Upon reading the poem Song of Becoming, the first image that flashed in my head is that one scene in the movie Kite Runner wherein childhood friends, Amir and Hassan are flying kites. The two characters spent most of their early childhood days playing, roaming the peaceful city streets and being just boys but then those days came to an end when war broke out. They were just like the boys in the poem "who used to frolic and play, launching rainbowed kites on the western wind".
Fadwa Tuqan is known for her representation of the resistance to the Israeli occupation. Though she is a Palestinian, she did not merely represented the Palestinian side in her poem. Because of the presence of the lines: "carried the love's messages like the Bible or the Quran" and "to become the worshipped and the worshipper", it is evident that she is aching and mourning in behalf of both Arab and Jewish boys. She is searching for good fate instead of graves and "sullen tanks" for the innocent ones. She fears for what the future may hold for these boys. She doesn't want the idea that they continue to live amidst the war and engage in war themselves, by the time they grow up; that consequences were shown in her poem to serve as a wake-up call.
A waring state is never a healthy environment for anybody. The word "war" is seemed synonymous with violence and destruction. It doesn't solely destroy ones' physical environment but the lives of the individuals as well. Nobody could be considered a real winner when it comes to wars.
Fadwa Tuqan is known for her representation of the resistance to the Israeli occupation. Though she is a Palestinian, she did not merely represented the Palestinian side in her poem. Because of the presence of the lines: "carried the love's messages like the Bible or the Quran" and "to become the worshipped and the worshipper", it is evident that she is aching and mourning in behalf of both Arab and Jewish boys. She is searching for good fate instead of graves and "sullen tanks" for the innocent ones. She fears for what the future may hold for these boys. She doesn't want the idea that they continue to live amidst the war and engage in war themselves, by the time they grow up; that consequences were shown in her poem to serve as a wake-up call.
A waring state is never a healthy environment for anybody. The word "war" is seemed synonymous with violence and destruction. It doesn't solely destroy ones' physical environment but the lives of the individuals as well. Nobody could be considered a real winner when it comes to wars.
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