Charles Bukowski

lives. Charles Bukowski, author of “so you want to be a writer?” believes that if you have got it, you got it. We should look for our natural talent instead of doing something we do not have a passion for. In his lyric poem, which is a lyric not because of its sound but because of its emotion, Bukowski expresses the themes of natural talent and that if it is right, you won’t have to try. We should not do something we do not enjoy, but something that comes natural that comes from the heart. In conveying this point, Bukowski uses imagery, connotation, perspective, and repetition. In the seventy line poem Bukowski states what it is to be a writer and that if you do not possess those qualities it is not for you. He also gives horrible reasons to become a writer. Among these reasons, “if you’re doing it because you want / women in your bed, / don’t do it” (17-19). After all the reasons why one should not pursue his career, he gives us the one way one can be a writer. Bukowski expresses that one is chosen to write, not just a fleeting decision that can be made. On the surface, the meaning appears to be laziness in not trying. This meaning is very literal since he says do not do it a total of ten times throughout the poem.…

Professor Paul Calkins English 1-B 4/21/2016 An Analysis of Dostoevsky, by Charles Bukowski The poem Dostoevsky, by Charles Bukowski, is an inspirational poem that tells the story of how Fyodor Dostoevsky, a famous Russian author of the 19th century, was given sudden reprieve from death by firing squad, and because of this turn of events, was allowed to write and create, and thus was able to inspire the author as well as countless other writers. For me this immediately reminded me of Stephen…

greatly influenced by their father’s absence, Charles Bukowski’s “Three Oranges” indisputably displays a daughter whose dad is present but she is still negatively affected by the absence of a father figure. In today’s generation, adolescents are too busy growing up that they forget that their parents are aging as well and will eventually pass away. In the poem “Bored” the poet clearly defines the cliché “you don’t know what you have until it is gone.” Margaret Atwood begins her poem by stating…

at the time waiting for it to be time for me to go home. Hopefully one day soon I will finish my studies and become the nurse I want to be and finally I will be doing something I love. I once had a teacher that enjoyed her job that she went above and beyond for her students and always had a smile in her face. She was the one that showed me that when you love your job life is simpler and that it impacts your life in the best way possible. People who enjoyed their job have a happier life. They…

woman. Care for your own and act like a lady. Like for example in the text, “ This is how to behave in the presence of men who don’t know you very well, and this way they won’t recognize immediately the slut I have warned you against becoming;”. In this world as a woman, is hard to put yourself in a society where everyone judges you based on what you do, and what you have done. This poem shows ways to be a proper woman, how to take care of yourself without men calling out of your name. Mothers…

In Charles Bukowski's poem, "A Definition" he pushes the limits on the conventional definition of love by acknowledging the harsh reality, that it isn't all hearts and butterflies. When describing love, we tend to quickly jump into a world where problems cease to exist and revel in complete and total infatuation with our partner. This may be so, but as you and I both know love isn't as one-sided as just that. It doesn't come out of the blue, it's a desired commodity that comes with a world of…

Charles Bukowski was an American poet, novelist and short story writer, responsible for the thousands of poems written in the dirty realism literacy movement and was heavily influenced by the cultural, economic and social ambience of his home city in Los Angeles. A violent father, who at the time was out of work frequently during the great depression and often took his anger and pain out on his son, beating him regularly, up until his teenage years, marred Bukowski’s childhood. The poet became…

Art Buchwalk, 81, passed away in his son’s home in Washington D.C, this Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2017. The famous humorist lost his battle to kidney dialysis. Born in Mt. Vernon, NY, Buchwald enrolled at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles on the G.I. bill, despite not graduating high school. After joining the college newspaper, the Daily Trojan, Buchwald found his passion and pursed overseas in Paris, interviewing Elvis Presley along the way. In 1939-1945, Buchwald served in the…

Martin Buber was considered, by many, a theological existentialist. Buber was born Austria in 1878. (Mayhall and Mayhall, 95). He had an interesting childhood surrounded by many great intellectuals. Martin Buber's childhood and upbringing set the stage for his career. Buber was immersed in studying and intellectual thought very early in life and continued to immerse himself in his studies for the rest of his life. Soon after he was born his mother left him and his Father for another marriage…

Bukowski kept all the lines in the poem very short, and he kept this rhythm throughout the entire poem. Furthermore, with the exception of the word “Henry”, all other words are written in lower case, even the ones that come after a period, and he kept this form throughout the poem as well. This form and rhythm of the poem might have been a symbol of the drop in the stock market, the loss of jobs, people losing their homes, and most importantly, hoping that ‘Henry’ will have the opportunity to…