Go Daddy

Some signs of a planned suicide in “Daddy” are shown. At the very end of the poem, she states “Daddy, daddy, you bastard, I’m through” (80), which can be interpreted that she is “through” with living life all together, or that she is “through” dealing with the resentment she had toward her father and she is trying to move…

Throughout Sylvia Plath’s poem “Daddy,” The tone is found to be childishly innocent, kind of close to a lullaby, and extremely deranged and menacing. As it progresses the tone ranges from like a childlike adoration, where she puts the parent whose not there on a pedestal to a blunt like a disrespectful, distant and fearful adult. Even though Plath excels in tones, Plath keeps a deep and heavy dark style throughout the poem with her use of diction. “Daddy” is a confessional poem, put in a harsh,…

is due tomorrow. Although the name makes it sound like there are only 100 essays to write, there are actually one-hundred eight, and I am on number eighty-five. Not only that but the rain outside is not helping. It is only making me want to quit and go to bed even more than I already do. I look around the room and take a deep breath. I do not have time to breathe. I am sort of in a time crunch. Yet I also know that if I do not take a moment to relax I will get nothing done. My walls are splotchy…

Dressed in loose, torn up clothing by choice. Stan: Phil’s extremely gifted 7 year old son. Eyes like his father’s, blonde like his deceased mother. Dressed in a suit coat and a blue bowtie, combed back hair, and dress shoes, as if he was going to go out to vote. Stage Directions: The morning of voting day at an unknown U.S. town of an unknown year in the future. Takes…

Mama had been the wife of Colonel John Watts. Daddy was one of his most valued slaves. He was hardworking, honest and strong. When Colonel Watts died, she relied on daddy to help her run the plantation and they fell in love. It was very common in the south for male slaveowners to have children with their female slaves, but our situation was not as common. The year was 1835. Daddy and momma were living in dangerous times. Having children made their situation even more dangerous. They worked very…

Being a daddy-less daughter has taught me how to love myself unconditionally and appreciate the love from the people I do have in my life. When I was a teenager I was extremely insecure of everything about me. I felt like I wasn’t good enough for anything, and that no guy would ever want to be with me. That’s how I felt because the man who was supposed to love me, did not show it. Those insecurities have vanished. I love myself more than anyone could possibly love me. I am a strong, kind hearted…

alive. He was starting to discover the true evil of the police force and at the time Officer Do-gooder was mostly just trying to get the job done. Three years later, Officer Do-gooder starts to feel guilty for his part in the deaths of Journalist Daddy-Issues and Officer Adulterer, not to mention all the other horrible things he did to achieve the outcome the corruption wanted. He decides to take his Rebellion to the next level. His rebellion had started in 1974, but in 1983 it became the only…

the story of how he first learned the definition of the word shame and what it was to feel ashamed of himself. The story begins with Gregory as a little boy and his crush on a little girl, Helene Curtis. We find out the lengths the boy, Gregory, would go to impress Helene. We learn of his poverty and how he tries to improve himself because of his feelings for the little girl even into adulthood. In class, Gregory was in trouble a lot because he couldn’t pay attention mostly due to hunger. He…

Me? Why wasn’t I normal? Is it my friend? I often wondered my mommy and daddy didn’t talk about their special friends. I didn’t realize it, but I had started to weep. So when my daddy knocked on the door with our special knock and entered. I faced him with a red and wet face. “Well that confirms my fear that you heard us.” With his comforting presence so close I couln’t hold back the flood of tears welling in my eyes. “Daddy” I sobbed “What’s wrong with me?” “Nothing. You are perfect, special.…

as well as were her daddy touched her with his private part. When speaking of people in her family, Honesty would point to the names on the chart in effort to let the interviewer know who she was talking about. Honesty also used gestures to demonstrate how she laying on the black couch on the video at 11:07, and again when asked “where her daddy’s hands were when his private part touched her butt cheek” and once again at 11:14 in the video when she was describing how her “daddy put his private…