Woodchucks Maxine Kumin’s, Woodchucks provides an interesting and creative perspective into the mind state of those influenced by nazi warfare. What begins as a seemingly humorous cat and mouse hunt, reminiscent of such movie classics as Caddyshack, soon develops into an insatiable lust for blood. Kumin’s descriptive language provides the reader with the insight necessary to understand to the speaker’s psychology as they are driven beyond the boundaries of pacifism. The poem …showed first 75 words of 882 total…

…showed last 75 words of 882 total…this side of his/her personality. Another being the tremendous influence of the holocaust. Although the tragedy was thought to have brought about a massive change in the minds of people all over the world, many still believe in it’s prejudice. Finally, I believe that pacifism for many people is a fascade of the post war era and that violence is what many still believe to be the most effective means to an end.