Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Forgiving my Father
Forgiving my father is a poem about the dad getting a check on payday and realizing he has deeds and responsibilities he has not met. In the poem the mother dies and the girl feels like she doesn't get what she needs. "It is friday. We have come to the paying of bills". When the father gets paid the daughter realizes that he has bills to pay but he does not think anything about it. The father in this poem shows he is not the most responsible person because of the lack of support he shows for his family. "My mother's hand opens in her early grave and I hold it out like a good daughter". The daughter is trying to show respect for her mother even though she has passed away. She wants her father to realize that he needs to change his ways and give money to her mom when she reaches out her hands. The father shows that he has no love, affection, or compassion toward his wife or daughter. He is portrayed as someone that is selfish and only thinks about himself. "You gave her all you had which was nothing". The father has shown he was irresponsible when he did not give anything to the mother when she was alive. Nothing was given to a mother that needed help from a father that was part of the family. The father is thought of as being a liar and needy one because he was the son of a needy father. He has been raised to act needy so that is part of the reason why he acts the way he does. This still does not give him an excuse to act this way towards his wife and his daughter. He should of been the better person by doing the right thing but was not in any way. Learning the wrong aspects from his father took him down the wrong path. "Daddy old pauper old prisoner, old dead man what am I doing here collecting?" The word prisoner signifies that the father had responsibilities and never did anything to achieve them goals. The daughter has to hold her hand out asking for money because her dad does not offer any money to her and is very stingy. He needs to show he is a better father and wants to take care of and the mother by offering what he has on payday. Even though the mother is dead the daughter is respecting her presence and still wanting the father to show respect for the mother. She wants to feel as if she did an accomplishment for her mom by making her dad pay up to his responsibilities.Rememberance of a person and how they act is always a important thing for anyone to think about because it's shows the character of the person.
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Money worries usually are a every family issue, though, this family in this poem not only have money worries, but they have actual money problems. You brought to my attention 3 of the best quotes that show that the father has spent all of the family's money. In class, we discussed how the father not only spent all the family's money, but he also neglected the whole family.
sometimes i fell that we would be better off without money because when some one stats a fight in a reaion ship most of the time its about money.
but i can see this girls pov because she is made at her dad because he is not taking care of them
Isn't it said how money can be so evil. I just wish that families would learn that there is more to life than money and money does not always buy happiness. Family can create happiness around themselves. This poem is very heartbreaking to me.
This poem is a very sad poem especially when the characters are focusing on past financial problems. It is only affecting their future. I agree with you that at first the daughter seems as though she is totally against her father by trying to respect her mother even though she died. I also believe the daughter is looking for more than just money. She wants what every child wants and that is to be loved and appreciated. Great interpretation!
This poem was very sad. The girl seemed both trying to respect her deceased mother but you can hear the bitterness toward her father in the writing. Good analysis!
I agree with everybody elses comments, this is a sad poem and the fact that money controls their decisions so much is terrible. Its sad that the duaghter had to make her father be responsible.
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