Reading Response Frank Sanchez

The Philosophy of Andy Warhol and Postmodern American Poetry were great readings because they spoke to the reader and kept one very interested. The Philosophy of Andy Warhol was my favorite reading as it did a great job with differentiating two famous cities, New York and Paris. However, I was able to connect with the empty space analogy and the way the author acted. When Warhol states that, “to be really rich, I believe, is to have one space. One big empty space”, I was left in shock because everyone thinks that being rich is the ultimate goal but unfortunately most rich people end up living and dying alone. Having everything in the world doesn’t make one happy but miserable since there’s nothing more to fight for and motivate one to continue their life. I also enjoyed the way he thinks when he gives the analogy that he would build buildings that don't last long in order to have them rebuilt and keep people busy. Then when he went in depth with the argument that men aren't doing much in Italy because the buildings were so well built that their isn’t no job for men since there’s no need for rebuilding. A quote I really enjoyed from K. Silem Mohammad’s essay was when he explained that he is “unemployed and as happy as [he’s ever] felt in years”; this quote just go to show that the difference between the rich and the poor. Again, yes the rich might have everything they need in life but they do not have true happiness. Mohammad being unemployed seems to be enjoying his life as a poet than doing a job  he doesn’t like which is ultimately taking away he’s time to experience true happiness. On the other hand, one of the poems that I truly enjoyed was “The the the the the the the the the the Death (Hey Hey)”. This poem is a sonnet in which it rhymes lines A and C and B and D. For example,

And I don't mess with no Italian shit;

I only blow up your mind the one way, ho.

I line it up four-four-four-two, that’s it;

That’s how I do my sonnet bidness, yo.

We are able to see that the ending of each line rhymes with ending of the other line. So “shit” rhymes with “it” and “ho” rhymes with “yo”. This is a cool poem which demonstrates the cool ways of playing with words.