The Boxer
Read the following lyrics of the song "The Boxer", by Simon and Garfunkel, and build comments according to the critical theory aprroaches presented in the book of Lois Tyson. you can use any of the approaches, and even more than one at the same time. There's a link to listen to the song at the end of the post. Have fun!!!
The Boxer (Simon And Garfunkel)
I am just a poor boy
Though my story's seldom told
I have squandered my resistance
For a pocket full of mumbles such are promises
All lies and jests
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest
When I left my home and my family
I was no more than a boy
In the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway station running scared
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters
Where the ragged people go
Looking for the places only they would know
Lie la lie ...
Asking only workman's wages
I come looking for a job
But I get no offers,
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there
Lie la lie ...
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
And wishing I was gone
Going home
Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me
Bleeding me, going home
In the clearing stands a boxer
And a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of ev'ry glove that layed him down
Or cut him till he cried out
In his anger and his shame
"I am leaving, I am leaving"
But the fighter still remains
Lie la lie ...
Though my story's seldom told
I have squandered my resistance
For a pocket full of mumbles such are promises
All lies and jests
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest
When I left my home and my family
I was no more than a boy
In the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway station running scared
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters
Where the ragged people go
Looking for the places only they would know
Lie la lie ...
Asking only workman's wages
I come looking for a job
But I get no offers,
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there
Lie la lie ...
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
And wishing I was gone
Going home
Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me
Bleeding me, going home
In the clearing stands a boxer
And a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of ev'ry glove that layed him down
Or cut him till he cried out
In his anger and his shame
"I am leaving, I am leaving"
But the fighter still remains
Lie la lie ...
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This song addresses the oppression of the lower classes by the wealthy classes. The employee leaves his home, leaves his family when just a boy to face the difficulties of a big city.
ResponderExcluirI think the lyrics fit perfectly into the thinking of Karl Marx.
I did not like the music, but if the intention was to talk about the ideas of Marx,I think that this music is well suited, she speaks of the aspects in Marxism and overview of this system that had
ResponderExcluirI did like the song =D
Excluirso did I
Excluirreally?
ExcluirThis song shows the oppression of capitalism that Marx fought and the division of classes of the bosses and proletarians. this is still true
ResponderExcluirThis song really reminds Karl's theory about the states, there is the oppression that crushes the other a class and lower class of the workman is suffering more, leaving only crumbs and promises.
ResponderExcluirThis song show us people from poor class leaving their home(most the time the countryside) to big cities to get a job. When they get there they are overwhelmed by the rich class. Most the time their lives are terrible because they work too much and don’t receive good salaries.
ResponderExcluirThis music is a reality,the theory's marx is based in this conception,in the fighting by money with the objetive of win a space in the world.
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