“Duality”
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/duality In the poem “Duality” by Tina Chang, the reader is taken on a journey that explores relationships and the heartaches that accompanies them. The poem introduces Chang as having a slew of relationships with men that last only for a short while before they are obliterated. She expresses how she tends to make excuses for why she ends them, although it appears she may just have a fear of commitment. Chang then goes on to say that by sleeping with these men she feels that she has done them a favor. Although they may look back on her with pain, they will always remember the good memories they shared as well. Overall “Duality” seems to be a reflection of the past relationships Chang has had. She tries to brush them off and seem unaffected, but it’s obvious that she feels for these men that she has been with. However, Chang reminds that even when a relationship is over and we feel the pain of it, the joy that we had in those good moments will always be there to look back on when we need it.
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Kaylee Olivas
3/3/2017 07:19:48 am
Great interpretation of the poem. I agree with the writer that our fights in society are over greed and we are always looking for the next best thing. Do you think limiting competition would help us as a society or would it complicate it even more?
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