The situation in the poem is the mother's internal conflict about whether or not it was right for her to move her daughter and herself away from where she herself had grown up. "Maybe people around here tell stroies about small bits of magic that appear on summer nights." "Yes," I say. "it must be." In this exchange between herself and her daughter the mother begins to feel a sense of regret, that she has no answers for her daughter about whether or not fireflies are magical or not. The setting of the poem adds to the situation because it takes place during the night and then in the gray dawn on their deck. When the time changes to the gray dawn the mother remebers a small bit about her culture, which seems to be far away since she has moved. -Tyler G.
The circumstances that lead up to the main event is that the narrator is sitting outside on her porch, at night, watching the fireflies and lightning bugs fly around. Then the narrator goes inside and phones here mother because she misses her and is very far away. She then says she feels an emptyness that has no english word to describe the pain that she is feeling. After this she goes to bed and when she wakes up see flashing lights that remind her of her past and makes her feel less empty.
The setting of this story is in the narrotors house during the night time of what is probably the summer time based on her watching the fireflies and lightning bugs go by. The poem starts out outside of her house but later she moves into her house to call her mother. This setting is meaningful because the narrator has moved away from a native american reserve which is where her parents are, and that represents the emptyness she is feeling from missing her parents.
The setting and situation of this poem starts out with a mother and her daughter sitting outside on their deck watching fireflies in the dark. The mother is depressed and filled with nostalgia, which is emphasized when it says, ““I walk inside the house and phone my mother. From far away, she says, ‘I never heard of such a thing. There is nothing like that in Navajo stories’. She is speaking from hundreds of miles away where the night is dark and the sky, a huge empty blackness”. She misses where she used to live and her parents that remain there. They used to live on a Native American reservation but now live in a more modern house. The situation changes slightly at the end, however, after she’s slept through the night. She awakens with a more positive attitude.
The poem is set on the deck of a house where a Native American mother and her daughter live. As the daughter sits in marvel of the fireflies, the mother feels sadness and longing. As she goes inside to telephone her far away mother, it can be infered that she has left her mother behind and feels guilt for leaving behind both her culture and her family. When her mother tells her "Your father and I are all alone here," it is clear she is not happy that her daughter left.
There is significance in the fact that the mother and her daughter were watching the fireflies on the deck. This porch is the passageway between the night outside full of fireflies, and indoors where the mother goes to call her family. This could represent the impass she is at regarding to past and present. When she wakes up the next morning, she remembers "being taught to go outside in the gray dawn before sunrise to receive the blessings of gentle spirits who gathered around our home. Go out, we were told, get your blessings for the day. This realization represents the fact that you can keep your roots without staying trapped in the past, by moving forward and finding that your background is just as evident in your future. This is an especially important message for the Native American peoples, one that is communicated through the setting and situation of the poem.
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The situation in the poem is the mother's internal conflict about whether or not it was right for her to move her daughter and herself away from where she herself had grown up. "Maybe people around here tell stroies about small bits of magic that appear on summer nights." "Yes," I say. "it must be." In this exchange between herself and her daughter the mother begins to feel a sense of regret, that she has no answers for her daughter about whether or not fireflies are magical or not. The setting of the poem adds to the situation because it takes place during the night and then in the gray dawn on their deck. When the time changes to the gray dawn the mother remebers a small bit about her culture, which seems to be far away since she has moved.
ReplyDelete-Tyler G.
The circumstances that lead up to the main event is that the narrator is sitting outside on her porch, at night, watching the fireflies and lightning bugs fly around. Then the narrator goes inside and phones here mother because she misses her and is very far away. She then says she feels an emptyness that has no english word to describe the pain that she is feeling. After this she goes to bed and when she wakes up see flashing lights that remind her of her past and makes her feel less empty.
ReplyDeleteThe setting of this story is in the narrotors house during the night time of what is probably the summer time based on her watching the fireflies and lightning bugs go by. The poem starts out outside of her house but later she moves into her house to call her mother. This setting is meaningful because the narrator has moved away from a native american reserve which is where her parents are, and that represents the emptyness she is feeling from missing her parents.
-Tyler Henry
The setting and situation of this poem starts out with a mother and her daughter sitting outside on their deck watching fireflies in the dark. The mother is depressed and filled with nostalgia, which is emphasized when it says, ““I walk inside the house and phone my mother. From far away, she says, ‘I never heard of such a thing. There is nothing like that in Navajo stories’. She is speaking from hundreds of miles away where the night is dark and the sky, a huge empty blackness”. She misses where she used to live and her parents that remain there. They used to live on a Native American reservation but now live in a more modern house. The situation changes slightly at the end, however, after she’s slept through the night. She awakens with a more positive attitude.
ReplyDelete- Shana Perkins
Good! Especially strong Shana
ReplyDeleteThe poem is set on the deck of a house where a Native American mother and her daughter live. As the daughter sits in marvel of the fireflies, the mother feels sadness and longing. As she goes inside to telephone her far away mother, it can be infered that she has left her mother behind and feels guilt for leaving behind both her culture and her family. When her mother tells her "Your father and I are all alone here," it is clear she is not happy that her daughter left.
ReplyDeleteThere is significance in the fact that the mother and her daughter were watching the fireflies on the deck. This porch is the passageway between the night outside full of fireflies, and indoors where the mother goes to call her family. This could represent the impass she is at regarding to past and present. When she wakes up the next morning, she remembers "being taught to go outside in the gray dawn before sunrise to receive the blessings of gentle spirits who gathered around our home. Go out, we were told, get your blessings for the day. This realization represents the fact that you can keep your roots without staying trapped in the past, by moving forward and finding that your background is just as evident in your future. This is an especially important message for the Native American peoples, one that is communicated through the setting and situation of the poem.
-Ben H.