Workday
Transcript: Workday By: Linda Hogan Work day Poem “Workday” I go to work though there are those who were missing today from their homes. I ride the bus and I do not think of children without food or how my sisters are chained to prison beds. I go to the University and out for lunch and listen to the higher-ups tell me all they have read about Indians and how to analyze this poem They know us better than we know ourselves. I ride the bus home and sit behind the driver. We talk about the weather and not enough exercise. I don’t mention Victor Jara’s mutilated hands or men next door in exile or my own family’s grief over the lost child. Continued When I get off the bus I look back at the light in the windows and the heads bent and how the women are all alone in each seat framed in the windows and the men are coming home, then I see them walking on the avenue, the beautiful feet, the perfect legs, even with their spider veins, the broken knees with pins in them, the thighs with their cravings, the pelvis and small back with its soft down, the shoulders which bend forward and forward and forward to protect the heart from pain. Sypnosis Workday by Linda Hogan is about someone who carries out their daily commute to and from work all the while, thinking about the tragedies of exile, imprisonment, hunger, and many other struggles in the world that exsist outside of our typical daily lives. Sypnosis About the Author Author Background Linda Hogan is a Chickasaw poet, novelist,essayist,playwright and activist . She was born in 1947 in Denver, Coloarado and was brought up in Oklahoma. She taught at the University of Minnesota from 1984 - 1991 where she educated her students in American Indian Studies. She was a professor at The University of Colorado where she taught American studies and American Indian studies. Her Works Subtopic 1 She is the author of many poetry collections such as: Calling myself Home (1978); Daughters, I Love You(1981);Eclipse (1983); and Seeing Through the Sun (1985) which won the American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation She is also the author of The Book of Medicines which was a finalist on the National Books Critics Circle Award Some of her famous novels are Mean Spirit made in 1990 Solar Storms in 1995, Power in 1998 and People of the whale in 2008 Her inspiration for her works stem from her political beliefs such as eco-feminism and her interests in Native American culture and history. Subtopic 2 Linda Hogan Characters Character Description Main character: The narrator Sub chracters : the bus driver, higher ranked workers at the unversity (higher ups) Main character Main The main character is someone who is observant of her surroundings. She is looking at everyone around her studying what they are doing. On the outside she may appear normal to everyone else but underneath she is thnking about what is going on in the world and keeps hersef informed with knowledge of the struggles other people are going through. Other characters Other Unlike the main character, the other characters like the bus driver and the people at the university are ignorant of the misfortunes of the world and what is happening to other people. They seem to live by what only what they know in thier community and are unaware of the unfortunate things happening to people in other countries around the world. Epiphany Epiphany The epiphany of this poem is how we carry out activities in our daily life not knowing what is going on in the world. When we live our normal, everyday lives, we fail to see how that is not an option for different people who are imprisoned, or hurting while we can come and go as we please. The poem is teaching us to gain awarness of what is happening outside of our respective communities and to think about those who are in pain and don't get to live their normal lives like we can Thank you! Sources “‘Workday’ –.” Live in the Layers, 8 Apr. 2013, nataliejabbar.wordpress.com/tag/workday. Poetry Foundation. “Linda Hogan.” Poetry Foundation, www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/linda-hogan. Chickasaw Press - Linda Hogan. chickasawpress.com/Authors/Linda-Hogan.aspx. Hirschberg, Stuart, and Terry Hirschberg. Discovering the Many Worlds of Literature: Literature for Composition. Pearson/Longman, 2004.
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