An Analysis of Thomas McGrath’s “Crash Report” (1155 words, 5 pages)
John MarshWhat makes Thomas McGraths "Crash Report" so immediately intriguing isthe decidedly anti-populistfor this famously populist poetlast stanza. McGrathchallenges his readers to "examine a case on record," to make sense of theapparent contradiction between calling two grossly unequal deathsone"real" (going "down over Paramashiru"), the other "phony"(the result of "joy-riding"equally heroic. ...
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