ENGL123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Jessica Hagedorn
6 Dec 2015
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1970: president marco began martial law-> begins to overextend presidency. More nationalist separatist group rise from the 1970s-80s. Juxtaposition of words song and bullets: conflicting images of resilience and numbness. Snipers and poets-: new life and death. Daughter vs dead people in 3rd stanza-> juxtapose w/ new experience vs remembering those who pass: photographers brother dead) Carrying on and living in the presence (believing the brother is. Missing to his family-> loss of hope (mode of continuing but also desperation and sadness of situation: formalized: absence of freedom-> suggest experience of war has been internalized and war has become part of identity. Despite that there is still resilience in enjoying the world: day after day stanza. Memorializing those who are dead: everyone is tired of his nightmares-> everyone is experience violence, our, someone else"s and perhaps mine-> everyone is affected and no one is limit of accommodation safe. Repetition shows extent of social decay: last stanza on 2nd pg.
