Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Howl
This resonates a lot with the conformity of people to society's ideals and not being their own person with their own thoughts. It's like a person is to afraid of what society will think or do to them if they have their own thoughts and feelings. "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked." The generation of conformity has driven the people to madness. Were so concerned with everyone else, that it has literally driven us insane. "who were expelled from the academies for crazy & publishing obscene odes" People get expelled from universities for thinking outside the societies norm, and making people really think. It is like were a brainwashed society. We cannot think on our own. The poem goes through crazy act of people that are trying to not be conformed to society. I wonder is this not somewhat true of our society right now. Do we not get shunned for going against the crowd?...Questions to think about.
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I'm so glad you pointed out this bit about getting kicked out of his college--it really makes me think about what the function of a college is. Are we trying to make everyone act the same or are we trying to encourage people to think and act for themselves, even at the risk of offending others. Perhaps our conversation will turn this way today. I'm very curious about what you guys think and where you see Piedmont in this debate.
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