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The poems “Pontiac” and “My ’48 Pontiac” contained a numerous amount of fascinating parallels between each other. Each Poem involves a man who uses their Pontiac as a source, were they could reflect upon their issues. Alone with their car they ....

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... it was there only possession that remained familiar to them throughout the process of change. Solitaire with their Pontiac each man clearly expressed their misogyny. The man from “Pontiac” only referred to his wife as the “woman inside my house” and deliberately criticized her by stating “she wont stop talking she never says a thing she just keeps talking”. The man from “ My ’48 Pontiac” Shared similar thoughts when he said “and quivering blondes whose bottoms it liked”. Which was very demeaning towards women. The Pontiac symbolized a refuge that could take the men away from the harsh reality of life, that friends are lost and people chang ...