ENGL 2027 Chapter : Linda McCarriston - To Judge Faolain Dead Long Enough A Summons
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When you clamped to her leg the chain of justice, you ferried us back down to the law, the black ice eye, the maw, the mako that circles the kitchen table nightly. Almost- forgiveable ignorance, you were not the fist, the boot, or the blade, Comment [d1]: background: society"s perception is constantly changing; laws are also subject to change and have become more stringent minus some exceptions. The crime here is we still keep situations such as this abusive one in secret, or we have higher priorities. Sometimes we are conditioned to thinking, we don"t want to take part in this, or, maybe i"m wrong. situations like this one continue to happen around us in individual homes, our culture, everywhere. Because we are silent, the poet claims that society is a perpetuator of violence. Subject: the poet is issuing a summon for judge. Tone: the poet sounds resentful yet empowering for her courage to testify.
