Blog Post: March 31

 I really enjoyed the poems this week. I personally enjoyed Out of the Game the most because of how sarcastic it was. I also liked the contrast between the two. In the first poem I have we are shown the things that were given to the Cuban people. The poem came off very content with the progress of the Cuban revolution despite the facts that these were the basic of privileges. The poem says things like "I have the pleasure of walking my country," and "I can say cane" all the while sounding perfectly content as if it were a great privilege to say and do those things. I find this completely shocking because having the right to do an say what you want should be the base line of rights, or even below that. After writing that I realize that not even as Americans are we completely free to do these things as well, especially these past few years with the covid restrictions. However, under normal circumstances we are free to travel the country as we wish. In contrast the other poem criticizes the Cuban revolution by showing the suppressant nature of the revolution. It also criticizes those how are content with the revolution implying that they are clown like.

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  1. Joseph GreendykApril 1, 2022 at 7:42 AM

    Hi Victoria! I also found the contrast between the two poems and their opposing views on the Revolution to be interesting. It was enlightening to see how different people looked at the same Revolution in completely different lights based on their own personal experience with it. It shows how everyone has their own perspective, and each perspective can be completely different based on one's experience.

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  2. Professor StarkApril 6, 2022 at 12:38 PM

    Thank you, Victoria, for the blog. I am glad you enjoyed reading and discussing the poems. I like what you wrote about I Have and how we often take for granted what we have but I was left wanting to read more about Out of the Game and its criticism of the revolution.

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