Each reading due for this week portrayed a deep sense of being "trapped" either emotionally, or physically. As humans, we all struggle with the constant mountains that are stacked onto our shoulders. All of these poems portray the ideals of sadness and tragedy. "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allen Poe, portrays the theme of vengeance, revenge, and freedom. The story centralizes around Montresor trying to bury his problems, and Fortunato quite literally for insulting him. In order to solve this issue, Montresor believes that the only thing to do is kill him. As Montresor buries Fortunato with bricks, ultimately berrying him alive. By doing this, Montresor is quite literally burying his past, his present, and his future challenges. Even in his understanding, Fortunato understands Montresor's morals in this situation. Still, he begs for his life, he begs for Montresor to face his challenges rather than them in the dirt. Poe provides a visual for the readers by going into detail about the true darkness of death, and the internal struggles we all face. Theodore Roethke's "My Papa's Waltz," goes into depth about the ups and downs of a father son relationship. The father is an alcoholic who gets violent during his times under the influence. In this poem, the alcohol is trapping and changing the father into a man he does not want to be in front of his son. "Cincinnati" by Mitsuye Yamada writes about the wrongful treatment of Japanese-Americans by society after World War II. After facing the impossible, the narrator continues to face an unfriendly society and is given nothing but hatred to absorb. Everyone in society who is either discriminated against or uncomfortable in their own skin is facing a challenge that no one can truly understand, until being in that position themselves. Feeling "trapped" in a society that is not comforting is not a situation that anyone should have to face alone.
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