Literary evidence
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(written 1968 – age 21)
You can’t condemn my people for the way they comb their hair – they are your people also and your griping is unfair. Please don’t condemn my friends for the way they sit and stare – perhaps they see much more than you had ever hoped was there. They see a different life than you yet they are still the same, searching for some truth like you, trying to find a name. They live an age apart from you, you have no right to claim the world belongs to only you – we love it just the same. |
This poem acts as literary evidence from this time because it explains how social rebellion was viewed by the generation before them. The poet, who decided to stay anonymous, was part of the social revolution, as were his friends. He seemed to be tired of the way the elders looked down on him, for "the way they comb their hair". He doesn't understand why they don't accept his generation, since the only thing that they need to worry about it is living.
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