What is Rita Dove's message to the reader in "Sunday Night at Grandfather's"? by Sylvia Malan-Gonzalez

2018-02-27 19:28:03 UTC

so if life is so hard make it easy and live lose -katie

msylvia1 — 2018-02-27 19:28:52 UTC

what tradition? - asks Adam

2018-02-27 19:29:40 UTC

don't take life to seriously. He was making jokes and they were playing and laughing- Grace

2018-02-27 19:30:00 UTC

faimly is a thing we will always have charish it-katie

msylvia1 — 2018-02-27 19:31:11 UTC

20-29 brightens ups, cherry soda- adam

2018-02-27 19:31:25 UTC

i agree with Grace

2018-02-27 19:31:41 UTC

-katie`

2018-02-27 19:31:54 UTC

I agree with Grace also -Annalee

2018-02-27 19:32:00 UTC

we won't always have our family so that's why we need to cherish them- Grace

2018-02-27 19:32:43 UTC

I agree with grace - alhea

2018-02-27 19:32:49 UTC

That what i said grace and its importent. -katie

2018-02-27 19:33:00 UTC

Family is messy grandpa hates grandma yikes! -Grace

msylvia1 — 2018-02-27 19:33:11 UTC

Is judgement a bias of spiritual belief?

2018-02-27 19:33:23 UTC

Bad relationship with gradparents

2018-02-27 19:33:30 UTC

ari

2018-02-27 19:33:47 UTC

i agree with grace to from Andrew

2018-02-27 19:34:10 UTC

I think the message is spending time with family is important because on line number 24 it says "Every sunday night the same. This shows there making time every sunday to spend time with family

2018-02-27 19:34:33 UTC

who was that :)

msylvia1 — 2018-02-27 19:34:44 UTC

How does their Sunday change?

2018-02-27 19:34:58 UTC

So its Tradishan and family time is important.-katie

2018-02-27 19:35:15 UTC

A lot of the time judgement isn't on character, but on what the person does for, a living, looks like, religion, etc.-Grace

msylvia1 — 2018-02-27 19:35:22 UTC

Line 15-19, different city every time.-Adam

2018-02-27 19:35:32 UTC

his son comes from another city evry

2018-02-27 19:35:39 UTC

time

2018-02-27 19:35:42 UTC

Alhea

2018-02-27 19:35:58 UTC

I agree with adam-Cameron

2018-02-27 19:36:07 UTC

what

2018-02-27 19:36:24 UTC

2018-02-27 19:36:25 UTC

I found it funny that people go to church on sunday and that this poem is based off a sunday night

msylvia1 — 2018-02-27 19:41:34 UTC

This is Mrs. Malan-Gonzalez I agree with Mundorff because...

msylvia1 — 2018-02-27 19:42:14 UTC

Mundorff says

2018-02-27 19:43:36 UTC

Katie- family traditions are important

2018-02-27 19:43:41 UTC

I agree with katie and roxanna-Emily

2018-02-27 19:43:55 UTC

trae says

2018-02-27 19:44:00 UTC

why do they have dinner every sunday night?-darin

2018-02-27 19:44:01 UTC

I agree

2018-02-27 19:44:04 UTC

George ; it says he hates church going women,

2018-02-27 19:44:15 UTC

i agree danny

2018-02-27 19:44:16 UTC

This is roxanna and i agree with sahara

2018-02-27 19:44:20 UTC

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trae says

2018-02-27 19:44:49 UTC

i agree with katie - Olivia

2018-02-27 19:44:54 UTC

i agree with katie

2018-02-27 19:45:05 UTC

Emily-I agree with george

2018-02-27 19:45:09 UTC

spend time

2018-02-27 19:45:31 UTC

i agree with danika

2018-02-27 19:45:38 UTC

i agree with danika-danny

2018-02-27 19:45:39 UTC

i think that the theme is life has ups and downs becuase on line 12 and 21 grandpa hates church going woman so grandma stays in the back bed room

2018-02-27 19:45:54 UTC

spend quality time together beacause on line 7 he knows his dislikes

2018-02-27 19:46:22 UTC

trae says

2018-02-27 19:46:24 UTC

why does the grandma have to hide her true passion?

2018-02-27 19:46:52 UTC

i think the grampa has alhimers yeah work off that - max

2018-02-27 19:47:11 UTC

trae says

2018-02-27 19:47:15 UTC

mason-i think that the message is that family is important because on line 24 it says that every sunday is the same

msylvia1 — 2018-02-27 19:47:30 UTC

What does a parakeet symbolize?

2018-02-27 19:47:36 UTC

alltimers*

msylvia1 — 2018-02-27 19:47:46 UTC

Why is the grandma in a cage, but not the bird?

2018-02-27 19:47:57 UTC

I agree why does grandma have to hide in the back room to hum hymns. Why does grandfather hate church going women?- Emily

2018-02-27 19:47:59 UTC

i agree with katie because it is important for your family to have your back and you have theirs and to enjoy life with them

2018-02-27 19:48:00 UTC

mason-i agree with grace

2018-02-27 19:48:11 UTC

George; Those lines could also support the theme that family is complicated.

2018-02-27 19:48:20 UTC

i think that grandma always stays in the back bed room becuase grandpa says he hates church going woman and she hums church songs on line 21 and 12 Ava

2018-02-27 19:48:28 UTC

I agree with george

2018-02-27 19:48:35 UTC

this is Adam i think the pareket simblizez a bad family

2018-02-27 19:48:36 UTC

i agree with grace

2018-02-27 19:48:39 UTC

beacuse the grandfather put her in the cage cuz she is a church going wemon

2018-02-27 19:48:41 UTC

trae says

2018-02-27 19:48:49 UTC

George(replying to another speaker); Maybe his grandmother likes it.

msylvia1 — 2018-02-27 19:49:06 UTC

What does the bitten finger symbolize?

2018-02-27 19:49:37 UTC

trae

2018-02-27 19:49:50 UTC

anyone else think its strange that the parakeet has the same name as billy - max

2018-02-27 19:49:51 UTC

possibly the son named the parakeet after himself

2018-02-27 19:49:58 UTC

I agree with sahara-emily

2018-02-27 19:49:59 UTC

who is older the bird or the son cuase they could of name the son after the bird - Ava

2018-02-27 19:50:08 UTC

or the other way around

2018-02-27 19:50:38 UTC

trae says

2018-02-27 19:50:53 UTC

i agree

2018-02-27 19:51:10 UTC

why not

2018-02-27 19:51:10 UTC

i agree with trae

2018-02-27 19:51:11 UTC

I agree

2018-02-27 19:51:37 UTC

every one agree with trae

2018-02-27 19:51:40 UTC

mason-i think the message is he hated the parakeet because it his son name

2018-02-27 19:51:41 UTC

this is Adam what line supotts what you say

2018-02-27 19:51:42 UTC

the grampa may have alhimers

msylvia1 — 2018-02-27 19:51:49 UTC

Favorites are connected to families being complicated

2018-02-27 19:52:09 UTC

I agree that the message is family is complicated- emily

2018-02-27 19:52:33 UTC

what do you mean?????????

2018-02-27 19:52:50 UTC

this is Adam i 2nd what mason seid that the mother likes her son

2018-02-27 19:52:59 UTC

i agree with katie about how he could do something bad. - Olivia

msylvia1 — 2018-02-27 19:53:11 UTC

Undershirts are maybe a part of tradition?

2018-02-27 19:53:35 UTC

mason-i agree with katie

msylvia1 — 2018-02-27 19:53:44 UTC

How are traditions connected or substituted for spiritual belief?

2018-02-27 19:54:01 UTC

this is adam why would under sherts be a treditoun

2018-02-27 19:54:06 UTC

omg

2018-02-27 19:54:08 UTC

trae says

2018-02-27 19:54:16 UTC

what do you mean what do you mean?

2018-02-27 19:54:18 UTC

hes a gangster

2018-02-27 19:54:23 UTC

I also think the theme might be tradition because every the line 24 says every sunday night the same- Emily

2018-02-27 19:54:43 UTC

Mason-i agree with trae

2018-02-27 19:54:50 UTC

same

2018-02-27 19:55:02 UTC

i agree with alhea

2018-02-27 19:55:21 UTC

NO SUCH THING

2018-02-27 19:55:30 UTC

yeah I agree with emily family is complicated I think so because we all have different strange quirks but we learn to acepect them

2018-02-27 19:55:35 UTC

ALHIMERS THINK ABOUT IT. IT WORKS

2018-02-27 19:56:23 UTC

they dont

2018-02-27 19:56:29 UTC

it must be told by the grampa that has alhimers

2018-02-27 19:56:58 UTC

mason- i agree with trae

2018-02-27 19:57:14 UTC

since it gets more icoherent over time

2018-02-27 19:57:21 UTC

mean sin relly bad

2018-02-27 19:57:46 UTC

#alhimers

2018-02-27 19:57:58 UTC

ok...

There is absolutely no evidence that the grandfather has alzheimer's. To me, it just seems like he's abusive/... screws his son.

2025-05-20 19:22:16 UTC

2026-06-04 14:33:35 UTC

arson ;)

2026-06-04 14:33:47 UTC

i think that the grandpa is dead andthat the kids are reminicsing about when he used to beat them half to death.

This must be a random class i found LOL

2026-06-10 20:18:43 UTC

HHHAHAHAHHAHAAHA