Essay about Commentary on Impossible Object

Cleofilas feels that she could not do much, but she becomes hopeful about her situation. For instance, Cleofilas has to remind herself why she loves her husband when she is changing the baby’s Pampers, or when she is mopping the bathroom floor (Cisneros, 1991, p. 249). Cisneros emphasizes that many women who are controlled and abused often feel that they need to remind themselves why they married their husbands. Cisneros points out that when an individual loves someone they should not have to ask themselves why, nor worry so much about getting hurt.

The story “The Making and Unmaking of a Child Solider” is an insightful look into the life of a child drawn into the horror of war, yet still managing to survive. Throughout the story you see several examples of how a child evolves in spite of adversity and violence.

The woman tries to convince Missy to take the child, ‘“Is this your kid?” She shook her head. “My dead sister’s.” “Are you saying you want to give me this child?” “Yes.” “If I wanted a baby I would have stayed in Kentucky,” I informed her.’ (Kingsolver, ch. 1.)

During the war, a significant amount of things happen to different groups of families in their homeland. There are soldiers that are fighting for the protection of their families and there are many families that are doing anything in their power to stay safe through the chaos. Yet a number of the individuals involved in the conflict have a tendency to try and escape the madness. In spite of the madness, some children have the advantage to escape yet they are equally impacted with long term trauma by the war as those who did not have the opportunity to depart.

There is no outward display of affection. She “was not a mother/woman.” The children take care of themselves with some help from a nurse.

What the man sees in his child’s future is not something any parent would want to envision in theirs. He uses imagery to describe that “the night’s slow position, tolerant and bland, has moved her blood. Parched years that I have seen that may be hers appear: foul, lingering death in certain war, the slim legs green” (6-9). When he mentions “war” I can imagine his daughter “fighting for her life”, trying to survive in this battle of life.

This could be foreshadowing that the child will become even more difficult to handle. Making her even more scared and difficult to work with. That is another example of external conflict.

The darkness is slowly scaring me making me feel overwhelmed. I can’t see anything. I feel suffocated and musty with all these boxes stocked next to me and on top of me. I’ve been here for so long and I feel so hopeless and useless. Then suddenly a bright light shines on me and I finally feel free from this very comfortless home. I wish someone would open this lid on top of me so I can breath in fresh air. But here I am staying strong and just patiently waiting. Then suddenly, I am lifted, opened, and place on top of a flat surface. I feel so nervous. I am hearing human voices. My wish is granted. It is my time, and I am free!

The author writes of many different human beings, showing that each one thinks war is ultimately, the worst thing. While in the war, Billy is in the hospital during his imprisonment by the Germans. There is an old general there who was a teacher before joining in the war efforts. One day, in a conversation with Billy and another older man in the hospital, the general starts to talk about what he thinks of the war. He says, "You know-- we’ve had to imagine the war here, and we have imagined that it was being fought by aging men like ourselves. We had forgotten that wars were fought by babies. When I saw those freshly shaved faces, it was a shock. "‘My God, my God----’ I said to myself, ‘It’s the Children’s Crusade’" (p. 106). This general feels that war is nothing but babies being murdered by one another. He is disturbed by the thought of war and the fact that so many young people are dying for its cause.

him, therefore, she lives with her sister and his husband as a result. This shows the mother’s priorities

The author starts the book with the story of her aunt. This story was a well-kept family secret being that her aunt’s actions were of great disappointment to the family. The “no name woman” as the story names her, was forgotten by all her family because she had a child that was not from her husband. This story gives a clear

this point, she had concluded on it as she saw her mother's “disappointed face”(2). In the mirror,

In this stylistic analysis of the lost baby poem written by Lucille Clifton I will deal mainly with two aspects of stylistic: derivation and parallelism features present in the poem. However I will first give a general interpretation of the poem to link more easily the stylistic features with the meaning of the poem itself.

signify some repressed anger toward her parents. The lack of love from both parents, has left

Hipparchia’s childhood dreams of studying philosophy would not have came true later in her life if she had not met a cynic philosopher named Crates. Without her brother, Metrocles, Crates would have never entered Hipparchia’s life. After the family moved back to Athens,