Saturday, August 3, 2013
Ricky - Response to Vaine Rasmussen's A book and a pen
After reading Vaine Rasmussen's intriguing and motivating poem A Book and a Pen, I then understood that despite all the studying he went under, he never took the time to realize his culture and who he was, two elements he has to discover himself rather than study. These components should be first priority for people then study because if people don't know themselves and their ethnicity they can often feel like a waste of space or not understand their personalities or inequalities. I think knowing your own culture is paramount in order to living a happy life and understanding your place in the world.
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Hi Ricky,
ReplyDeleteThis is a good first post and you make some good observations.
Some questions:
Do you think the narrator assigns any 'blame' in this poem?
Do you think "his culture" (poet is a 'she') and "Who he was" are defined wholly by things not experienced? I.e. how much of the 'book and penning' IS her culture and who she was?
Why would the cultural traditions and langguage NOT have already been taught to her?
Is there a resolution to this at the end of the poem?
Why/is the culture dying?
Esther :)