Latin_Women_Pray_Vs._Journey_Of_The_Magi

Latin Women Pray Vs. Journey Of The Magi “The Grumbling Believers” Religion is a very controversial issue in every race, time, and generation. Whether someone “believes” or not is always an issue in everyday life for many people. In “Latin Women Pray” by Judith Ortiz Cofer, the writer is looking upon religious customs as a type of joke. Similarly in T.S. Eliot’s “The Journey of the Magi”, the speaker is grumbling about a trip that he once made. When comparing these two poems, one can notice a very distinct difference, yet both poems are negative towards religion. Both speakers of the poem had a bad or somewhat confusing confrontation with their religious beliefs and in the end are either confused or mad about the conclusion. How can someone be so grumpy about religion or God altogether' Maybe the speakers had a bad experience which drove them to believe this way or they could be struggling with some new found hope. Although both poems discuss religion, the tone, imagery, and purpose are very different from each other. The tone in “Journey of the Magi” is a complaining yet determined one. The speaker of the poem is a man about, god, speaker, very, poem, journey, both, yet, talking, poems, negative, women, way, religion, latin, child, tone, magi, imagery, even, eliot’s, back, ts, trip, tells, speaks, setting, seems, prayers, people, must, grumbling, cofer’s, believe, bad