My Papa's Waltz, Final Readin Response

    
When you're a little kid, life's your personal amusment park; A fairy tale almost. Its full of rides, face painting, good food and everything you love. When you're a kid, you love the tricks and secerets of this 'amusment park' called life. Nothing in life is bad or wrong-when you're a kid at least. But as you mature into a teen, life's less like an amusment park and begins to lose it's fairy tale sparkle. The poem 'My Papa's Waltz' by Theodore Rothke is a prime example of finding fun or childish ways in a dark and not so friendly situation.

     The poem is veiwed at 2 sides. Neither side can be proven wrong. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. NO ONE IS RIGHT OR WRONG. One side of the poem is that its meerley a child having fun with his father. He had  a hard day of work so he had a drink to 'relax'. When you're 'relaxed' you have more fun in some cases then when you're tense. The line The hand that held my wrist Was battered on one knuckle; At every step you missed My right ear scraped a buckle. I think that shows he was being abused. When a father usually is holding his child, he wouldnt hold him by the wrist, it would be by the hand. And his knuckle was probably batered from ' romping' around in the kitchen.It could just be veiwed as having a good time.

     The other side is more realistic. I think it's about being abused blindly or being in denial about who you love or how they treat you. I think because he's a kid he can find how they 'play' to be unique or not like everyone else. But it's not all that great. Sometimes when you're abused especially by someone you love. You can be blinded and accept what they put you through because you love them.

But overall I think the poem is classic.


The whiskey on your breath
Could make a small boy dizzy;
But I hung on like death:
Such waltzing was not easy.

We romped until the pans
Slid from the kitchen shelf;
My mother's countenance
Could not unfrown itself.

The hand that held my wrist
Was battered on one knuckle;
At every step you missed
My right ear scraped a buckle.

You beat time on my head
With a palm caked hard by dirt,
Then waltzed me off to bed
Still clinging to your shirt.

Cudos To 3 more Bloggers.

     First I really love reading Nurshat's blog. She put's a lot of emotion and feeling into her posts. Especially her poetry. Also her Reading Responses are stractured really well and they are almost reccomendations for books I would like to read in the future. CUDOS TO YOU NURSHAT!

     Second, Emma Rougerie. I really like how her response to the Incident poem was relevant to how people treat each other today. Plus I think she's the kind of poet you could only aspire to be as good as one day. Her sonnets can be good guide lines for me to make my sonnets in the future better. CUDOS TO YOU EMMA!

And last but most definetly not least Learsi. I really really love all her poetry. Her poems are special and they seem like they have a special place in her heart. I like how she writes about her own life and turns it into magical poetry. CUDOS TO YOU LEARSI!!

But everyone blogs in their own special way, these are just a few people who stand out to me.

My Papa's Waltz (Reading Response Revised)

     When you're a little kid, life's your personal amusment park. Its full of rides, face painting, good food and everything you love. When you're a kid, you love the tricks and secerets of this 'amusment park' called life. Nothing in life is bad or wrong, when you're a kid at least. But as you mature into a teen, life's less like an amusment park and loses some of it's wonder and sparkle. The poem 'My Papa's Waltz' by Theodore Rothke is a prime example of finding fun or beauty from everything.

     The poem is veiwed at 2 sides. Neither side can be proven wrong. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. NO ONE IS RIGHT OR WRONG. One side of the poem is that its meerley a child having fun with his father. He had  a hard day of work so he had a drink to 'relax'. When you're 'relaxed' you have more fun in some cases then when you're tense. It could just be veiwed as having a good time.

     The other side. (cough cough My side) is more realistics. I think it's about being abused blindly or being in denial about who you love or how they treat you. I think because he's a kid he can find how they 'play' to be unique or not like everyone else. But it's not all that great. Sometimes when you're abused especially by someone you love. You can be blinded and accept what they put you through because you love them.

But overall I think the poem is classic.

Reading Response

     I'm Reading the book Fly on the Wall by E. Lockhart. The book is mainly about a girl named Gretchen Yee. She's a plain fish in a pond full of tons of vibrant and exotic fish. She doesn't seem to be fitting in. Her parents are getting divorced, her only friend Katya is drifting off into her family life and latching onto other friends. A simpler way to her: Lost in a big blue sea. The only way she's happy is when her pen hits the paper to draw her precious comics. She's always wanted to know what it would be like to e a fly on the wall in the boys locker room. Things go for a turn when Gretchen when she actually turns into a fly and listens in on the conversations in the boys locker room.

     Her life feels like acomic book. The setting is Manhattan High School for ther Arts (Ma-Ha for short). There are the Art Rats who are boys and can't always be immature but still have artistic talent. There's the love intrest, Tits the "greek god". And then there's the unlikely hero who only wants answers. What goes on in the boys locker room and what goes on in the mind of a boy. Gretchen hasnt gotten the best luck with boys and all she wants is answers.

     I think that people can relate to the characters in the book. especially students who attend an art school and are surrounded by talented people people all the time (cough, cough like me) Some people can at least find one character that is like someone you know. Whether its the cooky but awesome teacher or the shy kid that you've always wanted to talk to but never had enough courage. Its all relateable.
    
     I also like the idea of being a fly on the wall. Well if I was a fly on the wall, I don't think I would want to be in the boys locker room. The thought of being a fly on th e wall kind of reminds me of what it would be like in the mind of someone else. To veiw the world in the eyes of another.

Over all I think the book is a very good book. Its a good thing to read if you have recently read something challenging or if you just want something a little light and not-so-serious to read. Fly on the Wall by E. Lockhart is the book for you.

Response To My Papa's Waltz

      When you're a little kid, life's your personal amusment park. Its full of rides, face painting, good food and everything you love. When you're a kid, you love the tricks and secerets of this 'amusment park' called life. Nothing in life is bad or wrong, when you're a kid at least. But as you mature into a teen, life's less like an amusment park and loses some of it's wonder and sparkle. The poem 'My Papa's Waltz' by Theodore Rothke is a prime example of finding fun or beauty from everything.

     The poem is veiwed at 2 sides. Neither side can be proven wrong. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. NO ONE IS RIGHT OR WRONG. One side of the poem is that its meerley a child having fun with his father. He had  a hard day of work so he had a drink to 'relax'. When you're 'relaxed' you have more fun in some cases then when you're tense. It could just be veiwed as having a good time.

     The other side. (cough cough My side) is more realistics. I think it's about being abused blindly or being in denial about who you love or how they treat you. I think because he's a kid he can find how they 'play' to be unique or not like everyone else. But it's not all that great. Sometimes when you're abused especially by someone you love. You can be blinded and accept what they put you through because you love them.

But overall I think the poem is classic.