CA Conrad, “Poet in the Crack of Liberty”

CA Conrad, “Poet in the Crack of Liberty” Name Institution CA Conrad, “Poet in the Crack of Liberty” Introduction * CA Conrad’s Poet in the Crack of Liberty presents a different standpoint from which to look at one of the nation’s memorials, the Liberty Bell. * The author tries to question the authenticity of the nation’s perceived belief in freedom and liberty for all that both the United States citizens and the rest of the world tend to blindly believe. * The Liberty Bell, a national symbol for the nation’s proud belief in liberty and the struggles overcame to achieve the said status forms the basis for CA Conrad’s article Poet in the Crack of Liberty. * A summary analysis of the author’s article provides an excellent framework for understanding Conrad’s defiance of the nation’s belief on freedom and liberty as symbolized by the Liberty Bell based on social themes emerging from the article as the narrative unfolds. Summary * The author alludes to his love for the Liberty Bell and what it means to himself and other members of the American society to bring out his defiance or rather the irony in what the memorial symbolizes to the nation. * CA Conrad refers to his intimate relationship his lover Christopher, who works at the Independence Hall as a revolutionary war soldier, to highlight some of the faults in the nation’s belief for freedom and liberty. * CA Conrad and Christopher are madly in love and share happy moments making fun and jokes out of the Liberty Bell. * Conrad appears to be the more free-spirited party in the relationship as witnessed by his wild imagination. The author, for instance, makes use of the revered crack on the Liberty Bell to develop a business idea for selling chocolate treats. * CA Conrad defies all nation’s belief system based on the Liberty Bell memorial as the story unfolds highlighting some of the elements he opposes. Themes Defiance * CA Conrad goes ahead to question the National Park Service’s housing of the Liberty Bell and its protective rules against touching it or going anywhere near it. * He reiterates on the monument’s meaning to the nation by giving a definition of liberty, “The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one’s way of life, behavior, or political views.”  * According to the author, the protective rules against tampering with the memorial contradicts the nation’s perceived belief in freedom and liberty. * Conrad’s defiance of the perceived belief comes out as he declares that the Liberty Bell deserves to be out in the open for everyone to see if it really represents the nation’s belief in freedom and liberty. * The author’s free-spirited character brings out his defiance against oppressive social stands by airing his views, opinions, and even sexuality without a care for the world and stands up to the opposition wherever the opportunity arises. Freedom of speech and Expression * The fact that Christopher’s family disowns him for being gay or rather expressing a different sexual orientation from the social expectation portrays the nation’s disguise as the land of freedom and liberty. * Benjamin Franklin impersonator’s failure to take Conrad’s cri...