' Hard Rock As A Prison Hero?

Hard Rock Returns to Prison from the Hospital for the Criminal Insane is a poem by Knight, Etheridge. The poem is centered on a heroic character named Hard Rock. Knight’s poem is an allegory of oral tradition. The author depicts Hard Rock as a legend to all inmates, as his exploits are well known among the inmates. Because of his defiance, Hard Rock is sent to a Hospital for the Criminal Insane. When he comes back, Hard Rock has been lobotomized and changed into a different man. He is not the strong

Hard Rock Returns to Prison from the Hospital for the Criminal Insane by Etheridge Knight In Etheridge Knight's poem "Hard Rock Returns to Prison from the Hospital for the Criminal Insane," he uses a fictional tale to describe the tyrannical elements of prisons while simultaneously conveying the oppression that those who defy authority face in society. Knight effectively utilizes imagery and analogies (implied or clearly stated) to appeal to the readers senses and draw them into the story

1960 when he received a prison sentence, but, poetry brought him back to life. Even in his words about himself describing himself as poetic, the author uses various techniques to bring “Hard Rock Returns to Prison” alive. One of the methods he uses in writing is alliteration, by using the repetition of Hard Rock’s name throughout the poem, persuading the reader not to forget, about the mistreatment of a human being, almost to the point of having to remember that “Hard Rock” was indeed a prisoner.

The “Hard Rock” was a main inmate in the poem. The name of Hard Rock is based on a hard nut to crack because he was the only one inmate who never submitted and gave a lot of troubles to officers. The Hard Rock was treated really badly and punished as warning to other inmates in the hospital. Why he was treated so badly is because not only he never submitted to officers; there might be that he was a black person. While the Hard Rock was treated badly, other inmates were very submissive to officers

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