Profanity In Allen Ginsberg Howl

Allen Ginsberg’s profanity in his poem “Howl” was wrote in order to challenge the American thoughts on the status quo of Americans traditional values. Without the harshness and profanity of the words used in this poem, Ginsberg would not have been able to express his disapproval for the American conformity. The title says it all, “Howl”, he wanted to not be just an everyday anybody he wanted to be seen and heard. Being quietly heard he was not the way he wanted to go about this he wanted to scream, or howl in this case. Ginsberg choice to write obscene or with profanity in his work was to gain the attention of the human race. As he shows in one part of this poem, Ginsberg wrote about his sexuality, which was not an acceptable way to act