Letter to the people

In Polish literature we will find a lot of examples of the loss of human features by the heroes of prose to life, poetry. As a rule, this happened in the most difficult situations: during the war, hunger, direct threat to life. Różewicz's poem concerns a completely different situation – normal, everyday life without any threats. It was in such realities that the poet also noticed the disappearance of human feelings. Right next to each of us. Ludo -eaters meet on the street, on the tram, train, shop. They are practically everywhere. Maybe we even visit the people ourselves, We are the addressees of the apostrophe of Różewicz, which in this example of the so -called role lyrics takes the pose of a moralist, almost the apostle to sinners – directly, Sometimes in a categorical form, commanding, But always with at least a slight hint of irony.

The letter to the people's eaters is primarily a poem Fr. egoism, staring only at yourself. With this attitude, he stops seeing other people, see their needs, You don't even want to tolerate their presence around us – So what to say about kindness, compassion:

beloved people
Wait a moment
do not trample the weaker
do not grind your teeth

Meanwhile, man is a social being, Therefore, he must see and the problems of others. Social ties can be based on mutual understanding, providing help, making life easier. However, this is an ideal, which is very difficult, Especially in our country. It is easier to keep every day at least a minimum principles of interpersonal intercourse: tolerating the presence of others, respecting their needs. However, in the poetics of Różewicz, he maintained in the poetics:

Beloved people
Don't look with a wolf
for man
who asks about a free place
in the railway range

People from this poem are constantly repeating, they change the word self through all cases. This extreme egocentrism of the crowd leads to the situation, in which it is difficult to call the community of these creatures at all, the more, that everyone is a wolf there. It is only important to meet your own needs – says the subject of a poem speaking from the position of a skeptical teacher and moralist, who did not even keep the shadow of faith in it, that his teachings would be implemented, who knows, that the people will do their job anyway. To achieve these goals, We are ready to crash everyone encountered on the road and we will not even notice it. As a result, others are not considered people and we stop being people ourselves, Because our humanity is determined by attitude towards others. It must change:

Let's not eat well
Because we won't be resurrected
Really

Naturally, this is not about the resurrection in a purely religious sense, but about the kind of moral revival, return to humanity, respect for elementary principles. Ludo -eaters from slightly ironic poetics maintained in proper Różewicz (As we mentioned, This is an example of the so -called role lyrics) The poems still have a very long way to a similar resurrection. Awakening humanity. The moralist from this poem has an ambivalent attitude towards people, He loves them and at the same time disgusts their attitudes, is terrified, I egoism, lack of elementary sensitivity, inability to compassion, ordinary, looting and everyday rudeness.