Saturday, October 9, 2010

My name is What?

In "Naming Power" the thirty year old woman has no name because she is looked down upon by everyone. She is not sure who she is because she even describes herself as a piece of pottery with multiple colors on it. She is the same as Julia because she would be sold for a few dollars as stated in the poem just for the merchant to make a quick buck on her. The woman can not tell a story about her own life because since she has no name she has no life of her own to tell. All this woman can say is how she has been searching and waiting for her name in order to start her life. She can move and dance like everyone, but since she has no name it is meaningless.
In the last stanza the woman explains how she has been searching to find her name but has given up and is giving herself back to the earth. She has let her feet sink into what seems to be rust of a casket. I believe this because it says where her mother has been. The description also is described as a rainbow between 2 points which could represent the arc from one end of a casket to the other. It makes me think she is in a way ready to die the way she is because its not worth being alive not having a name or almost a true purpose.
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1 comment:

  1. Is the woman Rose herself? Why is it that she had no name? If not, how does it relate to her story? How might the poem relate to our discussion regarding how Rose lacks a comfortable identity?

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