Mohit Joshi - ASL Project
Mohit Joshi - ASL Project
Mohit Joshi - ASL Project
BY MOHIT JOSHI
MY MOTHER AT SIXTY-SIX
(FLAMINGO)
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
ACTION PLAN
● To accept the reality of aging and fear of loss and
separation associated with it
● To recognise hidden pathos of the speaker with the
verse
● To develop empathy with poet's sense of loss
● To develop interest in the poetry
SKIT
INTRODUCTION
‘My Mother at Sixty Six’ captures the fear of the narrator of losing her
mother due to declining health and loss of energy which accompanies
old age. The narrator accepts this reality and is disturbed by her
mother’s need for her on the one hand and her own duties and
responsibilities on the other hand.
1.While driving to the airport The daughter looks at her mother,
looking pale and tired and she wonders when she started looking that
way. She starts thinking when did her mother start looking so old and
frail, the wrinkles on her face clearly visible, are her eyes playing a
trick on her? Or is her mother just not the same as she used to be all
those years ago. She's scared to say the answer out loud.
2.Observing her surroundings she notices how youthful and joyous the
mothers of other children are around the airport. This reminds her of
how young and energetic her mother used to be, who is now a hollow
husk.She looks at her mother again, and her heart aches... can she
really do this? Live in a world without her?
3.She hopes that her mother is not fearing the same thing as her. But
instead she just smiles, so the daughter says see you soon, as if
there's more than enough years left for them to cherish, and walks
into the airport, smiling to hide her pain.
4.The poem ends with a tone of recognition. The Narrator accepts
reality. Just as life is the start of a miracle, death is the end of the
miracle. This realization strikes her as it is the ultimate harsh truth that
she may never see her mother again. Kamala Das has beautifully
balanced the contrast between old age and childhood or youth in the
poem.
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ESSAY
REFLECTION
It is rightly said by Abraham Lincoln that "No man is poor who has a
mother."Mothers are God's most prominent blessing to humankind.
Every one of us has the trepidation of losing our mom, thus has the
artist Kamala Das and through her sonnet "My Mother at Sixty Six",
she depicts her sudden acknowledgment that her mom has developed
old and may breathe easy. The lyric rotates around the "Trepidation of
misfortune". The lyric communicates the anguish of a little girl over her
mom's propelling age and the apprehension of perpetual detachment
from her.She sees the truth that standards life. They have voyage long
yet here they isolate! She comprehends that nothing will stay with a
man and eventually demise needs to come. The writer recalls her
days when she was youthful and vigorous, yet the days passed as
quickly as the trees were running behind when she was en route to
the air terminal with her mom. The trees symbolizes the developing
days and the kids in the road symbolizes the new trust and bliss in life
which stays for a brief timeframe and the times of satisfaction run out
quickly. While the writer was profoundly contemplating this partition,
questioning the likelihood of their meeting again and the conceivable
end/passing of the matured mother, she happened to take a gander at
the mother.
Bibliography
● TOPPER .COM
● BYJUS.COM
● BEAMINGNOTES.COM
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