1. One Art, Elizabeth Bishop(1202). Facing it, Yusef Komunyakaa (1355). Loss is intertwined in our everything and sticks with us through the sands of time. But accepting loss for what it is and “facing it”(Komunyakaa 1355) is the first step in a gradual recovery, if there is one. Bishop and Komunyakaa, both, emotionally illustrate the vulnerability left behind by loss and while neither of the two offers a clear solution, they show us that loss is part of being human. We obviously can not just embrace it but acknowledging loss is fundamental to the healing process. Bishop tells us that loss is easy(dealing with it is the hard part), “so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost”(1202 2) and it should be no surprise when we loss things, …show more content…
Almost like we have not accepted our fate. This same desire pushed the snake all the way through the bushes to it’s death. 3. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Richard Brooks. Living in denial churns up a smoke of mendacity and when an entire family is in denial, the smoke builds up to a cloud. If you live in denial long enough, only death will snap you back to reality. Using the characters “Brigg” and “Big daddy”, let’s explore the effect of living denial on this larger than life family drawn up by Richard Brooks. Brigg, while being the favorite son is troubled by past events that he keeps running from. He seems to hide under a mask of sarcasm and alcohol to forget his discrepancies. Brigg fails to come to terms with why his close friend skipper committed suicide. While it’s clear, facing the truth would solve multiple problems both in his marriage and family, he remains in denial which sets up a chain of lies, the truth of which, are revealed in heated dialogue with his wife and father. The movie uses the “click” metaphor to give us a hint as to why brigg drinks and continues to live in denial. The “click” being the sound of skipper hanging up the phone that brigg keeps