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Making Connections TJ and MP Garrett Baker (What roles might each of the…
Making Connections TJ and MP
Garrett Baker
What roles might each of the characters play?
"Journey"
Runner
"you left their voice behind"
Massive self-responsibilities
"Determined to save / the only life you could / save"
"My Papa's Waltz"
Child
"could make a small boy dizzy"
Both
Have bad parents
"the voices around you kept shouting / their bad advice" (Journey)
"You beat time on my head" (Waltz)
"my right ear scraped a buckle"
What do the characters have in common?
Come from bad families.
"the voices around you kept shouting / their bad advice" (Journey)
"my right ear scraped a buckle" (Waltz)
"You beat time on my head" (Waltz)
What makes the characters different from one another?
"Journey"
Dislikes their roles in life so much that they decided to run away
"you left their voice behind"
Chooses to take action of their life
"one day you finally knew / what you had to do"
"My Papa's Waltz"
Enjoys roles in life.
"Waltzed me off to bed"
Does not take action to change problems
"still clinging to your shirt"
direct harm done to the narrator
"my right ear scraped a buckle"
"You beat time on my head"
What statement or message does each of these poems reveal about life?
"Journey"
The only way to be happy is to take charge of your life
"there was a new voice / which you slowly / recognized as you own"
"My Papa's Waltz"
Situations can mean different things depending on how you look at them.
"we romped until the pans / slid from the kitchen shelf"
romp: to play roughly and energetically.
romp: engage in sexual activity, especially illicitly.