Final Essay

Salaman Rushdie talks about the job of a poet and what it takes to be poet. Rushdie says that a poet should start arguments, take sides, and point the frauds out. A poet should use diction in way that amazes the reader. As a learner in this course the first poem that we read was Richard Corey then we went to a story Young Goodman Brown then to Earth on Turtle's Back. During the discussions of our interpretations of the story in class gave me a new way of thinking because I was listening to all different opinions which gave me a new way to interpret a story. In class we read stories and two stories that had the same theme were Richard Corey and Earth on Turtle's Back. The similar theme for both stories was looks can be deceiving. In the story Richard Corey about a man named Richard Corey  who people thought was happy because he was wealthy but in reality at the end of the story he kills himself leaving everyone speechless. In the story Earth on Turtle's Back a group of animals have to dive down deep in the water to bring back up the earth and in the process many animals fail. Until this tiny muskrat volunteered to try and she suceeded  even though she was small she showed the animals that looks can be deceiving. Now as a student I can relate to what Rushdie's quote is saying because like a student my job is to go to class on time, have good grades, and stay out of trouble. Similar to the poet's job described by Rushdie except a poet and a student are different except in the fact that they are both trying to get better at what thy are doing. Rushdie's tone toward this quote was candid. The reason is because the way Rushdie talks about the job of a poet. Rushdie talks about the job of a poet in a foreword and truthful way because all the points he talks about are what makes a great poet. The mood of this quote is inspirational because the way he talks about if your a poet it's your job to connect to your reader through poetry. The theme of the quote is that a poet is suppose to keep the reader in amusement by using his diction in a way that works.