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Nov 8, 2014 · Paulette Jiles was born in Salem, Missouri on April 4, 1943. She won the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry. “Paper Matches". My aunts washed dishes while the uncles. squirted each other on the lawn with.
Nov 9, 2014 · Jiles uses the simile-turned-metaphor of the the matches to convey the the speaker's anger and frustration of the gender roles that were enforced when she was a child. The matches symbolize feebleness and weakness.
Sep 3, 2016 · I have the rages that small animals have, being small, being animal. Written on me was a message, “At Your Service,” like a book of paper matches. One by one we were taken out and struck. We come bearing supper, our heads on fire.”. ― Paulette Jiles ©.
About two weeks ago, I read Paulette Giles' "Paper Matches" in The Norton Introduction to Literature, 5th edition (which I'm still reading as part of my Anthology Odyssey project). I don't know if I'd read it before, but it seemed sort of familiar. Anyway, I noticed something about the metaphor Giles uses.
Apr 9, 2013 · Paulette Jiles (Goodreads Author), Ingrid E. Paulson (Illustrator) 3.32 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 1986 — 9 editions
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Nov 6, 2014 · Paper Matches by Paulette Jiles. Paulette Jiles is an American born Canadian poet and novelist who has won the Governor General's Award (Canada's highest literary honor) for a collection of her poems, as well as many prose awards both in Canada and in the United States. "Paper Matches" My aunts washed dishes while the uncles.
Paper matches by Paulette Jiles is a perfect example of how poetry is used to convey a societal issue. The speaker of the poem is a young girl who questions why her uncles are able to enjoy life and go outside while her aunts are working inside.
