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Some writers would sensationalize their experience in such a man 's home, but this poem describes the experience with the recollection of the mundane details. She does describe her surroundings as the home of a monster, but human qualities throughout the poem, making the family of the Colonel seem human. The home they live in is a normal one and their lives are ordinary. The Colonel 's wife brings and serves coffee while the daughter files her nails. The purpose in revealing the Colonel 's humanity is to show that it is everyday humans that commit such crimes against their fellow man.
I think that it 's interesting that the colonel doesn 't get a name, but the gets …show more content…
When he says that he translated the candied yam recipe from the marshmallow bag for his mama, I wondered if Blanco was laying the framework to begin bridging his family from the old ways and try to be like everyone else. When you have a nation full of diverse people we do not want to take away their traditions, because it is a chance to learn about another culture. It does not matter what country you come from or what your cultural traditions are or what higher power you may believe in. Thanksgiving should be just that, giving appreciation for family and the memories with have to share with them should be at the heart of the thanksgiving