young Lee

After analyzing “The Gift” by Li-Young Lee, I have concluded the gift Li-Young’s father gave to him was compassion. To start off, Li-Young’s father was not indignant when he got the metal splinter in his palm. The quote “the flames of discipline he raised above my head” indicates that even though his father was angry, he was still forgiving and benevolent while taking the splinter out of Li-Young’s hand. Also, Li-Young was frightened when he first got the splinter, but after seeing his father’s placid demeanor, he was no longer afraid. For example, in the beginning of the poem Li-Young called the splinter “the iron sliver I thought I'd die from”, but after his father took the sliver out he wrote “And I did not lift up my wound and cry, Death