"Apology to the Wasps" by Sara Llittlecrow-Russell
In the poem, “Apology to the Wasps,” written by Sara Littlecrow-Russell, I imagine a nest of wasps attacking a girl. The girl wants to rebel her anger against the wasps. She felt that she had a lot of power and control in the situation and that two wrongs make a right. So, just because the wasps stung the girl, she felt the need to go back and attack their home, “I took out biochemical weapons/And blasted your nest,” (line 2-3). She then had a feeling that told her that she hurt the wasps in a horrible way and the wasps were there just to protect their eggs.
We can relate this poem to events that have happened in the past. As the poem states, “I was the United States Air Force,” (line 5). From this statement, we can see the image of war and September 11, 2001. The wasps are the terrorists from Iraq; the many Iraqi’s that stung us on that horrible day. The wasps stung the United States and the response from the United States was to attack back. The United States in the poem is the girl who was stung by the wasps. The girl wanted to hurt the wasps, but then felt bad that she did so. This is just like the United States who wanted to hurt Iraq, but did not want the innocent people to get hurt.
“Two wrongs do not make a right.” This is a quote my parents tell me every time. I am sure that we can all relate to this poem, because I know that I can. I sometimes feel like the wasp that attacks people by saying something or doing something to offend people, and then they probably are like the girl who wants to have power and wanting to rebel back. I can sometimes relate to the girl wanting to rebel against something. This quote “two wrongs do not make a right,” means that if someone attacks you (verbally) it does not mean that you should do it back. In the poem, the girl was attacked by wasps, and felt the need to go back to seek revenge, but then felt sad as she saw what she has done to their habit and their family. If everyone could learn one lesson from this poem it would be that two wrongs do not make a right.
We can relate this poem to events that have happened in the past. As the poem states, “I was the United States Air Force,” (line 5). From this statement, we can see the image of war and September 11, 2001. The wasps are the terrorists from Iraq; the many Iraqi’s that stung us on that horrible day. The wasps stung the United States and the response from the United States was to attack back. The United States in the poem is the girl who was stung by the wasps. The girl wanted to hurt the wasps, but then felt bad that she did so. This is just like the United States who wanted to hurt Iraq, but did not want the innocent people to get hurt.
“Two wrongs do not make a right.” This is a quote my parents tell me every time. I am sure that we can all relate to this poem, because I know that I can. I sometimes feel like the wasp that attacks people by saying something or doing something to offend people, and then they probably are like the girl who wants to have power and wanting to rebel back. I can sometimes relate to the girl wanting to rebel against something. This quote “two wrongs do not make a right,” means that if someone attacks you (verbally) it does not mean that you should do it back. In the poem, the girl was attacked by wasps, and felt the need to go back to seek revenge, but then felt sad as she saw what she has done to their habit and their family. If everyone could learn one lesson from this poem it would be that two wrongs do not make a right.
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