Comparing Poems 'Cock Crow And Boy Nobody'
We’ve all been in conflicts, right? Conflicts always arise from individuality, leading to negative, emotional implications.
Look at history. World War 2 occurred as a result of factors such as the Treaty of Versailles and the Great Depression.
But…we humans have the power to change ourselves. And change signifies movement. All stemming from our attitudes.
Rosemary Dobson’s poem, “Cock Crow” and Allen Zadoff’s fiction novel, “Boy Nobody” both challenge our perspectives of their worlds by affirming enduring ideals of conflicts and individuality within personal reflections, thus shifting our thoughts through new ideas and future possibilities about the character’s inner thoughts.
Dobson’s poem, “Cock Crow” was shaped by her inner thoughts …show more content…
For example, we are given no name for the protagonist, suggesting that his absence of a name separates him from general teenagers, representing a character holding unnecessary emotions within future possibilities of his self-discovery. Additionally, through the protagonist’s “That was your mistake, I think” where the first-person perspective in the use of the italicised sentence reveals personal thoughts of his unexpected discovery of the truth of himself. This further highlights the irony within his mind, continually lacking assurance as to the morals and values of his task in contrast to a mind of an assassin. Furthermore, the alliteration of the short sentence, “Regret. Recrimination” highlights the separation between the two words, revealing the mental state of his human psyche following his parents’ assassination, leading to a loss of identity. This indicates the protagonist’s progress towards new worlds, exemplifying how discoveries result from ideas to enrich an individual’s possibilities by their self-realisation. Hence, Zadoff clearly examines the element of individuality to enhance our self-discovery through morals and values as a result of the impacts of
Look at history. World War 2 occurred as a result of factors such as the Treaty of Versailles and the Great Depression.
But…we humans have the power to change ourselves. And change signifies movement. All stemming from our attitudes.
Rosemary Dobson’s poem, “Cock Crow” and Allen Zadoff’s fiction novel, “Boy Nobody” both challenge our perspectives of their worlds by affirming enduring ideals of conflicts and individuality within personal reflections, thus shifting our thoughts through new ideas and future possibilities about the character’s inner thoughts.
Dobson’s poem, “Cock Crow” was shaped by her inner thoughts …show more content…
For example, we are given no name for the protagonist, suggesting that his absence of a name separates him from general teenagers, representing a character holding unnecessary emotions within future possibilities of his self-discovery. Additionally, through the protagonist’s “That was your mistake, I think” where the first-person perspective in the use of the italicised sentence reveals personal thoughts of his unexpected discovery of the truth of himself. This further highlights the irony within his mind, continually lacking assurance as to the morals and values of his task in contrast to a mind of an assassin. Furthermore, the alliteration of the short sentence, “Regret. Recrimination” highlights the separation between the two words, revealing the mental state of his human psyche following his parents’ assassination, leading to a loss of identity. This indicates the protagonist’s progress towards new worlds, exemplifying how discoveries result from ideas to enrich an individual’s possibilities by their self-realisation. Hence, Zadoff clearly examines the element of individuality to enhance our self-discovery through morals and values as a result of the impacts of