How do we know that Warren’s family were poor farmers? Which words helped you understand it?
Why did Warren’s family work so hard?
What is a passport? In what way could a graduation diploma be like a passport?
What kind of job does Warren have later in the poem?
Why is the word Bank capitalized?
What is the significance of his clothes?
Explain how he feels about his new job.
How do his parents feel about his job? Give examples from the poem
How do we know Warren is not happy with his life?
“And he said nothing” . Why do you think that Warren didn’t say anything?
What is the theme of the poem?
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Who is the speaker?
Who is the speaker?
The speaker is a boy, who came from a poor home and his parents spent a lot of their money on him to go to school. And when he graduated his parents were extremely happy.
The speaker is a boy, who came from a poor home and his parents spent a lot of their money on him to go to school. And when he graduated his parents were extremely happy.
What is the point of view?
What is the point of view?
Third person
Third person
What is the subject?
What is the subject?
Education. I believe this because it talks about how his parents made him go to school in town and like he enjoyed it so much that he felt the small place was not enough for him. And it talks about how proud his parents were when he graduated.
Education. I believe this because it talks about how his parents made him go to school in town and like he enjoyed it so much that he felt the small place was not enough for him. And it talks about how proud his parents were when he graduated.
What is the tone?
What is the tone?
The tone is mostly educational, very descriptive. Almost as if he was just mostly telling a story and give you an understanding.
The tone is mostly educational, very descriptive. Almost as if he was just mostly telling a story and give you an understanding.
What is the mood?
What is the mood?
The mood is very calming. Not too much power in the words he is saying.
The mood is very calming. Not too much power in the words he is saying.
What images are dominant? Why?
What images are dominant? Why?
“When every pencil meant a sacrifice” to me this is a very strong imagery because it basically shows me that he gave up a lot of his time to develop his education.
“When every pencil meant a sacrifice” to me this is a very strong imagery because it basically shows me that he gave up a lot of his time to develop his education.
“They blushed with pride when at his graduation
“They blushed with pride when at his graduation
they watched him picking up the slender scroll,
they watched him picking up the slender scroll,
His passport from the years of brutal toll
His passport from the years of brutal toll
and lonely patience in a barren hole.”
and lonely patience in a barren hole.”
This has a lot of imagery because you can see his parents glowing with pride as he goes to get his scroll. And the ‘passport’ meaning that he was finally able to leave the place he felt didn’t suit him anymore.
This has a lot of imagery because you can see his parents glowing with pride as he goes to get his scroll. And the ‘passport’ meaning that he was finally able to leave the place he felt didn’t suit him anymore.
What is the theme?
What is the theme?
Sacrifice, I believe is the theme of the poem, because the boy’s parent are sacrificing their own farm and livelihood for their son’s education. And he sacrifices his happiness and hope of working on the farm to do what his parents wanted.
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