lunes, 25 de agosto de 2008

Harrison and the Musicians

What is the significance of Harrison telling the musicians, "I'll make you barons and dukes and earls" (12)? What different values underlie such ennoblement? What role do beauty and aesthetics play in Harrison's rebellion?

7 comentarios:

hadar dijo...

The significance of Harrison's statement:" I'll make you barons and dukes and earls" is that an equal society will not longer exist. In place of equality there will be a society build of the strong and the weak. It also gives the massage that Harrison is powerful and has atomic powers to control that society.

N. Tre. dijo...

I hate to say it, but I disagree. I love music; music can set you free. If you are completely lost and have no sense of direction, music is your escape. It sounds absurd, but one of the things that could have made past administrations so dire is the lack of an artistic perspective to politics.
Maybe Harrison could have finally realized this. When he declared his independence from conformity, it shocked his viewers. To incorporate classical musicians into his "revolution" was a way of calming the people who were so taken aback by his ideas.
To make them barons and dukes was only a prize for their making him look 'charismatic'.

Anónimo dijo...

What role do beauty and aesthetics play in Harrison's rebellion?

Harrison telling the musicians that statement was a way of telling them to "go on, you are free now." It was like a way of telling them, if they played the music as who they really were, then they would feel better. Now they were able to do what they really wanted. In a way it also was like a reward, because if they did what he comanded he would pay them back, by giving them an important role in life, and so, if he was still alive, he would continue his ruling. It was a way of telling everyone that a new era was about to start.

Amy G dijo...

Harrison shows that he does have the power to release humanity, and with sense of power comes a sense of authority. When he commands the musicians to play, he is displaying that authority. With this also comes this priority he gives to the music and arts, because for him, these are the things that are enslaved the most, and the first things that should be released.

Sergio dijo...

The statement: "I'll make you barons and dukes and earls", like Hadar said, is showing defiance to society and breaking the rules to society and equality. These status social groups are a reference to how society isn't equal and also an allusion to how grand they were by playing their best and playing so beautiful.

Like Nathan, I love music. I think music is a way of self-expression and without it the world would be messed up. But in this society, self-expression seemed to not be valued for everyone had to be equal. I think Harrison Bergerson thought of being the best you can at something (in this case, music) could help his rebellion.

Anónimo dijo...

The significance of this quote is power. Even if we dislike it, power strikes us like gold. We all look at it, and we crave it. When Harrison told the musicians he would make them Dukes, their eyes probably lit up, and they began obeying Harrison. That is exactly because of the need of power. We all want to be powerful in some type of way.

Sachi Ohara dijo...

hat different values underlie such ennoblement? What role do beauty and aesthetics play in Harrison's rebellion?
The significance of Harisson telling the musicians that he would make them barons and dukes and earls means that he is offering a change of life, something close to revolution inorder to change the current world in where the musicians could not play their best. In Harrison's rebellion, the main point he is trying to make is that there is no crime in being different from others. He is trying to show that there is no problem in being beautiful and good at something.
-sachi-