October 2 Assignment

1. I feel like the images from "Casabianca" were very vivid and powerful. I felt like the boy was the main character and the most powerful image. Felicia started the poem out by describing the boy standing on the burning deck. She said the he stood bright and beautiful in the fire, proud though childlike. She was commenting on how he was being so brave and gallant yet, he is still a young boy. The other image that is very powerful is the fire. She talks about how the boy can feel the intense head on his brow. Felicia makes the fire evoke an omonous feeling of iminent danger. There is no escape for the bow because the fire "shone round him and the "flames rolled on".

2. In the beginning of the poem, the boy appears to be more childlike. He is standing in the fire with his "childlike form" and "beautiful and bright" stance. He stood in the fire asking his father what he should do. He didn't know what to do and wasn't sure if he should leave or not. Then, during the end, he realized that he wasn't going to escape the flames. He came to terms with his fate and accepted it. Then, the authoer described him by saying, " Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair, And looked from that lone post of death, In still yet brave despair". He faces his end as a man would.

The boy evokes a feeling of despair and a pleading sense of wanted acceptance form his dead father. He wants his father to tell him if he should get the the sword or not. This idea is very common amoung children. Many kids try to p[lease their parents and especially when their parents aren't always there for them. The boy symbolizes a kids desire to please their parents.

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