Essay on Poetry
“My Son Swears He Has 102 Gallons of Water in His Body”
Begin typing below: (Put a heading: Your name, Ms. M. Ambrose, English II; 1st Period; October 26, 2017)
From rudimental years to innovative eras, humans have gone through many phases, but one that is ubiquitous no matter what year is the rebellious adolescent stage. Naomi S. Nye’s poem, “Our Son Swears He Has 102 Gallons of Water in His Body” illustrates how a dissident son clashes with his parents over a math problem relating to how many jugs of water that the human body can hold. Conceivable from a closer dissection of the text, the reader reaches a deeper understanding of the stubbornness the parents face due to the son believing he is infallible. Furthermore, through the final lines, one depicts the parent’s lamentation and longing to reacquire the bond they had before. Through the conflict presented in the poem, the dilemma symbolizes the relationship between the son and his parents. …show more content…
The issue lies in the pride of the son who finds himself unerring who thinks “he always knows” (Nye 9) what is best. “Somewhere a mistaken word distorts the sum” (Nye 1) and the parents get something different than the son but he insists he is correct since “[He] did the the problem/ and [his] teacher said [he] was right” (Nye 3-4). Thus, he considers his parents “idiots/ without worksheets to back [them] up” (Nye 9-10). From this excerpt, one can see that the son fails to realize that his parents have much more experience in life and that such paperworks are unnecessary for them, who have achieved intellectuality throughout the years they've
“My Son Swears He Has 102 Gallons of Water in His Body”
Begin typing below: (Put a heading: Your name, Ms. M. Ambrose, English II; 1st Period; October 26, 2017)
From rudimental years to innovative eras, humans have gone through many phases, but one that is ubiquitous no matter what year is the rebellious adolescent stage. Naomi S. Nye’s poem, “Our Son Swears He Has 102 Gallons of Water in His Body” illustrates how a dissident son clashes with his parents over a math problem relating to how many jugs of water that the human body can hold. Conceivable from a closer dissection of the text, the reader reaches a deeper understanding of the stubbornness the parents face due to the son believing he is infallible. Furthermore, through the final lines, one depicts the parent’s lamentation and longing to reacquire the bond they had before. Through the conflict presented in the poem, the dilemma symbolizes the relationship between the son and his parents. …show more content…
The issue lies in the pride of the son who finds himself unerring who thinks “he always knows” (Nye 9) what is best. “Somewhere a mistaken word distorts the sum” (Nye 1) and the parents get something different than the son but he insists he is correct since “[He] did the the problem/ and [his] teacher said [he] was right” (Nye 3-4). Thus, he considers his parents “idiots/ without worksheets to back [them] up” (Nye 9-10). From this excerpt, one can see that the son fails to realize that his parents have much more experience in life and that such paperworks are unnecessary for them, who have achieved intellectuality throughout the years they've