Simon J. Ortiz

Simon J. Ortiz’s “My Father’s Song” The poem “My Father’s Song”, written by Simon J. Ortiz demonstrates to us a look at a world a long way from that of our own. With Ortiz being raised an Acoma Indian a significant number of his poems depend on the spoken customs and bits of intelligence go down from era to era. At first loo the ballad seems, by all accounts, to be a straightforward one of a beneficial affair between a kid and his dad. This poem’s start shows that Ortiz values the lessons that his

“My Father’s Song” by Simon J. Ortiz is a poem about the relationship and experience shared between a father and a son and the impact the father has had on his son. The poem consists of five stanzas; the stanzas illustrate a memory of the father’s persevere through hard work. Such teachings and memories have instigated the son to mature to his father’s level. “My Father’s Song” is written in free verse, with simple language and a conversational, calm tone emphasizing his gratitude for his father

stories and eighteen poems scattered amid the stories. This is to say then, that Silent Dancing is Ortiz Cofer's record of the recollections that shaped her, her imagination and her creative gifts. Ortiz-Cofer spent her childhood in New York ("Los Nueva Yores") and Puerto Rico. Life as a Puerto Rican living on the island plus a Puerto Rican living in the United States exposed her to two different worlds. Ortiz-Cofer and her family took annual trips whenever her Dad, a Navy officer, was away on duty. The

fight the trauma, both physical and psychological. The poems have proved that their struggle is well attended. Simon J. Ortiz, for example, has provided the readers with works which show how Native American are still fighting and struggling today. Since land is not only the main issue, for example, community and identity, then, serve as more thought-provoking facts which become the task

may experience a memorable one, while some of us want to erase it from our memory. Everyone also has their own personal feelings towards a father's figure due to their personal experiences they have as a child. The poems "My Father's Song," by Simon J. Ortiz, and "My Papa's Waltz," by Theodore Roethke, are two similar poems written about a father and child relationship. My Papa's Waltz" creates a debate whether the father-son relationship is sweet loving memory or a confession of childhood abuse

The representation of father-son type relationships in literature is used by authors to give their work more depth and meaning. Three poems that rely on this theme are “My Father’s Song” by Simon J. Ortiz, “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke and “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden. The author’s style in these poems carefully craft poetic language that demonstrates the complex nature of a father-son relationship. To begin with, My Papa’s Waltz” Roethke’s diction in powerfully communicates the

The poems “My Father’s Song” by Simon J. Ortiz and “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke, these two poems express uniqueness and similarities. In the poem “My Papa’s Waltz” a young child describes his time spent with his father. In the poem “My Father’s Song” a grown man remembers the previous memories of time spent with his father, when he was a child. These two poems coincide through tone, word choice, and figurative language to show the relationship between a father and son. The boy portrays

This essay will discuss Simon J. Ortiz’s poem, “My Father’s Song.” The poem is narrated by a son who speaks about his father, and a time they experienced together. It is important for a reader to discover Ortiz was raised as an Acoma Indian. The reason this is so important is because before you start trying to figure out the purpose of this poem, you must first know the authors background and the foundation that his work originates from. Many of Ortiz’s poems demonstrate his Indian cultures that

the root of myth and symbolic examples in storytelling. The book “Native American Literature: A Brief Introduction and Anthology” gives good insight into the Native American ways of life and how storytelling is a part of that life. Short stories by Simon Oritz and Luther Standing Bear share life experience and cultural diversity. The reader can see how historical, social and political, and cultural ways play a role in the Native Americans storytelling.

brutalities that happened against the Native American people of Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes. The article includes a part of the book Sand Creek that described an event that occurred on November of 1864 in which armed men massacred Native Americans (Ortiz, 2000). The heated battle between the indigenous people and the people that migrated from Europe lasted for decades. The article mentions quite a few times how history has been robbed of knowing the real truth about the settling of many new Europeans