Reader+Response-+10.13.09

Yes, I understood the two poems completely and they are pretty similar. I liked the elephant poem a lot more because the addition of a metaphor helped you to understand "Oh, that's what it is saying". I like the quote that states "we talk about everything else except the elephant in the room". Pretty much that quote told the meaning of the entire poem, there is a big problem one few know about it but everyone in the room knows something is up. I do think that these poems relate to the real world. Honestly almost all teenagers are noisy and want to know everything even when the issue has not come up in the open or when there is not a problem. Now a days teenagers like to start drama, many times it becomes a big issue and a lot of feelings get hurt in the process. Sometimes it is a secret that goes around only a few people know and then that's when the elephant comes out then everyone wants to know. Of course it has happened to me i mean i am a feel, we feed on secrets and drama many girls say they want to part but once you hear about it, it becomes addicting. So yes, it sure enough does happen in the real world basically everyday. The elephant is basically the secret or "problem" the one thing that everyone wants to know. If they talk about the elephant everyone gets involved so keeping it a secret creates and elephant in the room. Yes, the elephant in the room poem relates to speak quite well actually being raped is her elephant everyone knows something is wrong with her but she has no friends so she is the only one who knows. Both of these poems definitely relate to Speak because she is a nobody and she does have an BIG secret in her life. Groups can be a good or bad idea, yes it is important to people because it will tell a lot about someone and you don't want to be friends with the wrong group.