Heaney then uses this feeling of guilt to enhance feelings of
admiration the speaker has towards his father and grandfather and to explain how
important digging is in the family. As the speaker reflects on his grandfather
and father, he mentions proudly how “[his] grandfather cut more turf in a
day/Than any other man on Toner's bog" (17-18). Heaney uses this sentence to show how proud
the speaker is of his grandfather. This sense of pride also
causes an internal conflict, though, because the speaker cannot carry out this
pride by digging. Then, the speaker shows how digging is a family tradition by
saying, "By God, old man could handle a spade. Just like his old man"
(15-16). Not only does this sentence still show admiration, it also depicts how
digging is a family tradition, and not taken lightly. Digging is a source of
pride in this family, which causes more pressure to the speaker to carry out
this family tradition. Heaney has the speakers admiration of his
father and grandfather also show the pressure he faces, and how he cannot live up to he expectations laid upon him.
In my original paragraph, you mentioned how you did not like how I used conclusion sentences a the end of all my paragraphs. To fix that, I just simply deleted them. I also had some extra words that were unnecessary, so I just deleted them too. Finally, I was vague on whether the expectations to dig set upon the speaker were self or externally imposed. To fix that, I added a sentence to explain that more.
Fixed:
Heaney then uses this feeling of guilt to enhance feelings of admiration the speaker has towards his father and grandfather and to explain how important the family views digging. As the speaker reflects on his grandfather and father, he mentions proudly how “[his] grandfather cut more turf in a day/Than any other man on Toner's bog" (17-18). This sense of pride also causes an internal conflict, though, because the speaker cannot carry out this pride by digging. Then, the speaker says, "By God, old man could handle a spade. Just like his old man" (15-16) to infer that digging is a family tradition. Not only does this sentence still show admiration, it also depicts how a sense of respect comes with digging. As a family tradition, the speaker wants to carry out digging. The speaker almost inflicts his own internal pressure to continue digging, since he wants to show respect to his grandfather and father. The speaker puts Heaney has the speakers admiration of his father and grandfather also show the pressure he faces, and how he cannot live up to he expectations laid upon him.
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