Evaluation of "Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone"

In W. H. Auden's poem "Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone", there is a description of a woman mourning her husbands death. There are four stages of the poem. The first is silence, the second is respect, the third is the meaning of this person, and the fourth is the impact of the death. It has a very somber and silent tone. She wants respect to be shown with silence by stating "Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone"(Auden l. 2). The whole second stanza in this poem is dedicated to respect. She states "Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come" because she wants the procession to commence, so she can put the grief behind(Auden l. 4). The third stanza tells of how he meant everything to her. The third stanza uses contrast and comparison to show that it was no small impact. It was like investing a whole life savings into a stock, just to see it crash. It was like the end of the world, because "nothing now can ever come to any good"(Auden l. 16). It is a very sad poem because it shows only hopelessness.

The Kite Runner

When reading Khaled Hosseini’s “The Kite Runner”, I thought that at first, it was very interesting to read about a childhood experience in Afghanistan. Then when I read about “laaf, that Afghan tendency to exaggerate-sadly, almost a national affliction”(12), I questioned the accuracy of the Afghani narrator. But I thought that being self conscious about it, he may be exempt.
I then went on to enjoy childhood experiences with Hassan and taking the story seriously. I felt sorry for Hassan, always being picked on and even Amir who was closest to him didn’t treat him with respect. I questioned the reliability of the narrator’s details again when the kites “were down to a half dozen”(64), then the blue kite cut 3 more. Afterwards there were 4 kites flying. This was “fuzzy math”, and I must question the accuracy of other details. He may not remember details as a child, or he might be exaggerating. The thought of this discrepancy disrupted my attentiveness to details, and I started to pay attention only to the concept being conveyed. That would be short lived with the shock of such an event as the rape of Hassan. Such an event would surely be accurate.