ELA Social Awareness

Writing Assignment #4-Response on Literary Work

“Daddy it Hurts”  By: Unknown                                                                                                               

My name is Chris

I am three,

My eyes are swollen

I cannot see,

I must be stupid

I must be bad,

What else could have made

My daddy so mad?

I wish I were better

I wish I weren’t ugly,

Then maybe my mommy

Would still want to hug me.

I can’t do a wrong

I can’t speak at all

Or else I’m locked up

All day long.

When I’m awake I’m all alone

The house is dark

My folks aren’t home

When my mommy does come home

I’ll try and be nice,

So maybe I’ll just get

One whipping tonight.

I just heard a car

My daddy is back

From Charlies bar

I hear him curse

My name is called

I press myself

Against the wall

I try to hide

From his evil eyes

I’m so afraid now

I’m starting to cry

He finds me weeping

Calls me ugly words,

He says its my fault

He suffers at work

He slaps and hits me

And yells at me more,

I finally get free

And run to the door

He’s already locked it

And I start to bawl,

He takes me and throws me

Against the hard wall

I fall to the floor

With my bones nearly broken,

And my daddy continues

With more bad words spoken,

‘I’m sorry!’, I scream

But its now much to late

His face has been twisted

Into a unimaginable shape

The hurt and the pain

Again and again

O please God, have mercy!

O please let it end!

And he finally stops

And heads for the door

While I lay there motionless

Sprawled on the floor

My name is Chris

I am three,

Tonight my daddy

Murdered me

This  poem  is  about  how  a  three  year  old  boy  named  Chris  is  being  abused  by  his  father  every  night  and  how  one  night  his  father  beats  him  so  bad,  he  ends  up  murdering  Chris.                                                                                                                                                                     The  problem  portrayed  in  this  poem  is  child  abuse  and  how  it  can  affect  a  child  mentally  and  physically.  For  example,  the  poem  states  “My daddy is back  from  Charlies bar  I hear  him  curse  my  name  is  called  I  press  myself  against  the  wall  I  try  to  hide  from  his  evil  eyes.” Which  Chris  is  now  terrified  of  his  father!                                                                               This  poem  made  me  a  little  more  knowledgeable  of  how  child  abuse  has  affected  a  kid  to  the  point  at  which  they  break  down  inside  and  just  fears  for  his  life.                                                                                                     

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Writing Assignment #5-Poem  

Our View

We give up

We can’t do this anymore

We will not be treated like this

We’re humans too

We may be different

But we’re the same

I remember when we had a voice

But only to answer to our boss

But now we have the courage

To speak for our rights

To stand and march for the freedom we deserve

We look up to God and ask for a reason why

What have we done?

We have been kicked out

We have been looked at as if we committed a crime

We have been beaten almost to death                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Writing Assignment #6-Response on a Work of Art

            In  this  photo  of  9/11  by  James Nachtway  I  can  see  building  one  of  the  World  Trade  Center  collapsing  into  a  pile  of  smoke  and  tower  2  burning  after  being  hit  by  the  airplane,  around  unharmed  buildings  and  a  wooden  cross  faces  towards  the  buildings.                                            What  I  believe  this  picture  portrays  is  that  in  this  picture  terrorists are  attacking  two  manmade  structures  that  was  to  be  one  of  the  most  iconic  structure  in  New  York  City.  In  this  picture  I  believe  the  cross  represents  a  force  field  around  the  WTC  to  protect  the  other  buildings  from  any  harm.                                                                                                                                    This  work  of  art  made  me  think  of  the  battle  humans  face  against  each  other.  Humans  cannot  have  enough  power  and  they  will  do  whatever  they  can  and  how  many  lives  it  will  take  to  be  the  top  ruler.