"Pink Dog" by Elizabeth Bishop seems very political and ironic. This tells a story of a "shaved dog," which represents an individual in society who tried living his or her life by the standards of society and then decided to break away from that norm. The speaker is speaking to the dog in apostrophe and trying to "persuade" the dog in a way to conform to society standards. The Carnival represents society as a whole-- a place full of fakeness and bright colors trying to cover up normal boring discrepancies.
"They say that Carnival's degenerating
--radios, Americans, or something,
have ruined it completely. They're just talking."
This line really stuck out to me. It calls out America for its superficiality since this poem seems to have been written about Rio de Janeiro, a city in Brazil. It's pretty annoying to look at American media sometimes and see what superficial and unimportant issues that are in the headlines. Yet, Americans feed on the drama, the gossip, and the superficial. Wonderful place we live in, isn't it? I kind of wish we could all just step back and see how stupid the things we worry about are. But... you know... I'll probably still worry about the same stupid things. I'm glad Elizabeth Bishop could call us all out though. We need a little reality check at times.
"They say that Carnival's degenerating
--radios, Americans, or something,
have ruined it completely. They're just talking."
This line really stuck out to me. It calls out America for its superficiality since this poem seems to have been written about Rio de Janeiro, a city in Brazil. It's pretty annoying to look at American media sometimes and see what superficial and unimportant issues that are in the headlines. Yet, Americans feed on the drama, the gossip, and the superficial. Wonderful place we live in, isn't it? I kind of wish we could all just step back and see how stupid the things we worry about are. But... you know... I'll probably still worry about the same stupid things. I'm glad Elizabeth Bishop could call us all out though. We need a little reality check at times.
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