Poem Connections

The poem connects with Jesus Colon's story because they both ask what we do when presented with a difficult choice. James Berry (the poet) has to figure out what to do with a difference, while Jesus Colon's dilemma is to chose to help the woman, or leave her. It connects with The Island by talking about a difference: and what to do with it. When the man comes to the island, they chose the first choice of the poem ("do we stand and discuss it's oddity"), and finally the sixth choice: "we move around it in rage and enlist the rage of others".