“Marks” Vs. “The Youngest Daughter”

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“Marks” vs. “The Youngest Daughter”
The two selections that I will be comparing are “Marks” by Linda Pastan and “The Youngest Daughter” by Cathy Song. Both of these poems relate to a mother, her family, and her difficulties.
In the poem “Marks” the author reflects on how the mother is being graded by her family, also on how the mother feels about their decisions. In this poem, I think that it is sad. The mother is going to leave just because her family is too harsh on her. I would never want to be in her situation. Ultimately the mother will be giving up on her family, even though she knows is she applied herself more to her families’ likeness, that she would receive better grades on her household duties, as a mother.
In the poem “The Youngest Daughter” the author wrote how the daughter compared her mother in her past to how she is now. The author also describes in detail what the daughter has been doing to her mother. In this poem, I thought that it was sad too. The mother is getting older and the daughter doesn’t want to take care of her any longer. She just wants out. I wonder if she thought about putting her in a nursing home.
In “Marks” the mother went on to say, “Til they learn I’m dropping out.” (11-12) As the reader reads this they learn that she will be giving up may be by suicide, on her family. In “The Youngest Daughter” the daughter says, “She knows I am not to be trusted.” (5,8) In this quote the interpretation could be taken as the daughter wants out of taken care of her mother by killing her mother.
In both of my selections we have learned that the mothers are giving up on their families. Also, in “Marks” the mother wants to give up because she feels her family judges her to hard. In “The Youngest Daughter” the daughter wants to give up because she is tired of living her life the way it is right now....