Part one of term paper
William Heyen's poem "Matrix" (184-185) is a beautiful display of how he feels for his wife. You can tell from this poem that he is sensitive to her feelings of being sick and that he would do any thing to make her feel more comfortable. He shows this is his feelings by writing about his memory when he saw a mutilated turtle when he was a you ...

Part two of term paper
... it is not going to answer him," How did you survive" (13) He picks up the turtle to comfort it, but the turtle goes back into its shell to hide from him. He uses his experiences with the turtle to compare it to his wife's sickness. His wife, who is a middle-aged woman, is having a hard time getting over losing one of her breast due to an operation. It also seems that she feels she might die. His wife is not comfortable with the way she looks and she shies a way from her husband every time he tri ...