Elegy

The poem “Elegy for Jane” by Theodore Roethke is a free verse poem in which a teacher reflects on the death of one of his former students. He is heartbroken over the tragic event. However, it is unclear what kind of relationship between the teacher and student. Audiences who read the poem might believe that the teacher and student are in some kind of romantic relationship, but they relationship is nothing more than just a student and teacher. This poem demonstrate the reflection of Jane’s death…

Hillbilly Elegy And how it is related to the 2016 Presidential Election In August 2016 and January 2017, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture Crisis reached the top of The New York Times Best Seller list. It is also listed in the 6 books to help understand Trump’s win. Journalists believe that the world of hillbillies that is described through Vance’s eyes analyze how Trump gets the support of the majority of the white middle and lower class. Indeed, Hillbilly Elegy indirectly…

Scholars often refer to Housman’s poem in two ways, as an elegy and as a dramatic monologue. How would you describe the poem? (Elegy: a poem of lament or somber reflection. Dramatic Monologue: poem where the speaker assumes a character, revealed in speech, in relation to a significant event) - I think that this poem is a dramatic monologue. Because…

The common read book, Hillbilly Elegy, by J.D. Vance, is a memoir of his struggling life growing up as a child. J.D. goes through a lot obstacles growing up and his experiences made him the man he is today. Growing up in Middletown, Ohio wasn’t easy, it took a lot of courage to get through each day. As a child, J.D. was faced with the struggles of the Appalachian Americans and America’s work class. Middletown was a poor city in Ohio and not many people make it to college. J.D. Vance was a…

Since Hillbilly Elegy is not only about mental illness and addiction, the approach that it takes to engage an assorted audience is immensely different from the approach that Chasing Heroin, a documentary specifically dedicated to addiction and mental illness. What Hillbilly Elegy argues about is a culture that encourages addiction and mental illness among many other destructive ailments and therefore…

The American Dream The American Dream is a personal thing. Every person’s belief or thought is different from each other’s on what the American Dream should be. What is your American Dream? The J.D. Vance book Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, he talks about the native values of his upbringing and how they are related to the social problems of his hometown. He was born in August 2, 1984 and grew up in the Rust Belt city of Middletown, Ohio and the Appalachian town of…

“Another Elegy” is a poem about the relationships in life that happen. In the line “This is what our dying looks like..” gives us as a reader the feeling that we need to believe that when something bad happens, we need to just believe that something that is there. The poem is about someone trying to kill themselves. It happens in the line, “he let the gun go off in his mouth.” Then, all of a sudden, the bad side of the person in the poem comes out. The husband’s head and the wife’s mouth…

Trethewey and York are strikingly similar in how they approach form, even if their content is strikingly different. "Elegy for the Native Guards" serves as an memories for the forgotten black soldiers; "Abide" seems to be about the forgetfulness of a loved one. Both poets use interestingly similar techniques to captivate their readers and draw them into the poem. Firstly, the stanzas in each poem seem to function as single moments in time. "Abide" has not only just one stanza, but is also a…

stories about poverty that, unfortunately, are often the most common. For this to change, these three pieces, suggest that attitudes of the poor themselves and the way that the outside world treats them must change. 2 - 3 paragraphs: The Hillbilly Elegy, Three Miles, and article by Betsy Rader all concern the difference in class and the role this play in the economic upbringing of disadvantaged youth. In each of these, the theme of the American Dream is ever present but there’s also an…

A memoir refers to a set of written down events that are a collection of memories that took place in an individual’s life. Apparently, the book Hillbilly Elegy is written by J.D Vance and is about the events that took place in his life. Vance narrates his upbringing, his family background and his relationship with his family. The book discusses the Appalachian values which Vance upheld as he grew up and how the benefits related to the social problems that were part of his hometown. The book…