Wendy rose creates a poem Neon Scars describing her life through metaphor. The title itself can be seen as Metaphor. Neon is a vibrant visible color (noticeable.) This may represent how she stands out from her family and has had to deal with discrimination her entire life. Scars can be physical but more likely in this case they are referring to the emotional scars she has endured. Rose explains her role as an outcast through the years and in her poems as well.
We also discussed why she wrote in this format and why did she choose to write in poetry. I think that she broke up the essay into section to take the reader out of their comfort zone. It helps the reader think more and question why she did it this way so in the end we can better understand the overall message and interpret it through our own way. In the writing she explains poetry as “both ultimate fact and ultimate fiction: nothing is more brutally honest and, at the same time, more thickly coded.” I really like/ agree with her on this statement. Poems can be use to fully explain everything, without actually saying what it is.
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