AnswersDRHS American Literature and CompositionIndividualism, Modern Capitalism, and Dystopian Visions

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3

What are the effects of Ginsberg’s list of images? Check all of the boxes that apply.

A
They keep the poem simple and easy to imagine.
B
They create a feeling of sensory richness.
C
They present a series of allusions.
D
They create a single, focused image.
E
They make the people seem like products in the market.
4

The poem reflects Ginsberg’s relationship to Whitman by showing Ginsberg’s

A
belief that he is continuing down Whitman’s lonely path.
B
desire to know Whitman in the 1950s.
C
belief that Whitman could redeem the modern era.
5

Identify a feeling that Ginsberg conveys with his use of style, structure, and theme.

A
envy toward the shopping families and for their cars and homes
B
resentment toward the changes of the modern world
C
a sense that the speaker feels out of place in 1950s America
D
an acceptance that the speaker cannot change the modern world
6

How do the speaker and Whitman disobey the laws of consumerism? by not feeling comfortable in the supermarket✔ by sampling items but not paying for themX by asking the pork and bananas silly questions

A
by not feeling comfortable in the supermarket
B
✔ by sampling items but not paying for them
C
X by asking the pork and bananas silly questions
7

The final line of the poem asks Whitman about the America he experienced one hundred years ago. What meaning does Ginsberg convey by ending the poem this way?

Answer:

Ginsberg’s final question contrasts Whitman’s loving vision of America with the consumer-driven 1950s, suggesting that Whitman’s America may no longer exist and that he might not recognize the country.

8

Which of the following ideas did you include in your response? Check all of the boxes that apply to your answer.

A
Whitman’s “America of love” no longer exists.
B
Whitman would not recognize America in the 1950s.
C
The speaker longs for an idealized, unrealistic version of America.
D
Whitman’s vision of America was informed by his own social and cultural position.

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