Synthesis essay

Landon Wigley

            In the poem “puce fairy book,” by Alice Major, and the passage “Forget Prince Charming” by June Callwood relationships are discussed from almost similar point’s of view. The poem discuss’ the expectations put on the female of the relationship, and in the passage the idea of there not being a perfect soul mate but rather perfect qualities that you must look for yourself in another person. In the passage the author speaks of giving advice to her granddaughters about finding a mate, and the qualities they must look for. I believe that the poet would agree with this advice.

            In Alice Major’s “puce fairy book,” Alice believes that in relation ships there are too many unrealistic expectations placed upon the female. She talks about this boyfriend in the poem that “wanted Rapunzel waiting in a tower.” This boyfriend’s expectations for his mate seems so unrealistic to the reader, almost to the point of not being able to believe it. Although it seems unbelievable some relationships do carry the burden of these expectations. The speaker discuss’ that although “[he] might have been the one true prince,” she couldn’t deal with these expectations, indicating that there is no perfect mate in this world.

            “Forget Prince Charming” by June Callwood, introduces a new idea to the idea of there being no perfect soul mate. The idea of not a perfect “someone” but rather somebody that you can find perfect qualities in. The author describes times that she has given her granddaughters advice on finding a mate, telling them qualities to look for in this person. The first quality she advises to look for is integrity….. ran out of time

            The poet Alice Major would agree with the advice that the author June Callwood gives to her granddaughters. In both passages relationships are discussed with almost the same ideas. Alice would agree because she concurs with the author’s idea that there is no perfect mate. Although Alice never says this directly in her poem it is evident that she would believe there is a mate for everybody in this world. They both consent to the fact that nobody is perfect, and nobody should be compared to perfect god-like figures.