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The Weirdest Scale on Earth
The weirdest scale on earth written by Lee Zimmerman is a poem collection of Elizabeth Bishop and containment. It highlights issues that the outside environment forces onto people, mostly young growing kids, the effects of culture on the upbringing, adoption of foreign culture, family history and background, and gender amongst communities. It is a collection of the rich poem that teaches everyone so much. The purpose of this paper is to elucidate the concept and terminologies used.
As a child, Bishop had a history she would not like to forget; she had lost her father when at eight months old, she had not even known him, and her father’s loss made her mum fall sick. And after suffering for five years, she was diagnosed with permanent insanity. She eventually died when she was five years old. Elizabeth had then managed to find home and comfort at her maternal grandmother, which her paternal family members came and uprooted her. She was never comfortable and more often felt like a guest in that home.
For every human person, culture and language are very important in their upbringing, and they occupy a significant space in one’s life. To condition one in their earliest relationships shows the experience they have towards language and culture. However, the adoption of generic culture will possibly affect the upbringing of the kids. Destabilizing family history negatively affects how children grow. When an infant has intolerable anxiety, they project it to the mother, and the mother should acknowledge it and all she can to relieve the child and not let the child try to contain the anxiety.
Finally, another important concept is gender. Both males and females are equal, and females should not refuse positions in favor of disposition.