Hope

Hope was written by Ariel Dorfman. The poem tells a story starts with the speaker who talks about how their son was abducted and how they hope he is alive despite the horrible circumstances he is being kept under. Evolution was written by Sherman Alexie and deals with the exploitation of the Native American culture and describes how they are losing their identity while the ones who destroyed it are profiting from it.
Hope begins with the speaker started to describe how the situation progressed regarding the abduction of her son. The story that the poem describes starts with, who can assume are, strangers who may look like they are in positions of authority. They ask the speaker to question their son for a few hours, and they disappear with …show more content…
The poem states that the Indians come in with jewelry, television sets, a VCR, and a beaded buckskin outfit. The items begin to include parts of their bodies which included their hands, skeleton’s, and after everything else was pawned off their heart. Buffalo Bill accepted everything and cataloged each item. After the Indians had nothing left to sell, Buffalo Bill closed his pawn shop and opens The Museum of Native American Cultures. Buffalo Bill then charges the Indians five dollars a head for admission to see what the sold to the former pawn shop …show more content…
Hope deals with the dissenting or conflicting emotions that people can feel simultaneously when dealing with a complicated or stressful situation. The parent in the poem, most likely, feels dread at the fact that their son is being tortured, but at the same time, they feel relief at the fact that their son is alive. The hope that the parents hold on to does not necessarily result is a positive outcome for the son, but gives them something to hold onto. Evolution delves into how Native Americans have been losing their culture over time as they are exploited and because of assimilating into the idea of consumerism. They try to sell everything that gives them their identity and when everything is gone, Buffalo Bill uses everything that he bought to then sell the Native Americans their culture as if it had died out. The poem is ironic because while the Native American sold their belongings and identity, those belongings are then used to exploit them. Those who helped to dismantle their culture are now profiting from