Family Life 1
Family Life 1 - meaning Summary
Ordinary Life, Brutal Cycle
Prevert's poem depicts a domestic routine that normalizes war and social roles. The mother knits, the father tends his business, and the son goes to war—an arrangement presented as routine until the son dies. The family mourns but accepts his death as part of life, highlighting cold resignation and societal complacency. The repeated, plain statements expose how everyday life can absorb and obscure violence.
Read Complete AnalysesThe mother knits The son goes to the war She finds this quite natural, the mother And the father? What does the father do? He has his business His wife knits His son goes to the war He has his business He finds this quite natural, the father And the son And the son What does the son find? He finds absolutely nothing, the son The son: his mother does her knitting, His father has his business And he has the war When the war is over He'll go into business with his father The war continues The mother continues knitting The father continues with his business The son is killed He doesn't continue The father and mother visit the graveyard They find this natural The father and the mother Life goes on A life of knitting, war, business Business, war, knitting, war Business, business, business Life with the graveyard
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