Compare how Society is presented in 'Nothings Changed' and 'Two Scavengers in a truck two beautiful People in a Mercedes.'

On the other hand in ‘Two Scavengers in a Truck two Beautiful People in a Mercedes’ the men do not want to fight against the richer, more glamorous couple but simply close the ‘small gulf’ between them that has set there lives apart. The writer shows sympathy by giving them the elevated position in this circumstance, you would usually see the richer and more glamorous but here the grungy, scavengers are looking down on the elegant couple. The fact that the elegant couple are only just going to work now is another point showing that they have a relaxed lifestyle and are ‘casual’ about the workplace. However, the garbage men have had to got to work in the early hours of the morning because they do not have the luxury of being lax about there lifestyle but have to work hard and, especially in the morning when no one can see them in the cheap, ‘red plastic blazers.’ This gives you the image of rugged looking men that are embarrassed by the way they look and with dirt under there fingernails and on there faces but they have sparkling eyes that represent the dream and prosperity they have for the luxurious lifestyle.

Your social standing will remain with you for the rest of your life and you cannot change this as it is shown with the black man in ‘Nothings Changed’ not being able to enter the ‘haute cuisine’ because he is in ‘district six’. This is the main reason for his anger ‘the inward turning white of my eyes’ this not only shows he is angry but re-enforces his statement that whites have to be involved with everything. In ‘Two Scavengers in a Truck two Beautiful People in a Mercedes’ the men can only change there standing, and ‘close the gulf’ between them by increasing there wealth and cleaning themselves up. This may never happen for the older man, which makes you feel sorry for him and wonder why he chose this job. The younger of the two bin men may be able to increase his lifestyle due to the dearth of his years but he may never get his dream. The whole poem has a powerful style making you connect with the bin men which is something you would not normally do, as you would want to get rid of them as soon as possible due to the bad smell and dirt.

The men in ‘Two Scavengers in a Truck two Beautiful People in a Mercedes’ are seen to be ‘vermin’ and are not treated with the same respect as everyone else but as a lower class because of what they do. They show slight anger in the form of bitter remarks about the couple in the Mercedes ‘the cools couple’ may be seen as a remark that they this may be because they do not think it fair that the people in the Mercedes are treated any different just because they are in a Mercedes. Because when everything it brought down to its bare minimum everyone in the world is the same. In Nothings Changed’ it is evident that he is bitter because of the actions he uses ‘I back from the glass, leaving small mean O of small mean mouth’ he is like a child when he is younger and wants something really badly but cannot have it. It is as if he is forbidden to go and look at the white, not to mention to be with them.