A Critical Analysis Of Those Winter Sundays By Robert Hayden

Robert Hayden was born in the year 1913 and through the century until 1980. His work hold much value in the literary aspect of the United States history. So much that he was appointed consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress. "Those Winter Sundays" is just one of the many works that he did. He was gifted in his works that if evokes experiences in ones past like our childhood, the love that was shown to us when we were young, and just the process of growing
The story is about a young boy that has been woken up on a cold Sunday morning by his father and he proceeds to get ready. This reminds me of my early childhood a lot, having to get up and get ready for school or maybe a babysitter because my parents have to go to work. "Sundays too …show more content…
The mind and body go through various changes while you go through the many phases of life. The person that is perceived in "Those Winter Sundays" seems to be very young as in the story he is seen still needing help by his father to wake up in order to get ready. Much like myself, the character in the story has yet to get to the point where he is independent of his parent. When I was around that age then I would also be very needy with my parents. Growing up teaches many things to different people. You never stop learning but in the span of a couple of years you mold into the person that you will eventually turn out to be. With that being said, growing up taught me a lot, even on those cold winter Sunday 's. I learned from a very young age that my parents were working to provide a good future for myself that would be many times better than the ones they had. "No one ever thanked him." (5) To this day I am very thankful for the kind of hard work that they put in for me so that I could grow into a better person altogether. My parents have shaped me into the young adult that I am and I want to do the same for my own children of I ever have the opportunity to have