Meaning Of America By Ginsberg

5 April 2017
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In “America” by Allen Ginsberg, he feels let down by America. He is broken and tired of all the fighting that the country does. He sees the world is going to the birds. All he is asking for is for America to straighten up. However, he knows that he is also to blame. He makes a sarcastic plea and then an impassioned plea to free a jailed union activist and other mistreated people.
In Ginsberg’s poem America, has several symbols that play a significant part to how the speaker feels about the country America. One symbol is money. Money makes the world go ‘round. Ginsberg’s speaker wants to know if money should be like that. The speaker brings up on multiple occasion the issues of money as a symptom of what is wrong with
Dissatisfaction is a theme. The poem starts with the speaker acknowledge “now I’m nothing.” Whenever the speaker looks including in the mirror he sees things that he wants to change. He is just not satisfied with the status quo. His desire to change his country is what propels “America.” In which then dissatisfied can be a good thing since it lets the speaker make a push for a better world. In line 6 the speaker goes on and says, “I don’t feel good don’t bother me.” The speaker is not having a good day. The line is jammed with two complete sentences. The two ideas run into each other the way they would if someone spoke them out loud, in a mumbling, sulky, and dissatisfied voice. The theme madness is a major theme in the poem because the speaker is bothered by the problems that he sees in the country that he struggles with his hold on his sanity. The poem “America” is about raising class-consciousness and championing social underdogs. Making society and class a theme for the poem. The speaker wanted to help those who might get stomped on, or over, by the successful members of society. The speaker is like a hall monitor trying to make sure bullying does not happen while he is watching. Basically, saying that he has his eye on the