Week 6 Analysis of "The Man with the Hoe"

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The story I chose to do my analysis on is The Man with the Hoe, by Edwin Markham. First and foremost, I want to talk about the literary device of Character. This story does an absolute amazing job of building character. It starts with a man and a hoe. However, it then starts creating this vivid imagery of his life. It speaks of this, assumed, farmer who looks empty, and carries the weight of the world on his back. It then shows his sorrow, and the pain he feels in his life. He is pleading to god, asking if this is what he wants, and why. If this doesn't describe a character, and build vivid imagery of a character, then quite frankly I do not know what does. The theme of this story is the sorrow people can carry. With burden after burden, people began to carry the weight of the world on their shoulders. The heavier the weight, the more empty and hopeless the people become. I think if anything, this story can explain how we have to let ourselves drop this sorrow, for it can be extremely taxing. Now this is a very large historical impact. A lot of people in the past were farmers, as we know. Some farmed for money, most for food, and some even for both. However, we never really get a true look into how their life was. This story isn't the most descriptive of their life, but it's the most descriptive of the effects of their lives. When we see the quote, "the emptiness of ages in his face" or "bowed by the weight of centuries he leans", we get a true realization of the stress he has. Over the ages, his face begins to look empty, for the weight of centuries leans on him. I think this was a very great read, and truly had amazing imagery.

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  1. AnonymousMarch 17, 2019 at 3:35 PM

    Hi, Evan!
    I enjoyed reading your analysis, even though I haven't read this story.
    When you said, "farmer who looks empty, and carries the weight of the world on his back" I couldn't avoid thinking of the titan Atlas from Greek Mythology. I think the context is pretty much different, but Atlas was condemned to hold up the sky for eternity, basically "the weight of the world on his back." I also liked when you said that "The heavier the weight, the more empty and hopeless the people become" and I couldn't agree more.

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  2. Laura ReyesMarch 17, 2019 at 3:59 PM

    Hi Evan, you did a great analysis of this story. I really liked how you said that from the beginning of this story the character was being built. I agree. This character seems very depressed, obviously. It seems like he hates his life and is questioning what he is living for. I think this character needs some excitement in his life and some friends. I wonder why he is so miserable because I would think that back in the days when there were more farmers life was simpler and not as stressful as it can be today. I wonder if maybe something else happened that is not discussed about in the story. Great job!

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