Poem Analysis: Buddy Is Very Close To His Father

2. Buddy is very close to his mother. How would you assess their relationship? Is it too close? I thought the relationship with Buddy and his mother was kind of weird. The line that said, “there were times he felt like hugging her so hard and in such a special way that she would say to him, ‘Let’s get married.’” made me feel kind of awkward. I think that it’s weird for a child to want to marry their mother or even their father. You should love your parents, but not to the point that you want to marry them. When he said that I thought that they were definitely way too close, but then the author says, “There was also times he closed his eyes and wished that she would die” I thought that maybe Buddy is too little to understand what marriage is. He loves his mother,

It seemed to be off topic. The foreshadowing that Buddy does with his dreaming is intense and very visualizing. The line that says, “When the arm came down, Buddy screamed because it had a blue cuff and sharp silver button.” I think that the silver button was symbolizing the sheriff’s button. The sheriff’s button scared Buddy because he knew why they were coming, to take him away from his mom. The other foreshadowing section was more notably symbolic to me. Erdrich writes “then traveling, traveling very fast and in the wrong direction for when he looked up he saw three of them were advancing to meet the great metal thing with hooks and barbs and all sorts of sharp equipment to catch their bodies and draw their blood.” I now notice that he was dreaming about driving down the road away from his mother. He believes he’s going the wrong away because he is not going the way towards his mother. The “three of them” are officer Harmony, the social worker, and officer Brackett.

1. Take a look at Albertine. Is she a casual drinker, or is her drinking out of control? Is she a fit parent? Use the text to support your