Human beings require bones for proper functioning of the body.
Just having a thought on how one body would looks like without bones. The shape of the body, posture and overall appearance of the body would be unimaginable without bones. The subject of the poem “hello bones” is about a person who is not contended with his body and keeps on blaming the bones for making noise. Robert DeMaria is the author of the poem written in the book the college handbook of creative Writing page 110 4th Edition in the year 2014. In the poem, DeMaria brings out the idea of uncontended where human beings are not satisfied with what is given to them. the major claims in the poetry is complaining of bones rattling in the flesh, don’t want to be reminded that the bones support the body, joints ache, the person reminds the bones that he needs them since he is a human and needs the bones for the body to function appropratly and that without bones he will not be anywhere not even will he be able to stand.
Hearing bones rattling in the fresh is irritating and most of the times it reminds one that he or she is getting old. In the poem the person dislikes hearing this sound of the bones since he or she remembers that old age is right approaching (Richard 269). Rattling of the bones represents dry bones with less fresh and many people do not like it since it is a representation of thinness in human beings. To comfort one self, the person reminds the bones to do their job of supporting the body without making noise. Well some of us feel irritated by bones and are not contended with the shape that our body has and end up blaming the structure of the bones for not having a bigger body. This is a clear indication of a person who does not like his or her body.
By the bones rattling, the person feels that the bones are reminding her that they are the ones that support her or him. Instead the persona feels that the bones should be quiet and not making any noise to remind him/ her that he or she has less flesh in the body. Even if the bones supports the body, the person don’t want to remember that since it reminds him or her that there is less fats and flesh in the body hence it is not attractive. In the second and third sentence of the poem, the persona says “I don’t have to be constantly reminded that you support me” here you supports me refers to the bones supporting the body (rigg 274). The persona is one of the types who believe that having a big body feels attractive and dos not like the body she has at the moment.
The bone marrow has overworked and the joints in the body ache. The persona feels tired and he feels that her body is becoming a burden to carry. Every joint that supports the bones feels like it is not possible to continue carrying the body. Each and every time the bones ache the persona is reminded that retirement time is almost (sebold and alice 13). The persona also feels that it is too early for the bones to start asking for retirement time to rest.in the sixth line of the poem, the persona says “don’t talk to me about early retirement”. Here the persona implies that at that age retirement is not his will and still he wants to walk and explore the world.
Human beings require bones for proper functioning of the body. The person reminds the bones that no matter how tired they might be, he still needs them for the body to correctly function. Without the bones, the persona feels that he will not be anywhere since he will not walk. For the body to be straight and have the right posture, bones play an important role in this function. In the tenth line in the poem the persona reminds the bones that he just but a human and still needs the bones for survival. Without bones human beings would collapse like an empty coat and since flesh will have nothing to support them.
Just like the way an empty coat falls, the persona compares him with the coat when there are no bones. Here the poet uses a metaphor in explaining how one would fall without bones. At the end of the poem we are left imaging what would happen if the bones were absent in a human body. Having a body without bones one cannot be seen as a human being but a strange creature that has never existed.
Human beings should learn to appreciate every part of their body no matter how small it might look. The persona complains of the bones rattling but at the end imaging a body without a bone is horrifying and people should appreciate the little they have. The same bones seen to make bones are the ones that one can’t exist without. It is important for people to appreciate their body whether they feel they need much or less of what they are given. Learning to be appreciative makes one to view things in a different dimension and see things in a positive way.
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