Tasks  03.09.2015

The first poem, "No Man is an Island", talks about how even though someone might try to exclude themselves from socety, they will always be a part of it. When a part of society dies, a part of you dies aswell, for you are the society. This statement is strengthened by the lines "... therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee". What this is saying is that when you hear the belltowers in the distance, don't wonder why the bell is tolling, it's tolling for thee. For the human race as a whole.

"No Man is an Island" talks about how a loss doesn't belong to one person, but to the entire human race.

Paul Simon: "I am a Rock". This song takes more or less the exact opposite stance to "No Man is an Island", stating that the main character doesn't need anybody and is doing quite fine locked within his fortress of solitude with nothing but his poetry to keep him accompanied, He doesn't want friends, because they might hurt him and he doesn't want love either. By reading the text it seems that he had a loved once, but something happened, and now he's afraid to get hurt again ("... the slumber of feelings that have died").

"I am a Rock" tells the tale of a person who has excluded themselves from society completely, setting up walls in "A fortress steep and mighty". An individual afraid of friendship, and love.


"Gerry and the peacemakers" (written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II) "You'll never walk alone": This song makes the statement that as long as you never let your hopes down, you'll never walk alone. As long as you keep forcing through the dark, storms, the wind and the rain, you will one day the the light at the end of the gauntlet, in this case " ... a golden sky, and the sweet silver song of the lark". No matter how much shit is thrown at you in life, there will always be that golden moment where you find friends and happiness, in this case I presume the " ... the sweet silver song of the lark" references Liverpool, and the " ... golden sky" represents the Liverpool fans all clumping up together at a stadium to cheer on their favourite football team.

"You'll never walk alone" tells you that no matter how tough things get, you must force through the hard times, and one day, you too will find happiness.


My favourite song was probably "You'll never walk alone". It was catchy, and uplifting, whilst "I am a Rock" was honestly a little depressing.  However, I guess that was the meaning behind the song, to give a little insight into the mind of someone who has cast themselves out of society.

Edit: I thought Liverpool's suits were yellow.


- Thor Bjørnskjold Langestrand