Naming Myself - Barbara Kingsolver

I keep my name. Because people are short hair at other times. If they are not careful, I believe that the soul will be broken apart. I know my first ancestor. His legend I touched his boots and mustache, and my grandfather's people owned slaves and cotton. He got married to Cherokee like a leaf, stealing a horse, running like a mountain, among the gentlemen 's brothers in Virginia state, until the endless burning autumn. Theft was forgiven, but he was never Indian. He lost his family name, invented my name and gave it fruits and seeds. I did not know my grandmother. In her photo there is a thin ink scorpion and a buttoned clothes. You can get rid of your name in the middle of my life This is normal, but I will run away with Limob's dead grandmother who is the name of the little girl who quitted since my childhood. But that makes me uneasy. I know this. It will steal the horse and ride on the leaf leaves

Named himself in the poem of Kingsolver, the talker tells his father and his surname. He explained how his grandfather came from Virginia during his trip to abandon his slavery and his life. The narrator 's grandfather stole the horse and ran away the marriage of a native American woman. His grandfather has created a new name and new identity for himself, but the talker knows how the native American of their legacy was buried, and the newly discovered part of their identity they want to discover I explained. He explained that even though he wanted to get rid of his current name, his ancestor part would always be a part of him.

Barbara King Solver was born in Kentucky in 1955. As a hybrid, Kingsolver's works always include images from native languages ​​and Kentucky natives as well as episodes from mixed-family families. The poem "Name Yourself" was published in her poetry "Another America: Otra America" ​​in 1992. This is a story poem that tells stories about her surname. Kingsolver first tells us how to protect her name and please let us know how important her name is to her. The story is her grandfather in Virginia when people owned slaves. But he fell in love with a born woman. He steered the horse and ran to see the lover. This act lost his family name, so Kingsolver now has this name. Finally, Kingsolver says to us that she will not change her name, "The name will be uncomfortable there."

The name "Myself" is an autobiographical poem by Kingsolver's self-esteem against his name, which is why she decided to hold her name when she got married. Why do you think that Barbara King Solver is proud of her name? What does the person's name first define? By using the theme of identity, this poem is not a meaningless title, but about the name of a person, which leads to ancestors of people. It defines who you are. She questioned women's behavior to replace surnames with spouses using a secondary theme of feminism and national pride and urged them to retain their names. King Solver used analogy to explain how she protected her name violently. She compares this comparison with one of my ethnic cultural practices (national pride, because she is a quarter) and explained why he thought his name was important. She uses the image of "Pepper, Fiery Autumn" to provide the reader with a vivid environment.