Essay about I Wanted to Share My Father’s World

The poet addresses issues of the child observing an unhealthy and abusive relationship between his/her father and mother in the third stanza. The eighth line states, “Do we forgive our Fathers for marrying or not marrying our Mothers?” These words insinuate that the father treated the child’s mother badly or was abusive to her and that she deserved better. This is so considering the only reason to forgive someone for marrying another implies they treated that person improperly. Likewise, having to forgive someone for not marrying another simply displays how the other person never received what he or she

This lyric is related to the Abraham and Isaac story. In the beginning of the story, after Isaac was born, this made Abraham happy and laugh a lot. They all lived together, worked together, and aged together. Abraham must love his son. From this lyric, it just describes what a father did to his lovely son. This description is represented the great relationship between father and son. Everything he did always has a meaning inside, which will be understood by the son after he gets older and his father may die also.

Through the middle parts of the poem, he is recalling the stages of his childhood and all his mother did for him during those years. He then compares all she did for him to the one thing he gave her, his lanyard. He then reflects on this at the end saying “I was as sure as a boy could be / that this useless, worthless thing I wove / out of boredom would be enough to make us even” (40-42). He is surprised, yet pleased, that the lanyard he gave her so long ago made him and his mom even in her heart. There are multiple times where Collins uses shifts throughout the poem. From lines 1 to 8, he focuses on how finding the lanyard he made from summer camp a while ago brought back a lot of childhood memories faster than a “cookie nibbled by a French novelist” (7). Lines 19 to 34 show stages of his childhood in which his mother helped him. This part of the poem really shows the contrast between all the mother did for her son, and the small gift of the lanyard from the son. From his mother giving him “life and milk from her breasts” as a baby to her providing “thousands of meals.../clothing and a good education” as a growing boy, the boy repeats how he only offered his old lanyard back to her (19, 27-28). A last shift allows for a reflection of his childhood; how his “useless, worthless thing [he] wove / out of boredom” as enough payment for all the things she did for him “enough to make [them] even” (41-42). Lastly, the structure Collins maintains adds to the theme and flow of the poem. The poem is one big stanza that contributes to the timeline of the boy growing up. Also, repetition of how the only thing the boy gave his mom growing up was the lanyard creates a contrast of his small gift, and all the things his mom did for him growing up. This contrast created by the repetition of his small gift makes the ending even more meaningful; “this useless, worthless thing I wove / out of boredom would be

There is no denial that fathers are integral members of our society. According to the US. Census Beurea, 1 in 4 children in the country live without fathers. This lack of domestic stability leaves them disproportionately susceptible to substance abuse, gang violence, premature parenthood, poverty, and suicide. The question then remains: “What defines a father?”.

James Baldwin once said, “If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons”. A father has a responsibility to teach his son how to live morally and face the hardships of life. However, the distant father who was never involved in his son’s life is a common theme seen throughout literature. A father’s role in shaping his son is both impactful and pivotal. Often boys will grow up to be just like their dads. While super heroes and famous sports stars can be seen as key role models for boys growing up, they don’t compare to effect a father can have as a role model. When thinking about the choices people make it 's important to go back and figure out what lead to that decision.

“The whiskey on your breath” (1) is how the speaker chose to start stanza one, which makes you begin to infer that the father must be an alcoholic. This could cause anyone to have negative thoughts about why the son wants

The similes within this stanza position the reader to see the great degree of suffering the speaker went through, as it is compared to the torment and anguish millions went through during World War II and in turn, sympathy is drawn from the reader as everyone deserves to grow up with two living parents.

Again in lines 20-21, internal rhyme is used to create a rhythm, with the words, ‘smooth and truth’ and ‘soothe and youth.’ This helps emphasize the good in a bad situation because the words that rhyme are positive. It relates to the slaves because they have to make everyday better than the day before, constantly trying to avoid punishments and consequences. The tone shifts, but the mood remains the same; it seems as if there is a sense of hope towards the end, but it seems unachievable. The last two lines of the song empowers the emotions expressed through the use of end rhyme, “To relax their restless flight, / Somewhere out of a memory of lighted streets on quiet nights…” Slavery in the south offered no safe haven, they were only able to memorialize memories of the past. Throughout the entire song, there were musical devices inserted, where internal and end rhyme were used the most to justify the complications the slaves dealt

Their presence in getting to know something as old as the world itself really solidifies the idea that they have been around from the very beginning, making them no less than anyone. The last line is used to emphasize the way rivers symbolize not only the historical journey of the African American, but the spiritual journey that connects to their “soul”, as well. The connection made in the poem from this line is that the soul of the African American is as enduring and full of wisdom as that of the ancient rivers across the world. Furthermore, the river that is so prominently used throughout this poem becomes a symbol of the strength and growth of African Americans throughout their journey. Subsequently, Hughes frequently uses allusion to solidify his significance in the history of African Americans.

People knew protesting in the south during the Jim Crow era would be met with turmoil. Randall had the mother speak of this turmoil during her conversation with her child on why she could not attend the protest march. The poem spoke to the heart of the oppression that blacks had to withstand before the change took place. No matter the known dangers people had to stand together for the freedom we know today. Turning her back to the problems of racism did not save her precious child’s life.

The first verse of the song shares the troubled relationship between the father and son, when it said, “he came to the world in the usual way, but there were planes to catch and bills to pay. He learned to walk while I was away.” This verse explained that he was away on some type of career to make money for the family, and provide for the son financially. However, he wasn’t able to spend quality time with him, and missed important milestones in his life, such as taking his first steps. His career obviously came before his son and family, and he made excuses for that. Then it finishes with the chorus, which says, “when you

Furthermore, father figures play a big roll in a child’s everyday life, especially a sons’. Wade F. Horn, author of “Promoting Marriage as a Means of Fatherhood’, wrote about different types of support from a father. Horn goes on to say children whose fathers listened, guided, and nurtured them, were better off in school. (480). A father is just as important as a mother; “when fatherhood falters, children suffer” (479). Typically fathers are the ones to disappear, in this case, my father has been the one to support me. When I needed a stable home, food, clothes, love, anything, I counted on my

Did you grow up without your father? If not, what if you did? How did it make you feel? What was the importance of your father’s presence and involvement in your life? As these are questions I’ve examined to see if a father’s presence and involvement are important to development. The father role present-day is continually diminishing from the values that constitute a traditional family. Non- traditional and single parent family structures are a growing phenomenon. According to U.S. Census Bureau, over 77% of children in the United States live in a single parent home with the mother as head of household or with the extended family (Kreider, 2011). As more families are becoming part of these reconstituted families the responsible of the man of the house along with the father for the kids leaves. Father’s involvement and presence can be beneficial or detrimental to a child’s development, as an individual father possess a different view to development that the other parent can’t replace. The importance of a father’s presence and involvement in life occurrences can be examined as it effects changes within a child’s developmental skills.

In the first stanza of the poem, the speaker focuses mainly on telling his son why it is so important to live life to its fullest. The tone of the speaker throughout the poem is advising and guiding, which provides additional support to the theme. The first three words of the first line are “The trick is” (Line 1). The speaker immediately acknowledges that the poem will be giving advice through his own personal experience. By the second line, the speaker states the reason for how his or her son should live his life, “as if each one may be your last” (2). The speaker uses a simile to compare how the son should live his life like it is his last. Living every day like it is his last would allow him to gain the ability to appreciate every day for what it is. The speaker also says, “for they go fast, and young men lose their lives/ in strange and unimaginable ways”

As defined by the world, a father is typically considered a man who gave contributed to the process of creating a child and being there for it. However, why does it have to be specifically a man? Nowadays, there are many single moms because of how cowardly the “father” was on in raising a child. I agree that a father is a hard worker, supplier, and determined to carry their family on their shoulders, but I do not agree that it has to necessarily be a male. The world’s toughest job is the job of being a mother, and to add twice the amount of work in raising a child or children is stupendous. Thus, being the mother and father, they receive twice the love and affection from their babies. To the more open minded and experienced people, including myself, a father is a strong, independent mother who dominates both roles to her children without complaint.