Problems with Hurricanes by Victor Hernandes Cruz relies on humorous fiction to elucidate a comic impact on the readers, as well as an amalgamation of reality and fiction in an effective way. The utilization of fantasy enables Cruz’s imagination with freedom and thus the realm of reality does not dictate his views and events and thus impossible becomes actuality. The poem revolves around events of a hurricane and the manner in which individuals are more afraid of the falling fruits than natural disasters.
The poet states that a death caused by drowning brings honor rather than passing away as a result of a mango smashing one’s head. By these words, Cruz argues that death by natural causes makes people to feel pity and heartbroken and in a way, it brings respect and admiration as opposed to death by ways other than natural whereby people tend to feel sorry but cannot help themselves but laugh at the deceased. This is the literary work’s main idea, whereby the poet emphasizes that when an individual dies, he/she should pass away with honor. An example of …show more content…
He creates humor by describing how individuals tend to be killed in natural disasters by mangoes, bananas, avocados, which fly like projectiles into towns. Although a lighthearted tone characterizes the poem, it can be viewed as an existentialist perspective. The poem tends to describe humans as helpless beings who are victims of nature and all its elements. However, an individual is still capable of directing his own destiny without fear as the poem states “Don't worry about the noise/ Don't worry about the water/ Don't worry about the wind” (Cruz 148). Consequently, the poem reminds individuals of nature’s fury as an element without beauty in the lines “If you are going out/ beware of mangoes/ And all such beautiful/sweet things” (Cruz
The poet states that a death caused by drowning brings honor rather than passing away as a result of a mango smashing one’s head. By these words, Cruz argues that death by natural causes makes people to feel pity and heartbroken and in a way, it brings respect and admiration as opposed to death by ways other than natural whereby people tend to feel sorry but cannot help themselves but laugh at the deceased. This is the literary work’s main idea, whereby the poet emphasizes that when an individual dies, he/she should pass away with honor. An example of …show more content…
He creates humor by describing how individuals tend to be killed in natural disasters by mangoes, bananas, avocados, which fly like projectiles into towns. Although a lighthearted tone characterizes the poem, it can be viewed as an existentialist perspective. The poem tends to describe humans as helpless beings who are victims of nature and all its elements. However, an individual is still capable of directing his own destiny without fear as the poem states “Don't worry about the noise/ Don't worry about the water/ Don't worry about the wind” (Cruz 148). Consequently, the poem reminds individuals of nature’s fury as an element without beauty in the lines “If you are going out/ beware of mangoes/ And all such beautiful/sweet things” (Cruz