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Flashbacks trace the shift from discovering the truth to seeking “utter oblivion” through drugs, imagination, and sex, while the “perfect happiness” image repeatedly fails. The analysis highlights oppressive fatherly language, distorted authority, fear, and how contrasting victim/offender perspectives expose manipulation and damaged trust.","Analytical Essay on the Poem Wasted  \nHeidi Tse, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University  \nWasted  \nBy jayhawkmilitarygirl  \nI'm a demon and I'm a saint with traces of last night  \nstill running through my veins  \n(\"you'll always be my little princess...\")  \nplastic heroes and synthetic gods all we want is to fill that hole with something just a bit sweeter than reality  \n(\"so innocent, so pure...just spin around for me...\")  \nbut little princess oh, I see the truth...  \neven with the syringe shoved in my arm  \n(\"look at my baby...so beautiful...come to Daddy...\")  \nevery bitter drop pushing me further into utter oblivion—I never knew addiction  \ncould be so freeing  \n(\"no, don't cry...you just...you just look so beautiful...\")  \nshutting down every thought  \nevery memory creating a picture of perfect happiness  \n(\"you smell so good...Daddy loves his princess...I'll show you...\")  \nand with every new high a new piece to the picture  \ndevelops--a perfect family  \na perfect little princess showing what could've been but never was  \n(\"SHUT UP! Please...Daddy's just having a little fun...\")  \nand still,  \nI find myself  \ntrapped inside that costume in my father's eyes  \nand I will never be anything more  \nthan what he said I was  \n(\"good girl...I'll always love you...you'll always be my little princess...\")  \nAnalytical Essay on the Poem Wasted  \nAbstract  \nWritten by an unknown online writer, Wasted is a reflective poem by a victim of child  \nsexual abuse. ‘Wasted’ is the title and the abstract idea permeating this emotive piece, referring to an undesired result of an action and being weak or emaciated of the body of a person (Wasted,  \nn.d.) . Interwoven into the tragic storyline and scenes lie several important messages. To reveal the embedded themes, the reader has to first understand the inner thoughts and emotions of the  \nprotagonists – the victim and the offender.  \nOverview  \nIn flashbacks to the rape incident (stanza 1), the daughter figures out the ‘truth ’(stanza 3)  \nof having been raped and subsequently wants to fall into ‘utter oblivion’(stanza 4) with the  \nhelp of ‘the syringe ’ (stanza 3) . The girl tries to paralyze herself with drugs, imagination and sex to reach ‘perfect happiness ’ (stanza 5) . Unfortunately, ‘the picture ’ (stanza 6) is never  \nperfect (stanzas 6 and 7) . The use of the labels her father frequently uses to address her, such as ‘little princess’ and ‘good girl’, declares the authority of the man both as her father but also  \nas her rapist and induces fear, reminding her of how to ‘behave properly’. The girl is thus physically torn and mentally exhausted. She has low self-esteem, particularly in relation to her  \nfather, for whom she ‘will never be anything more than what he said I was ’(stanza 7) .  \nPerspectives ofthe Victim and the Offender  \nWhile the relationship between the rapist and the victim remains ambiguous, there are hints in the poem that help reveal their roles. This father and daughter relationship is first  \nsuggested in the last line of stanza 3 when the rapist addresses the victim as ‘my baby’ and  \nhimself as ‘Daddy’. However, for the reader, the reality is still just a suspicion because that may  \nsimply be sweet talk between a couple. Their relationship is later confirmed by the girl referring to the man as ‘my father ’(stanza 7) . The theme of role is further elaborated in the discussion of  \nrelationship. In a healthy father-daughter relationship, there should be no involvement of intercourse or violence. Even though being a blissful little princess is the girl’s projected dream,  \nthe love of the father to his daughter is not true filial love. According to both Western and Eastern schools of philosophy and seen in the teachings of Confucius (Waley, 1938),  \nrelationship is always bilateral, interactive and must be solidified by trust. Without mutual understanding and agreement, the roles of the two parties in a relationship cannot be executed  \neffectively. 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