A Boys Memories in Robert Penn Warren True Love - 842 Words

Robert Penn Warrens poem â€Å"True Love† express the power of love and attraction to cause an unrequited love to become a source of nostalgia, admiration and the idealization of the intended for the admirer. The narrator and admirer, reminisces on his childhood memories of the older girl, still idealizes her to the point of her being a mere object rather than a real person. Years after the boy’s memories, the narrator still holds shallow impressions of the girl’s reality though but has grown to have a slightly deeper view of her situation. The narrator thought of the girl of more of an ideal than a human being. He addresses his first time seeing her by saying â€Å"there is nothing like Beauty... It stops your breath. It Makes you feel dirty.†Ã¢â‚¬ ¦show more content†¦The capitalization makes it as though she is christening him or sentencing him to death (as he says â€Å"I thought I would wake up dead.†) Through objectifying the girl he has o bjectified himself in giving her a power to stay in his mind and heart and unknowing deify herself to him through brief encounters. The boy’s idealization extends to her family. Though he points out their public flaws her did not appear to understand at the time and still chooses to remember the family in good terms. The girl’s older brothers, though lazy (â€Å"did no work†), were thought of in a cool, likable cowboy like fashion (they â€Å"walked with the bent knee swagger of horsemen†) and â€Å"told jokes in the barbershop†. The mother though powerless was still a â€Å"good, Christian woman.† The father, though a drunkard, still sat above his family in the â€Å"white farm house he owned† on the third floor and like a king the family â€Å"brought everything up to him.† The boy admires the father and ignores his negative qualities. Instead of saying the father is a drunkard, the boy alludes to it by saying the father was simply called a drunkard and then goes on to mention the house he bought which serves on the level of a status symbol. The father forms a trinity of the familys past (the old house), the present state of himself and the family and the future (as he â€Å"came down† the family disintegrates and â€Å"the last word was whispered† possibly indicating the death of the father and metaphorical death ofShow MoreRelatedEudora Welty a Worn Path12166 Words   |  49 PagesContents Characters The Grandson Phoenixs grandson does not appear in the story, but his medical condition is the reason for the old womans journey. Having swallowed lye (a strong alkaline substance used in making soap) several years ago, the boys throat is permanently damaged. His grandmother is the only relative he has left, and she makes the trip to town to receive medicine that soothes the pain. There has been no change in his condition, Phoenix tells the nurse, he sits with his mouth openRead MoreEudora Welty a Worn Path12173 Words   |  49 Pagesof Contents Characters The Grandson Phoenixs grandson does not appear in the story, but his medical condition is the reason for the old womans journey. Having swallowed lye (a strong alkaline substance used in making soap) several years ago, the boys throat is permanently damaged. His grandmother is the only relative he has left, and she makes the trip to town to receive medicine that soothes the pain. There has been no change in his condition, Phoenix tells the nurse, he sits with his mouth open