An implicit argument is basically an indirect claim. A reader has to look deeply for the true meaning the author incorporated into the work.
Charles Bukowski's "Let It Enfold You" contains many implicit arguments. A person should be optimistic, have faith in others, be forgiving, appreciate the simple things in life, and don't take things for granted and they will be rewarded for it. The person in the poem is rewarded with a peaceful life and a wife for being a kind person.
The poem begins with a man hating everything and trusting no one. He finally has an epiphany and sees the error of his ways through viewing others exactly like him. Bukowski implies that people can find errors within themselves by viewing another's error like theirs. The man later grows tired of taking advantage of "poor drunken female"; the poem is impling that people should not take advantage of others in that state because it is like sinking to a whole new level of "low". When the man is fired by his boss the man is understanding. When the man says, "it's all right", his tone is kind with no presence of anger or hatred. Near the end of the poem the man has a wife showing his kind nature payed off in the end. When the man honked at the mailman the mailman waved back shows that being kind to a person will have them be kind back.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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