I believe “Blood” has a lot to do with Nye and her roots. In this poem I feel as though she doesn’t know what a “true Arab” is. I think in this poem Nye doesn’t exactly know how to incorporate her “true Arab” roots into her life. As the years went on tragedies continued (ex. The war over Jerusalem) and the true Arab didn’t exactly know what a true Arab was anymore. I feel as though Nye is having an identity crisis and she doesn’t know exactly how to act. I believe this can be incorporated a lot with in society today. Today many people struggle with incorporating their lives and ideals with their beliefs. I think this poem is very versatile because not only can it be about an Arab, it can also be about a Christian or someone of the Jewish religion. Every religion has is scrutinized for their own believes. I think this poem has a lot to do with Nye finding herself and her own beliefs.
Like Nye’s father in the poem “Blood” a lot of old world people cannot relate to what is going on in present day. There is so much scrutiny and hatred towards religion and culture and general ways of life that is different now. What we are used to now, our ancestors wouldn’t even be able to fathom it. Like in the poem Nye’s father says the news is too much for him.
I think that this poem is a lot about the evolution of religion as well as incorporating religion into society. People have a difficult time seeing that people are different, whether it is their culture, religion, or way of life. Overcoming that barrier society puts up is hard. I think it is very hard to fully disclose yourself now a day because there is so much hatred in the world. The world is not an accepting place. People commit hate crimes all of the time for no reason other than your race or your religion. I believe in this poem Nye has a hard time becoming a true Arab because she sees that becoming a true Arab is hard in the present times due to hatred and society.
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