Spoon River Anthology: resumen de Voltaire Johnson

Qué sucede

1. Voltaire Johnson asks why others hurt and stifle him if they do not want him to expose their faults.
2. He describes cruelty as nails he pulls out and throws back at his attackers.
3. He links starvation for disobedience to his efforts to weaken their tyranny.
4. He says he might share William Wordsworth’s serenity without their interference.
5. He accuses Spoon River of cowardice and pictures himself laughing within a circle drawn by Truth’s sword.

En qué fijarte

The question ties repression directly to resistance. It sums up his claim that the community provokes the opposition it condemns.

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