Paul Simon: I Am A Rock
Beginning of paper
Paul Simon said that the person or people in his poem were sick of
society, and wanted to be isolated away from society. He represents this by
saying that they want to be like a rock, or like an island. They wanted to be
isolated away from society.
The poem talks about people being sick of soci ....
Middle of paper
.... mighty."
He has built a mental block to all outsiders, and he compares this to an
inpenetrable wall. Inpenetrable walls keep unwanted things out: bad feelings,
love, etc. Then, in the third line of this stanza, he says "I have no need of
friendship - friendship causes pain, It's laughter and loving I disdain." He
said that he doesn't want friendship because it just causes pain, and that the
laughter and loving he hates or despises. He wants to be left alone, like it
says in the third st ....
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Word count: 573
Page count: 3 (approximately 250 words per page)
