Edwin Reyes
EN 102
Raquel Corona

Marks

How did you respond to this poem emotionally?  Which words caused your emotional response and pull to this poem to be so strong?  Discuss the general premise of the poem:  what is happening?  Why did this particular experience speak to you as a reader?

When I was reading this poem, I was feeling very angry. I unexpectedly felt introduced inside the story behind the poem. The way I visualized the passage, was a reflection of my own mother experimenting the situation of the author at the moment of writing this poem. I felt angry because this is a wife and mother not being valued by her family. As a son and having my mother much alive, I appreciate her daily hard work and the divine gift of life she has given me. I think every woman whose duties are to be a housewife, should more be than appreciated but recognized on a daily basis. I strongly believe that a housewife should not be categorized simply as "an average mother" as it is seen on the poem because a housewife has a whole lot of work to do - which not every man can be held accountable of doing so. A housewife, in most of the cases, is responsible for escorting the kids to and from school, cooking, washing the clothes and dishes, cleaning and administrating the money that is being utilized to cover the expenses of the household. "In a Pass/Fail" category, a housewife exceeds the passing requirements. I know my mom and the mothers I've met do. I will always remember one time I was not well at a young age. I had surgery on my big toe, a headache and fever. My mother paid for transportation to take me to the hospital for the surgery, brought me back to the house and took great care of me. This is more than enough for me to say that my mom is above any scale of categories. Not just because she took me to the hospital and took care of me when we came back but because her exceptional engagement and commitment to do it.