The Inner Battle Between Bukowski And The Blue Bird
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Opening
Original: This paper will explore the various aspects of the topic.
Paraphrased: This article will investigate the different facets of this subject.
Deconstruction
Close inspection of the BlueBird
The Bluebird is being deconstructed
To sum up,
Introduction
This is an introduction to the topic. Here, we will discuss the key points of the topic at hand.
Charles Bukowski’s famous poem Bluebird portrays an invisible and metaphorical bird that lives inside his heart. It leaves a lasting impression on the reader, prompting them to explore the inner bluebirds that reside in their hearts. Bukowski controls the bluebirds, giving them what they want and keeping them in his cage. The poet claims that he is able to keep the bluebird in his cage, regardless of its desire to fly. A closer look at the poem reveals that he sees only the bluebird’s phantom. First, Charles Bukowski claimed that there was a “bluebird” hiding in the hearts of everyone. The bluebird symbolizes the unrestrained and authentic desires of humans. Bukowski argues that humans are required to limit their freedom to pursue their desires. The bluebird may be a fantasy of Bukowski’s imagination. Also, even though the bluebird represents the id, can we control it in the same way Bukowski does? This paper, which uses deconstructionism as a method, attempts to show that the opposite is what Bukowski wanted to convey.
Deconstruction
This paper clarifies and explains the fundamental claim of deconstructionism to make it easier for future analysis. Two steps are required to deconstruct a text. The first is understanding the poem. This requires that readers understand the meaning and signification of the text. The mischiefs, however, question all meanings. Also, the deconstructionist does NOT believe that any text is immortal or has an all-encompassing meaning that binds it together. In other words, meanings can be filtered by people’s views. Deconstructionists use terminologies such as difference to indicate the futility and arbitrariness of meaning. Knowing what it’s not is the only way to know what is. This means that one can only know what is real by knowing what it isn’t. This is a book, for example. My claim is valid if I acknowledge that the book isn’t a chair or a flower. It is binary oppositions. The unfolding sense is a mix of the oppositions. In order to arrive at a privileged sense, it is necessary to recognize the difference. The meaning can also be described as a “deferring” process. But, deferring doesn’t mean you can ignore the opposition. What is still deferred stays. The so-called ultimate meaning, or the arrival at it, is always contingent on its opposites. Deconstruction is a psychoanalytical theory that focuses on the apparent and the slip of linguistics. It takes apart the meaning that other theories try to articulate and construct.
Close inspection of the BlueBird
Bluebird, by Charles Bukowski, consists two stanzas. The poem’s first stanza focuses on its main target, which is the bluebird that dwells within the poet’s soul. The bluebird is determined to flee. The poem rhymes with the four repetitions of the line. The poem depicts the inextricable relationship between the bluebird and himself. He rules the blue birds. As he wrote, “It is too hard for me.” Blue bird’s daily degustation is whisky and cigarette. The consumption of whisky is hard liquor. However, smoking can cause serious health problems. The blue bird can’t help but take all that Bukowski gives him. The poem must be carefully read in order to comprehend it. Bukowski opens the poem by showing his affection for the bluebird. It isn’t a perfect relationship. The poet’s dominance causes the bird to struggle. In the first line of the poem the poet says that the bluebird wants freedom. The poet cancels the bluebird’s wish. The bluebird is unknown to anyone.
The poet may only see the bluebirds. But the reader may still ask the question, “Do the bluebirds exist?” The metaphor of a blue bird represents another self that is hidden from the public eye. He can’t see Bukowski’s body, his movements, or his appearance. But they don’t know the blue bird that lives in Bukowski’s heart. The other/real Bukowski is not “understandable” by either of them. The poet and the bluebird were engaged in a serious battle. The war is described by the poet in the second verse. The poet reiterates his determination to treat the bluebird with toughness. The poet asks the bluebird to calm down and to keep his cool. The blue bird’s only response is that it “wants out”. Perhaps it was frustration that led the poet to find a way of reconciling with the bird. The poet says, “I only let him outside / at nights sometimes / When everybody’s sleeping.” The bird is able to enjoy the freedom that it craves. Only when it is dark, when everyone is sleeping. Is it true that no one is able to witness the existence blue bird? The poet says the contrary. He is sufficient to witness and affirm the existence of the blue bird. The bluebird is comforted by the poet who says: “I am here to help you, so don’t be disappointed.” The poet’s secrets are always carried by the bluebird, who is a dweller within the poet. The poet tells us that these secrets are “nice and enough to make one weep”. These lines create an emotional feeling. The blue bird would be free and the poet would not have to worry about it. But secrets are inconsistent with reality. Bukowski would lose his books in Europe and Bukowski’s work would be ruined. While weeping can be soothing and helps to heal the wounds, secrets can cause discontentment, resentment and resistance. Life is fragile, just like humans. Only when night falls, does the poet show tenderness to the bluebird, and then the bluebird sings. The poet is content with being alone, but the blue bird sings. The poem concludes depressingly. The poet is strong and tough enough not to weep about human fragility. The harsh reality of life is that man cannot weep or affirm the shortness of his or her existence. In summary, the poem depicts a binary between unfulfilled human desires and unfulfilled human needs. One’s face is the only thing that can hide one’s authentic and truthful self. Bukowski expresses his self-regard in this poem. Bluebird isn’t Bukowski’s mask. Bukowski tries to appear like a fool, as though there is something beyond his pale skin.
The Bluebird is being deconstructed
Bluebird can be read in many different ways. Bukowski appears to have power over bluebirds, but the domination is a struggle. Bukowski is not able to make any valid claims. The bluebird is not his control. The binary between control and desire is a superficial illusion. He claims that he controls the bluebird with total dominance, but this is just a superficial phantom. This paper uses a deconstruction process to prove that the bluebirds are not under his control. The poem is sung only by the poet, but the bluebirds’ voices are absent. The poet claims that the bluebird wants out. Maybe the bird doesn’t mind. It might love whisky or cigarette smoke. The bird never complained and never tried to escape. The bird waited patiently for the night, but it didn’t seem to be able to do anything other than wait. The poet said that the bird had no emotions. It is simply happy to exist. The poet tries to comfort the bird by telling it not “sad”. The bird doesn’t care. It “makes man/weep”. The bird is powerful. The poet is not controlled by the bird, but the bird does. The poet’s secrets are carried by the bird and people weep. Weeping is a sign of vulnerability. The process of weeping helps to heal and remove scars from the heart. The blue bird controls poets if it can touch their weakness and cause them to tumble. The bluebird is the conscious ego of the poet. Binary refers to the meaning of the poetry, which is a complex fusion or control and desire. Psychoanalytical theory and deconstructionists influence their focus on the arbitrariness, or absence, of the Id.
Although the ego believes it has power over the id, it is a false belief. The ego is not affected by the secretive desires. The ego will hide and repress those desires. This is evident in the poem. The bartenders, whores, and the supermarket clerks don’t know anything about the bluebird. They see him as the bluebird in his slips of tongues and jokes. These manifestations show the poet’s weakness. The poet dreamed of killing the bluebird. But he is unable to do so, as evidenced in the poem, “I haven’t really let him/die.” Bluebirds make him humane. They give him feelings and emotions. The poet irresistibly says: “We have a secret pack, and it is nice enough to make a man weep.” Secrets are what control our actions. The binary is in the irresistible reconciliation between the poet’s secret blue bird.
In conclusion,
This paper analyses Charles Bukowski’s bluebird poem. It appears that the poem shows a feeling of control. The poet struggles to control his bluebird-infested heart. It is clear that people will always suppress their authentic desires and wishes. The wishes cannot and will not be suppressed. They are always in control of people’s actions. The binary meaning of this poem indicates that people’s desires are dominant — people’s feelings and desires make them people.
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