"I Cry" by Tupac Shakur

My response to this poem "I Cry" by Tupac Shakur is just... wow. The emotion that I felt while reading this was overwhelming. Tupac talks about how hurt he feels and how lonely he is, but the world doesn't even seem to care. In the movie A Cinderella Story there is a quote that says, "I can be surrounded by a sea of people and still feel all alone." This quote explains this poem perfectly. Everyday, we are all surrounded by people, but some of us feel all alone and like no one cares at all.

People have become too caught up in the world itself that they don't even notice, or care to notice, that someone is hurting. Sometimes people don't even know that their loved ones are hurting until it slaps them right in the face. People have become so cruel. When someone you know has a loved one pass away, you don't even bother to talk to them until you hear about the bad news. How do you know that they weren't feeling sad or lonely before that? You would've known, but you didn't care. Sometimes people don't care until it's too late. Look at all of the people who have committed suicide. Maybe if one person had just stepped up and told someone, "hey, stop picking on that kid" or "if you ever need someone to talk to, i'm here." Sometimes that's all it takes, but most of the world has just stopped caring. When something happens to you, you feel the pain and the hurt inside. But what about when it happens to someone else? Do you really care? Tupac says, "I would cry among my treasured friend, but who do you know that stops that long, to help another carry on." I think that what he is saying here is that it feels like his life has stopped, but others are still going on. No one cares to help him through this. They don't care what he feels like, because it's not them that it's happening to.

The point that Tupac is trying to make is that the world has become so caught up in the world itself that no one even seems to care anymore. So next time you see someone upset or hurting, talk to them and let them know that you are there for them, even if you don't know them. Sometimes it's good just to have that reassurance that you'll have someone to talk to. 

I think that the poet does succeed. Tupac gave me a different view on things. Just because everything is going good in your life doesn't mean it is in someone else's. People in the world just don't seem to care anymore. I too am guilty of this. Everyone has seen someone upset or hurt, but not everyone always says something to them. There is not a person in this world who has never felt hurt, sad, or lonely. 

Tupac uses the literary device imagery in this poem. All through the poem, I had a picture in my head of a lonely person crying by his/her self. Tupac also uses personification. He says, "the world moves fast and it would rather pass by then to stop and see what makes one cry." It's almost like he's comparing the world to a car ride. He's saying that the world is moving so fast that it doesn't even care to stop and see what's wrong. He might use these devices to try and make a better connection with the reader.