Poem Analysis: 'The Wounds Are My Dignity'

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"And my fury at him Is nothing compared to my fury at myself." What he means by these lines are that, he is mad at his uncle for beating his little brother. But he is furious that he can't stop it. He wants to help but all he can do is sit there and take away Cody's pain. We learned that Brewster is angry about what happens to him. He wants to barge in and help Cody but he can’t. In addition, Brewster wanted to punish his uncle the only way he can, he was thinking about getting as far away from his uncle as possible so he can feel his own misery. "The wounds are my dignity; I will not share them." He says that his wounds are his dignity because, uncle Hoyte is always in his business, if he can just have one little shred of secrecy