I would argue that Allen Ginsberg was not only addressing Carl Solomon, or else why would he publish it to the public, but rather he was in a way addressing all of the “Carl Solomons” of America. The cast aside, the downtrodden, those who feel that the world has nothing left to offer except trivial pass-times. It truly felt to me as though Ginsberg was attempting to reach his hand out to his audience in solidarity. He is showing, through his own emotional outpouring of his experiences, that we have all been in a place of suffering as a result of those who cast us aside and oppress us. The societal constructs in which we are placed into from the moment of our birth constrain us to the point of insanity; however, we are not alone in this experience. Therefore, I would dare to say that the reason for this poem’s huge success in American society is that Ginsberg somehow managed to create the perfect declaration of empathy. We have all felt at some point in our lives that we are living in a society that often breeds suffering and instability, however in reading such a work of art, in observing the deepest inner workings of a poet, we can come to find solace in the idea that we are not alone in our
I would argue that Allen Ginsberg was not only addressing Carl Solomon, or else why would he publish it to the public, but rather he was in a way addressing all of the “Carl Solomons” of America. The cast aside, the downtrodden, those who feel that the world has nothing left to offer except trivial pass-times. It truly felt to me as though Ginsberg was attempting to reach his hand out to his audience in solidarity. He is showing, through his own emotional outpouring of his experiences, that we have all been in a place of suffering as a result of those who cast us aside and oppress us. The societal constructs in which we are placed into from the moment of our birth constrain us to the point of insanity; however, we are not alone in this experience. Therefore, I would dare to say that the reason for this poem’s huge success in American society is that Ginsberg somehow managed to create the perfect declaration of empathy. We have all felt at some point in our lives that we are living in a society that often breeds suffering and instability, however in reading such a work of art, in observing the deepest inner workings of a poet, we can come to find solace in the idea that we are not alone in our