Group A

Zach, I agree with your point that much of the poem follows the theme of money/greed prevailing in future society. As you all have pointed out, the underlying drug problems of the time are obvious and the author completely disorients the reader. To go along with the drug problem at the time, sex went from being very private and taboo to being very open and free. Ginsberg uses lots of sexual terminology and seems very disturbed with the obscene images he describes. He is very resentful of the wasted opportunities of "his generation." Although he is saddened by this wasted knowledge and the drug infested society he depicts, it seems to me that he is not necessarily blaming anybody for the problem. He is merely a bystander who saw all of these terrible things occur. Who do you all think the intended audience is for this piece?