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I Stand Here Ironing, Hey Sailor, What Ship?

I Stand Here Ironing, Hey Sailor, What Ship?. Presented B y: Dakari, Daniel, Cristian. Agenda. Introduction Summary: I Stand here Ironing Summary: Hey Sailor, What Ship? Themes Activity/Instructions. Introduction . “Tell Me a Riddle” (1961) “I Stand Here Ironing”

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I Stand Here Ironing, Hey Sailor, What Ship?

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  1. I Stand Here Ironing, Hey Sailor, What Ship? Presented By: Dakari, Daniel, Cristian

  2. Agenda Introduction Summary: I Stand here Ironing Summary: Hey Sailor, What Ship? Themes Activity/Instructions

  3. Introduction • “Tell Me a Riddle” (1961) • “I Stand Here Ironing” • “Hey Sailor What Ship” • “O, Yes” • “Tell Me a Riddle” • “Requa, I” (1970) • From and About the 1930’s • “The Strike”, “Thousand Dollar Vagrant”, “I Want You Women Up North to Know”, and “A Vision of Fear and Hope”

  4. “I Stand Here Ironing” • Time of the Great Depression • Not the idealistic family • Emily has been through a lot • Page 7 “The old man living in the back… There were all the acts of love.” • Emily • Has never looked like the others • Page 12 “I think I said once…as she had been in her anonymity”

  5. “Hey Sailor, What Ship” Whitey Lenny finds Whitey and takes him to his place to see his family Whitey’s arrival Family’s feelings towards Whitey Whitey’s impact to the family: Page 25 “You’re a mean ole…Down the ol’ hatch.” Page 31 “He’s just a Howard Street wino…He doesn’t belong here.”

  6. Dictionary Definition of “wino”: a person who drinks excessive amounts of cheap wine or other alcohol, especially one who is homeless • Page 31 “Remember how good he’s been…strike in 1934.” • Whitey is still considered family • Whitey’s departure. Maybe temporary or for good

  7. Themes: I stand here Ironing • Cultural Conformity • Page 10 “She fretted about her appearance…replica of Shirley Temple.” • Impossible to conform • The family’s situation was not the norm • Page 13-14 “I will never total it all…She is a child of her age, of depression, of war of fear.

  8. A sense of identity (Loss of Women’s identity) • Page 14 “Let her be…” • Identity is lost in conformity • Identity is lost in conformity • Identity is needed to survive

  9. Themes: Hey Sailor, What Ship? • Conformity: Nuclear Family • The family is an American Stereotype • Whitey is a threat to the norm • Page XV “In Hey, Sailor, what ship? The idioms and songs of the waterfront…better working conditions and for a better world brought these people together.” • Whitey is a symbol for the earlier times that are dying • The family still has love for Whitey but his identity does not fit societies ideals

  10. Activity, “Who Am I” Instructions

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