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Comparing The Boy In The Bubble By Paul Simon
Poems and songs require readers to look closely at literary devices when analysing. In the song “Boy in the Bubble”, Paul Simon is speaking ironically when he says, “These are the days of miracle and wonder” (190). Contrast between the Boy in the Bubble (who is protected from the outside world) and those who live in, rather than miracle and wonder, a hateful, somber, destructive environment, can be seen with, “The Boy in the Bubble, and the baby with the baboon heart”. The song indicates that the ‘bubble’ is represents protection and obliviousness to the one within it. On the other hand, it shows that the ‘baboon heart’ represents the will of another, born to live in terror and violence, being forced to adjust to that type of environment everyday.
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