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A Boy Named Sue By, Chris A boy named Sue can be summed up by the title alone, but it can be dissected much deeper to find a much more metaphorical meaning. The poem starts out discussing how a boy at the age of three became fatherless when his dad left him and his mother with nothing but an old guitar, an empty bottle of booze, and the branded name of Sue. Throughout his life, …

…on them to make them stronger, or give them a push in the right direction in life. I myself think differently; I think the father in this poem could have toughened his son up by being there for him, teaching him the way as he grew up, not by branding him a reason to fight his way through life. However, I did like the poem only because of the humor involved, not the actual content.