Monday, April 15, 2013
Hard Rock
In the poem, "Hard Rock Returns to Prison from the Hospital for the Criminal insane", Hard Rock is looked at as a hero to all of the other inmates. They always retell the stories about him. He is taken to a hospital to get treatments such as surgery and shock treatments. They basically turn him into a vegetable. The inmates hope that they will not change him when he comes back. Everyone became disappointment when his heroic characteristics dissipated. He had emptiness in his eyes. This poem brings up the question, "Can a man become "free" in prison?" Hard Rock symbolizes the black man inside and out of prison that has been broken by society. Even though Hard Rock was very rebellious, he was still conformed and changed.
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I like your question "Can a man become "free" in prison?"
ReplyDeleteI agree, I think that this poem could be very realistic
ReplyDeleteI LOVE your question of "Can man become free in prison?." That could easily form into a very interesting essay. Prison has a way of freeing people, especially the ones that know they are there for life. Its sort of like, they know theyre going to be there forever, so they make the best of what they have, which in a sense is freeing yourself. Also, I thought that this poem was very unique. Most people think of poems to be about love and heartache, not about prison.
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