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Those Winter Sundays focuses on the idea that parents, specifically this father, are willing to do anything for their children’s well being and comfort even if that means working constantly and giving up their own luxuries. This is evident when it says, “I’d wake and hear the cold splintering, breaking./ When the rooms were warm, he’d call,/ and polished my good shoes as well. ” (6-8). The son wakes up to the sounds of the cold, but never has to experience it himself. He remains snuggling in his warm blankets because his gracious father would sacrifice his comfort to push out the cold for his children. Only

Cormac McCarthy fills this passage with tons of imagery and personification that forms a depth about the feelings that the characters were experiencing. This brings us as the readers into the novel, not just looking at the pages. “The warming house creaked and groaned” (p. 68); this quote that is in the beginning of the passage is not only a personification but also an oxymoron. The “warming house” does not have the power to literally creak and groan, but gives the readers the feelings of unstably frightened. In addition, the “warming house” does not seem warm after describing it as creaky and groaning, it does not give the welcoming feeling that a warming house usually gives off. By the middle of the passage, when Papa and the boy were finished with their meal, Papa got up and carried the boy (with a blanket wrapped around him) to the fire to stay warm, “The man rose and came around and carried him to the hearth and put him down in the sheets covered with the blankets … He rose and built back the fire and sat besides the boy and pulled the blankets over him …” (p. 68). These combination of quotes show how the father still manages to keep his son warm, with love and heat, and cares for him. By this point in the novel, Papa has realized that his son is keeping him alive, otherwise there would be no point in living, therefore he is willing to suffer his life to keep him

In the poem the speaker tells us about how his father woke up early on Sundays and warmed the house so his family can wake up comfortably. We are also told that as he would dress up and head down stairs he feared ¨the chronic angers of that house¨, which can be some sort of quarrel between his father and his mother in the house. This can also lead the reader to believe that the father may have had been a hard dad to deal with. However the father would polish his son's shoes with his cracked hands that ached. This shows the love that the father had for his son and now that the son has grown he realizes what his father did for him. The sons morals and feelings have changed him because as he has grown to become a man he has learned the true meaning of love is being there for one's family and not expecting it to be more than what it is. Consequently this teaches him a lesson on how much his father loved him and how much he regrets not telling him thank

Carver begins the short story with a vivid description of the environment to set the tone of the story, which is serious. It is implied through the state of the outside, the inside of the home is in the same condition. Carver ties the setting into the conflict seamlessly by mentioning how dismal the weather is and then stating “but it was getting dark on the inside too”(322). Before the reader is aware of the situation, the author uses a foreboding tone to let the reader know that there is a conflict in the house. This conflict is not a casual argument being that Carver felt the need to emphasize the darkness of the house. “The weather turned and the snow was melting into dirty water”, much like that of the young couple’s interaction in the story (322). The couple’s argument starts off with the husband being calm with no physical contact. However,

The tone of the speaker was very sad, cold and lonely for misses his father. Evidence that support that he misses his father can be found in the poem. The second and the third stanza reflects how he feels about the weather and I think he meant the fall season in which he uses a cold tone “the garden is bare now. The ground is cold, brown and old”, he clearly just mentioning the negative sounding around fall. A lonely tone also found in the last few stanzas, when he mentioned that his food is almost cooked “White rice steaming, almost done. Sweet green peas fried in onions. Shrimp braised in sesame oil and garlic. And my own loneliness. What more could I, a young man, want.”. The part where he said, “And my own

In Hayden’s poem, the narrator rises slowly from bed, indicating reluctance, after the father calls for him in line 7. This reluctance is likely born out of the narrator’s fear of “the chronic angers of that house” (Hayden line 9). The word chronic indicates literally the recurring anger in the house, probably among the narrators family, and figuratively suggests the recurring anger in the father, who in many circles would be considered to be the “house” itself. The narrator speaks to his father indifferently (admitting this in the poem), showing that the relationship between father and son is relatively weak. The narrator’s reluctance to get up, fear of the house’s chronic anger, and the indifference shown to his father indicates an emotional and almost tangible distance between the boy and his father.

In contrast to her children, who simply “growl” at her when they are hungry, the ingredients in the kitchen actually assist her in making the “soup.” The “salt” is particularly important, as we only notice it when it is absent from food rather than when it is present. When it is not in the food, its omission is strongly reflected in the taste of the food. Hence, it is taken for granted. Similarly, this housewife is criminally underappreciated and if she was not around, her family would instantly feel her absence from the household. She also compares herself to “the celery and the parsnip”, who are regularly “forgotten” and seen as “bit players.” The housewife knows “exactly” this feeling, as she is similarly overlooked and seen as playing a more minor role in the household than the man, who is traditionally the breadwinner. Overall, although the poem is essentially a parody and uses plenty of humour, there is an overbearing feeling of underappreciation, loneliness and frustration towards her family on the part of the speaker. While at the beginning of the poem the speaker’s tone is mocking towards her family for having many expectations of her yet taking her for granted, at the end of the poem there is a sense of isolation, as the only “applause” she gets is the “blue” flame of the stove.

In the poem, “Those Winter Sundays”, the author realizes he failed to appreciate the kind acts of his father. In the poem he states, “Sundays too my father got up early and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold, then with cracked hands that ached from labor in the weekday weather made banked fires blaze.” (Hayden, Online). This quote explains that daily, and even on Sundays, his father woke up early in order to warm the house for the family. Furthermore, the author states, “What did I know, what did I know of love’s austere and lonely offices?” (Hayden, Online). In this quote, the author is stating that as a child he was unaware of the fact that love and care were more than just hugs but about the sacrifices people made in order to provide happiness and comfort for others. He ultimately failed to understand the sacrifices his father made to keep young, Robert Hayden, happy.

Even though he worked hard all week, and rose early in order to warm the house so that no one else would have to get out of bed in the “blueback cold”, “no one ever thanked him.” “This sympathetic description is from the point of view of an adult remembering and not from the perspective of a child observing his father. For the speaker tells us that when he was a child, he did not recognize the efforts and sacrifices his father made. The poet states that “No one ever thanked him,” revealing that others in his family were as unappreciative of his father as he was”

While the father is working hard to provide the heat, waking very early in the morning, the speaker is allowed the comfort of sleeping in and waking only when the house is warm enough. The word “slowly” provides insight into the speaker’s cold attitude toward his father during childhood. Even though his father had done all of those things for him, he rises and dresses slowly, showing a sort of reluctance. Then the last sentence of the second stanza states “fearing the chronic angers of that house.” This use of metonymy shows the tension in the relationship of the father and son.

Concept: This passage summarizes the mood of the poem. Two elderly doing menial tasks who have lived their day elicits sadness in those who read it. Describing the couple as having “lived their day” is cruel and sad, as if they were already dead. The adding of this tone helps make connections between the reader’s own grandparents and

The father did these tasks no matter the weather. As in line two the words blue-black cold, could refer to rising before sunrise and in the extreme cold or chill. Such chill could also describes the ungrateful attitude of the rest of the household, none of whom ever thanked the man for his hard work and dedication to them.

The poem is centered on one question: “what did I know of love's austere and lonely offices?” The majority of the poem is examples of “love’s austere and lonely offices”. One such example would be when the boy polishes his shoes, probably getting ready to go to church. The father, although poor, still passes on good values to his son by going to church on Sundays. Another example would be the father waking up earlier than the rest of the house to get it warmed up. He deeply cares and loves his family and doesn’t want them to suffer in the cold and darkness as long as possible (only suffer at night). Another example of the father’s love is when he wakes up earlier and gets the wood from the cold outside weather to keep the family and house warm instead of enlisting for help from his family.

Robert Hayden “Those Winter Sundays” is narrated by a son, who talks about his childhood memories with his dad. He describes how his father would wake up early on Sunday and always build a fire in the fireplace to warm the house and even shined his shoes for him. He also describes how his father works hard at his job all week long to provide for them. He does not thank is father for any of these good deeds, much less talk with his father with any affection. The son feels as if there is always anger in the house and that he is not loved. However, now that he is grown up he understands that his father’s actions, lighting the fires and shining his shoes, was his way of showing his love for him.

it reveals that he has no children nor a wife. which may prove to be difficult living a life of hard work with a lack of love and support around him. This may be perceived from the passage where he states that he told them what it was like to be childless all these years and when the baker began to speak of loneliness that had come to him in his middle years. the use of emotive language also effects the tone which has a direct impact on the mood. in this section of the passage it adversely implies a dark theme of loneliness and mournful for the lonely soul. However, as the passage progresses an apparent shift in atmosphere arises. the mood of the passage begins to become more melodious and cheerful as the baker begins to realise that he has a necessary trade which brings countless cherished memories to his