Annotated Different Cultures Poems

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Annotated Example Title:Poetry from Different CulturesExplore the relationship between rich and poor  in Nothings Changed and one other poem (Two Scavengers in a Truck …)C+-gradeParagraph 1Sentence 1Sentence 2Hit-the-mark-scheme-hard formula:Compare the two poems using a key word or phrase from the titleDevelop the comparison in a sentence mentioning both poemsParagraph 1Sentence 1Sentence 2In both poems- “Nothing’s Changed” and “Two Scavengers ..” – rich and poor lead separate lives.  In “Nothing’s Changed” the poor are kept apart from the rich by the laws of Apartheid, whereas, by contrast, in “Two Scavengers …”  money itself keeps people apart.  CompareIdeasPoint-evidence-ExplanationComparisonPoint-Evidence-ExplanationFinal( feelings)Comparison         In “Nothing’s Changed” the coloured and black people are poor and the whites are rich.  This is presented through the contrast between the “working man’s café” for blacks.  The café                            “sells bunny chows. (cheap hot dogs)                eat/ it at a plastic table top,                wipe your fingers on your jeans.”It serves poor food and has poor facilities,
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whereas the “whites only inn ” sounds luxurious with,“up-market, haute cuisine……………………crushed ice white glass                           linen falls                           the single rose.”The cause of the difference between the black people’s poor lives and the rich lives of the whites is the Apartheid system in South Africa .  Black and white people lived poor and rich lives because of the law.  The poem is an angry protest against unfair laws.        By contrast, in “Two Scavengers …” rich and poor people live together under one law.  The poem is set in The United States of America.  It is a part of American culture that all ...

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