MY HERO BY WILLIS HALL

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ZUHAIRIE TEACHER
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SHARMILA
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 OBJECTIVE

Interpret the literary and

cultural texts' impact on family
relationships

Describe the setting, theme

and mood of the poem
Is this the poem?
MEANING BY STANZA

The persona is very proud of his father who he

feels is as brave as any other father or even
The persona's father will not be intimidated by
braver. In his eyes, his father is Number One as
horror figures like vampires, wolf-man or
his father is fearless and not afraid of the dead of
Frankenstein's monster even if they appear at
night and anything under the sun.
the door.

The persona says his father is not afraid to

watch horror movies late at night. Horror
The persona says his father is as brave as a father can
scenes of skeletons do not scare him or put
be and he's always keen to show it. However, he is
him off watching them.
curious about something. Whenever his father sees a
spider, he will not touch it and mother has to come to
According to the persona, his father will not be afraid if he help him.
encounters ghosts. He is of the opinion that his father
would even smile and acknowledge them. In his eyes, his
father dares to fight against things that most other dads
are afraid of.
 Parent-Child

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H M Relationship

Hero Worship and

Admiration

People have their own

skills and strengths

Admit that everyone has

weaknesses and flaws
 SETTING
Place : House – the child is
talking about the father being
around the house - watching
television and a spider in the
bath.

Time : No specific time

frame
 TONE AND MOOD

Innocence
and Serious Pride
purehearted
 LITERARY DEVICES

‘Dead of night’ = the quietest and darkest part of the night.

Symbolism  ‘Anything under the sun’ = anything that can be seen during the
day.

‘My dad's as brave as a dad can be’ = (line 1, stanza 1); (line 1,
stanza 5)
Repetition 
‘He's not afraid of...’ = (line 3, stanza 1); (line 1, stanza 2); (line 1,
stanza 3); (line 1, stanza 4)

Assonance  ‘If Frankenstein's monster knocked on our door’

Alliteration ‘And things that scare most dads the most’

 The language used in the poem is
simple and straightforward.
Therefore, it is easy to understand.

AHE STYLE
U It uses imagery that revolves around the
things that a child is afraid of. Examples:
LANG

dead of night/horrors/skeletons/
ghosts/vampires/wolf-

ONE WAY
man/Frankenstein’s monster

It has 5 stanzas with 20 lines.

Repetition of phrases can be found in

the poem. Examples: He’s not afraid of
... (four times) and My dad’s as brave
as a dad can be (twice).
 MORAL VALUES
A child looks up
to his father as
A father is brave his guardian and Both parents
and has the duty hero. have a part to
to protect his play so that
family/children. the child feels
safe.
EXERCISE

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