1. In "That Year," how does Olds' comparison of rape and the Holocaust impact the images she describes to her audience? Is this comparison effective?
2. What is the significance of the title "The Language of the Brag"? What is "the Brag"?
3. Relate "The Girl's," perseverance back to Aimee Mullins' story and how strong both remained in order to overcome great trials.
4. In "Sex Without Love," what is Olds' purpose in repeating "come to the," in lines 8 and 9?
Joy Harjo:
1. In the poem Fire what do you think was Joy Harjo's reason for placing the word "alone" on its own line. What do you think she was trying to get across to her audience about women's relationships to other women around them?
2. Why do you think Joy Harjo incorporates "fire" into all four of these poems and what is she trying to say by using the symbolism of fire.
3. In the poem Heartshed, who do you think she is talking to? How is she expressing eroticism with this poem and connecting it to our spirituality?
4. What do you think Joy Harjo meant by "I walk into another room inside your skin house" ?
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