In his log of wood, the black man saw a chance to take revenge from the white man. Read summary of The Cold Within
In his log of wood, the black man saw a chance to take revenge from the white man.
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The log of wood stands as a symbol of a sin for each individual in the group. Had they given the log of wood in the dying fire, it would have symbolized their purification and dying away of their sin but instead, they held on to their log of wood, and eventually succumbing to their deaths. Read summRead more
The log of wood stands as a symbol of a sin for each individual in the group. Had they given the log of wood in the dying fire, it would have symbolized their purification and dying away of their sin but instead, they held on to their log of wood, and eventually succumbing to their deaths.
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The first person kept his stick back as he noticed a black man in the group and refrained giving the wood back lest the black man should warm himself. The second person held his log back as he noticed a poor person in the group and didn’t want to help him by giving his own log of wood. Read summaryRead more
The first person kept his stick back as he noticed a black man in the group and refrained giving the wood back lest the black man should warm himself. The second person held his log back as he noticed a poor person in the group and didn’t want to help him by giving his own log of wood.
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The dying fire is a symbolic representation of the dying human spirit in mankind and the lack of warmth present in one’s heart. Read summary of The Cold Within
The dying fire is a symbolic representation of the dying human spirit in mankind and the lack of warmth present in one’s heart.
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This answer was edited.The poem ‘The Cold Within’ by James Patrick Kinney is a story of six men having six different traits, trapped in bitterly cold weather. The idea of "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind". The poet talks about how humanity is on the verge of the end due to our own biased and discriminatory tRead more
The poem ‘The Cold Within’ by James Patrick Kinney is a story of six men having six different traits, trapped in bitterly cold weather. The idea of “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind”. The poet talks about how humanity is on the verge of the end due to our own biased and discriminatory thoughts. In conclusion, the poem addressed many problems in the world today. We can make the world a better place to live if we solve these problems.
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James Patrick wrote the poem to highlight the coldness prevalent in the society due to various forms of discrimination and prejudices. Read summary of The Cold Within
James Patrick wrote the poem to highlight the coldness prevalent in the society due to various forms of discrimination and prejudices.
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The message of the poem is that tit for tat is not beneficial for the survival of mankind. Humility never harms anyone and the world will be a better place if the bigger problems like racial discrimination, class prejudice and so on are solved. Read summary of The Cold Within
The message of the poem is that tit for tat is not beneficial for the survival of mankind. Humility never harms anyone and the world will be a better place if the bigger problems like racial discrimination, class prejudice and so on are solved.
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This answer was edited.With reference to the poem, The Cold Within highlights some of the evils that dishonour the human race are: Coldness of the hearts i.e. no emotions and lack of warm human feelings. All the characters in the poem lack human feelings. Everyone has one or the other reason for not sharing the stick andRead more
With reference to the poem, The Cold Within highlights some of the evils that dishonour the human race are:
- Coldness of the hearts i.e. no emotions and lack of warm human feelings. All the characters in the poem lack human feelings. Everyone has one or the other reason for not sharing the stick and hence they die of coldness which was within their hearts.
- Racial prejudice: white women didn’t like the black man in the gang. She did not want to waste her stick for the ‘wretched’ black man. Similarly, the black man also did not share his stick as all others were white and he hated them all.
- Religious parochialism: The second character also has a stick which he does not want to use to keep the fire burning as no one in the group was following his Church. Hence he did not share his stick.
- Jealousy: The third man was not rich like others which made him jealous of others. Hence he did not share his stick.
- Selfishness: The fourth man of the group was rich and did not want to share his wealth i.e. “stick” with others. Similarly, the sixth character was selfish in nature. He did not share his stick as well as there was no way others would repay him.
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The second one doesn’t give the log to the dying fire as he didn’t want the poor man present in the group to feel warm. Read summary of The Cold Within
The second one doesn’t give the log to the dying fire as he didn’t want the poor man present in the group to feel warm.
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