1.What similarities connect the old woman, the boy, and the speaker? Can you say that one of them is the main subject of the poem? Evaluate the impact.
They have all been abused at one point in time, the effects of such abuse still remains with them.
The speaker could be considered the main subject of the poem because of the way that he uses the boy and old woman to communicated that he too was abuses at one time or another. By describing and witnessing this event he is letting the reader see that he is also a witness of abuse, its effects still lingering with him, just as they do with the old woman and will with the boy.
2. Does this poem express any beauty? What human truth does it embody? Could you argue against the claim that "it is over now, it over" (19)?
There is a sense of unity in all of the hurting and heartache that a person could possibly endure. Somewhere there will be someone who has experienced similar things that you have, and that similarity can lead to a bond or a sympathy for others who have or have yet to endure the same sort of thing.
It embodies the human truth that we all make mistakes and carry on vicious cycles from what has happened to us (not all the time but a majority.)
The claim that "it is over now, it is over" is most definitely able to be argued against. The cycle of abuse is not broken and that was not the last time she would abuse the boy unless it is indeed an anomaly.
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