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analyze Hazel Tells Lavener
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“Hazel Tells Laverne”
Everyone should have the right and ability to direct his/her life in the way they desire. People should never fall for any kind of stereotypes. The leading representations might negatively affect what a person believes. in the past, the society represented women to be illiterate. Contrary, woman fell for the stereotype that says that men are always taking advantage of them. In our story, the main character, Hazel meets a talking frog. The frog promises her that if she kisses him, she would become a princess. The maid blows away the chance of turning around her whole life. With no dreams and things to believe in, life is nothing but following what people expect us to be and do.
This poem first struck me as slightly comical and lighthearted, but when I analyzed the deeper meaning of the poem, I found there was a somber meaning behind it. Hazel, who is a cleaning woman, recounts a story to her friend LaVerne. The story is similar to the old fairy tale The Princess and the Frog, only this time, our princess is slightly hesitant to kiss the frog. Although Hazel had her chance to kiss the frog and become a princess, she was halted due to her self-perception and consciousness. Hazel thought the idea of bei
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What creates the poem's humor? How does Hazel's use of language reveal her personality? Is her treatment of the frog consistent with her character?
In many ways I believe that the language use itself is what creates the poem's humor. Also the absurdity of bringing a magical creature/fairy tale element into a very “real world” setting. It's very specific – not just a hotel or a motel, but a Howard Johnson's. It stirs up images of some ultra-70s teal and orange building with rooms that smell of cigarettes. It's a very realistic setting which is a stark contrast against the whimsy of the magical frog “prince”.
Hazel's language use gives us the impression that she is uneducated, but independent and (for lack of a better word) “sassy”. The use of “sohelpmegod” without spaces or “well I screams” … or the fact that the entire poem reads like one giant run-on sentence lends to its colloquial nature.
Hazel's treatment of the frog is consistent with her character – and it is in line with two different interpretations that I've considered for this poem. The first is that Hazel is an independen
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