Inhabiting and Transforming a Poem:
1.
Character
by Taslima Nasrim
You're a girl
and you'd better not forget
that when you step over the threshold of your house
men will look askance at you.
When you keep on walking down the lane
men will follow you and whistle.
When you cross the lane and step onto the main road
men will revile you and call you a loose woman.
If you've got no character
you'll turn back,
and if not
you'll keep going
as you're going now.
2. I'm not a girl but this is still interesting to me, especially how it categorizes men and how they treat women. I think this poem is sexist against men, assuming all men are sexist against women. I do understand how some men treat women, these are men who have no character in my opinion. If the girl has character then she will react to it in a different way than one who does not.
3. Don't forget that you're a girl when you go into the world and see how men treat you. The further you go, the worse they become, but if you have character, you won't be affected by this.
4. The narrator is an unknown guiding figure that is giving advice to a young/younger girl. Maybe the voice is one that speaks from experience to her daughter.
5. The theme of the poem is character, and this is given away by the name of the poem and the last stanza. Character is being yourself and going against the wrong in the world.
Sonny's Blues:
This story plays off a lot of keywords like darkness, laughter/smile, children, and music. To me it is about being young and happy as a child, then growing up to realize the darkness and sadness in the world and life and of your eventual death. Music is often referred to when Sonny is around or being spoken about, since he is the musician in the story. Darkness is referred to throughout the story and not only about nighttime, sadness is referred to as darkness. The beginning of the story talks about children's laughter and then later there are flashbacks to the narrator's childhood.
1.
Character
by Taslima Nasrim
You're a girl
and you'd better not forget
that when you step over the threshold of your house
men will look askance at you.
When you keep on walking down the lane
men will follow you and whistle.
When you cross the lane and step onto the main road
men will revile you and call you a loose woman.
If you've got no character
you'll turn back,
and if not
you'll keep going
as you're going now.
2. I'm not a girl but this is still interesting to me, especially how it categorizes men and how they treat women. I think this poem is sexist against men, assuming all men are sexist against women. I do understand how some men treat women, these are men who have no character in my opinion. If the girl has character then she will react to it in a different way than one who does not.
3. Don't forget that you're a girl when you go into the world and see how men treat you. The further you go, the worse they become, but if you have character, you won't be affected by this.
4. The narrator is an unknown guiding figure that is giving advice to a young/younger girl. Maybe the voice is one that speaks from experience to her daughter.
5. The theme of the poem is character, and this is given away by the name of the poem and the last stanza. Character is being yourself and going against the wrong in the world.
Sonny's Blues:
This story plays off a lot of keywords like darkness, laughter/smile, children, and music. To me it is about being young and happy as a child, then growing up to realize the darkness and sadness in the world and life and of your eventual death. Music is often referred to when Sonny is around or being spoken about, since he is the musician in the story. Darkness is referred to throughout the story and not only about nighttime, sadness is referred to as darkness. The beginning of the story talks about children's laughter and then later there are flashbacks to the narrator's childhood.
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