The Tiger by William Blake - Book Report/Review Example

His heart beats not just of purity but at times of evilness. His heart is an abode of innocence, which in due time is lost and at countless times stolen and grabbed harshly from him. "The Tiger" by William Blake is a poem which speaks of the wilderness and the complete forces of nature. The tiger, as described in the poem, is a beautiful creature, "burning brightin the forests of the night" (Bovee). Yet, inside the mesmerizing beauty it portrays, the prowess and powers it has - "what dread hand and what dread feet" - the tiger is a potential source of destruction.

And the question is this: "Did the same God who made the meek lamb, gave life to such a wild and destructive creature" Does the same God that created order and peace on this universe have the will to create chaos and destruction The poem is a glimpse of man's real nature, that our true natures are not pure goodness. The same idea is reflected and further tackled in a captivating short story entitled "The Child by the Tiger" authored by Thomas Wolfe. This story revealed the fragile nature of human behavior.

It successfully exposed the discovery that what are pure and what are evil are interconnected with each other. The two are related in a very significant and close manner. It was a tale which speaks of "man's evil innocence" that although the heart possesses the desire to do what is good and pleasing to the eyes of God, man is naturally inclined to commit evil deeds. "The T "The Tiger" seem to be a poem full of questions which are also enveloped in hatred and confusion, a poem of bitterness. It depicts a God who is capable of bringing forth both good things and evil things.

At the same way that he can make the tiger beautiful yet fierce and destructive. There is also this stanza which seems to be an allusion to Lucifer's rebellion against God. "When the stars threw down their spears, / and watered heaven with their tears, / Did he smile his work to see" Is God indeed pleased to see all the lack of order in his creation It is a poem which could only be written by a poet who has a personal despise over the subject matter. A man who is capable of writing down his sufferings and bad experiences, such as his lack of faith to a powerful and loving Being, into words which are descriptive and eloquent.

"The Lamb" on the other hand is a poem of innocence, in the tone of an innocent child asking a simple question in a riddle manner and wondering who really made that sweet, little lamb. His question was also answered in the second stanza (SparkNotes Editors). The theme of the poem is the divine nature of God, compared to the lambs of the field. It argues that human is a creation of God. This poem, unlike the first poem, lacks the bitterness and the questions raging with negative emotions. It is full of innocence, soft-heartedness, and peace.

It lacks the picture of a suffering world. It lacks the tendency of man or God being evil. In both poems, God is being included as character. In Wolfe's "The Child by the Tiger", the setting took place in late October at Shepperton's neighborhood. The story centers on a Negro man named Dick Prosser, who is a hired hand for Mr. Shepperton. Dick Prosser is a religious person, he had a bible that he constantly read and was worn from use. And the fact that he can read and quote the scripture made it appropriate to label him an intelligent man.

He is also hard-working, "He could cook, tend to the furnace, knows how to drive a car." Dick, at first, is a picture of innocence, an