Daddy

The poem Daddy, was a litttle hard to comprehend at first. I didn't start to get it till i reread and saw the above description. She makes it obvious her dad was cruel. That he treated her like the Nazis treated the Jews. I'm not sure what kind of abuse, but it seemed to stick with her and drive her crazy even after he passed away when she was 10. At age 20 she tried to commit suicide but failed because someone found her and got her help.  So 10 years after her dad died, he still hurt her and she was still extremely upset. I believe if he were still alive, she would of evetually killed him herself.  Then later she finds another man to fill his shoes. It seems that she had a boyfriend or something that hurt her in the same way. One part I don't understand is why she relates him to a vampire. That the new man in her life was with her for 7 years but  she pictured him as her dad coming back from the dead as a vampire?
Crazy story.

Leda and the Swan

This poem seems a little uneasy. Leda and the Swan is basically talking a bout a girl, Leda, getting raped by a swan but is so caught up in the moment. She doesn't know how to push him off because she's terrified. When researching the poem, it says it comes from Greek mythology and the swan is actually Zues in disguise. I'm not sure what it means by Agamemnon is dead, but it does mentions brute blood in the air. This could mean there is a war or something happening in this time or soon will. This would be kind of a hard concept to understand in the poem unless you research it a little bit after or before it. It makes more sense after you research it and allows you to understand it more.

The Chimney Sweeper

"The Chimney Sweeper" was a very interesting and inspiring poem. It talks about the feelings of the boys and also how one of them came into chimney sweeping. The part of that I like is the story of Tom Dacre. When we first hear of him he's upset that he had to shave his head. This could be a symbol of him being afraid of starting the job and having to go to work as a chimney sweeper. Then he has a dream of an Angel coming to talk to him. She/he tells him about Gods love and how he'll reward them all for working hard. The Black coffins could be the world they're apart of now, dark and hard to live in, but  if they live each day and be good they'd be blessed by God by taking them to heaven.

Harrison Bergeron

No one is smarter, better looking, or better in anyway. The George talks to Hazel about having to keep the weight in his box, because if one person disobeys then others will start doing the same which will lead to competition again and they don't want to go back to the stoneage again. They talk of ballerinas wearing masks and George wearing an ear piece so her doesn't become smarter, interupting an thoughts he has. This sounds miserable. It takes away our individuality rather than taking away just competition. They also competition can be healthy every once in a while.
When their son, Harrison, comes into the story, he sounds more like a hero rather than a dictator like Diana Moon Glampers seems to be. He of all people knew he was ment to be different, at 7 feet tall. He wanted to be the Emporer with his Emporess, the ballerina, and more then likely rule it better. Yes, they'd still have a leader, but I think they'd be able to embrace their individuality rather then hide it and be punished for it. Of course, there can't be a happy ending or change so the woman comes in and shoots them both. The terrible part is that Hazel and George don't know or remember that their son had not only been on t.v. trying to be emporer, but was also killed. In a way it erases pain and memories, so they don't know why they were once said or even know what it's like to be really happy.

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

In The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, it describes festivals and complete bliss. The narrator says that it's almost impossible to describe the town and do it justice. Does this happiness come at a cost? In the basement or cellar of one of the pricate homes, there is a room that is locked with no windows. Inside this tiny, 2x3 room are mops, a rusty bucket, and a child. Helpless, tiny, thin, under developed child. The story  talks of how discusting and frightened the child is, yet no one helps. The narrator say the happiness of the city depends on this child. Though what would happen if they let him/her out? Would there happiness disappear? There would be dispair and disaster taking over the city? I don't believe they know exactly, because they haven't tried to let him/her out. Maybe it got started by a mother or father abusing a child long ago and they justify it by making up a myth that if a child is let out of there the whole city will no longer be a happy, festive place.
They are not even allowed to speak to the child, so after many years they can't talk and only speaks jibberish. Also, it can't be the same child all the time. If a 50 years were to go by, if the child were to live that long due to little nutrition, and they die, do they replace the child? Then what would the process be of picking the child? It could be like The Lottery. Then it also talks of those who cry about it to others, but they can't do anything because they believe there's no hope for the child even if they let them out. Also, there are those who leave after seeing him or her. They leave alone and I believe it's because they feel guilt and don't want to be a part of a town that harms a child in that way. Though, if the harm of one saves hundreds of others from hurt would it be worht it? No, becuase no matter what you can't be happy all the time, and if you are you don't feel much or anything if you dont feel sad for the person keeping you from pain.