Search for My Tongue and Presents form My Aunts in Pakistan.Compare and Contrast The Ways In Which Each Poem Describes Being Part Of Two Different Cultures.
COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE WAYS IN WHICH EACH POEM DESCRIBES BEING PART OF TWO DIFFERENT CULTURES. In this essay I shall compare the ways in which each poem describes being part of two different cultures. The word culture is a religion or a belief you belong to or something shared by people. A culture can be a Somalian culture in which we like to eat rice however I am also a part of British culture which I like to eat fish and chips. In my opinion I think it is important to belong to a culture because it represents you and what you do in your life. If you are part of more than one culture you will have a clash. The moral of a Muslim culture says don't steal furthermore the school culture, kids may tell you to steal. We have been looking at these two poems exploring these themes. The first poem is "Presents from My Aunts in Pakistan". This tells the story of a teenage girl who does not feel comfortable in the Pakistani clothes sent to her by her relatives but prefers wearing denim and corduroy, which are her everyday clothes in England. The second poem we have been investigating is "Search for My Tongue". It examines about a young adult that forgot about her two tongues which means her two languages. The poet testify that she forgot her native tongue which is Guajarati and knows her foreign tongue on the other hand she feels uncomfortable talking at the same time using both
Essay to compare and contrast He Loved Light, Freedom and Animals and Pneuomconiosis
Compare and Contrast two poems - "He loved light, freedom and animals" and "Pneumoconiosis" Both poems are about death and the acceptance of death although are written from different perspectives and are different for the fact that in "He loved light, freedom and animals" by Mike Jenkins the young boy's death was quite a shock, but it could have been prevented whereas in "Pneumoconiosis" written by Duncan Bush the man's death is inevitable, there is nothing he can do to change it. Both poems also have connection with coalmines. Pneumoconiosis is a disease caught from working down in the mines, and the background of "He loved light, freedom and animals" is about a mining disaster that happened in Aberfan where a slag heap on the side of a mountain collapsed and engulfed parts of the small town. The first poem I studied was Pneumoconiosis, and as the title suggests, the poem is about the killing lung disease that many coalminers suffered and died from. "Pneumoconiosis" was renames "The Dust" by the sufferers because it was mainly caused by inhalation of a lot of dust. The dust would get trapped in the lungs and made breathing difficult, and eventually killed after many years of effecting collier's lives. Duncan Bush wrote in the form of an old retired coalminer who is slowly dying from the disease. The elderly man is now feeling the effects of the disease more than ever. He
Discuss how the settings in 'The man with the twisted lip' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 'the Red Room' by H.G. Wells and 'The Signalman' by Charles Dickens create mystery and suspense.
Discuss how the settings in 'The man with the twisted lip' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 'the Red Room' by H.G. Wells and 'The Signalman' by Charles Dickens create mystery and suspense. The Victorians were extremely inventive when it came to entertaining themselves. Unlike us they could not simply slouch on the sofa, with the lights on bright and catch a quick episode of 'Eastenders', instead they often met up to share their ghost stories. With the ever flickering candle light casting ghouls all around, and that familiar blackness introduced by the shadows that managed to hide a twenty foot monster, it was no wonder that the Victorians were so petrified by such stories. In those days, everyone believed in everything supernatural so to them these stories where very real. I have read and studied the following Victorian short stories: The Signalman. By Charles Dickens The Man with the Twisted Lip. By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and The Red Room. By H.G. Wells 'The Signalman' story is entirely set around a railway track. It is told in the first person, by a holidaymaker who meets the signalman. Soon he becomes aware that the signalman is extremely frightened. The signalman tells the holidaymaker that recently he has been seeing a spectre in the railway tunnel. This ghost seems to be calling out to him in distress, as though warning him. The signalman speaks of how the red
Signalman and Red Room analysis
With reference to the two short stories, "The Red Room" by H.G. Wells and "The Signalman" by Charles Dickens, consider the ways in which tension and suspense are built up for the reader. "The Signalman" was published by Charles Dickens in 1866 during the mid-Victorian period where at that particular time there was a conflict between scientific and modern thoughts with the old beliefs. This period was witnessing the industrial revolution. It was a time of great change whether in inventions or advances in technology and science. The story refers to inventions that were made recently including railways which were beginning to extend over the country as well as steam trains and signal boxes which now seem to us as an old invention, but at that time, they were great inventions that were remarkable. During that time there were very harsh class divisions between the high and low class. Charles Dickens published the story almost a year after he personally eye witnessed a railway accident which killed ten people and injured more. "The Red Room" was published in 1894 by H.G. Wells, it was written in the late Victorian age. "The Red Room" is quite different from the "The Signalman" because it is written more in the gothic type genre. Gothic story-telling is a type of horror which engages any mystic or unnatural powers that would terrify the reader, such as ghosts or haunted castles. The
Explore the different ways the poets of 'Sonnet 116','To His Coy Mistress' and 'The Sun Rising' have structured their poems to present a conflict between love and time
Reuben Blankley-Woods Explore the different ways the poets of 'Sonnet 116','To His Coy Mistress' and 'The Sun Rising' have structured their poems to present a conflict between love and time. The conflict between love and time is present in all three poems in different ways. Shakespeare structured 'Sonnet 116' to show that true love conquers time and you can see this from the first line. Marvell structured his poem to prove the opposite. Donne, on the other hand, structured 'The Sun Rising' to show he can defeat time by making his own universe of love in his own bed. The similarity between the poems is that all of them are about the conflict between love and time, but the differences are what angles they come from. William Shakespeare has a strong belief that true love conquers time. This is quite obvious through many sections of the poem. Shakespeare says that love, "The marriage of true minds..." is perfect and unchanging. We see this also in the line, "Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds..." which says that even though time affects the appearance of people, it does not effect the way in which lovers feel for each other. Therefore the physical side to love may diminish over time but the feelings will only get stronger. Marvell's 'To His Coy Mistress' is written to say the complete opposite. He is saying that we must embrace the physical side of love
Creative Writing (Story beginnings)
Creative Writing (Story beginnings) Chapter One (1) A golden haze encircled the angel's head and its torso glowed dazzling white against the drab dreary wall behind. "What's happe..." she willed her mouth to finish the sentence but it wouldn't obey so she gave up. She fought too against the uplifting force taking her away from the slightly damp pavement but as every ounce of resistance drained out of her limbs, she went limp and was completely at its mercy. The final thought that crossed her mind before it succumbed to the black cloud that eventually engulfed her was that she recognised this angel. * Elizabeth Anne Johnson - Lizzie to her friends - was a beautiful girl. With endless jet-black locks flowing down her back and striking features, she looked straight off a catwalk. Tonight she was wearing her favourite pale pink mini-dress with manicured nails and dainty heels to match; and with her perfect figure, she was more than able to carry it off. A combination of her stunning looks and the confidence she exuded made every head turn when she walked past - a fact of which she was well aware. Lizzie had spent all night in Brighton's new trendiest nightspot "Heaven". The place was heaving with bodies bouncing to the thundering beats pounding out of the state of the art stereo system. They were puppets dancing to the tune of the headphone-wearing master in the glass
Compare the way the poems Half-Caste(TM) and Nothing(TM)s Changed(TM) deal with the theme of racism. Which poem do you think is most effective?
Compare the way the poems 'Half-Caste' and 'Nothing's Changed' deal with the theme of racism. Which poem do you think is most effective? My essay is about two poems that we have been studying. John Agard's 'Half-Caste' and Tatamkhulu Afrika's 'Nothing's Changed'. The purpose of this essay is to show the differences and the similarities of these two poems as well as to explore the poet's feelings about racial injustice. Furthermore I am going to explain the poet's purpose and attitude to the society that surrounds them. I will also describe the different impressions that each poet is trying to give to the reader. Both poets depict a powerful view and concept about the theme of racism. To begin with I am going to talk about the poet's background information and what each poem is briefly about. The first poet; John Agard was born on the 21st of June 1949 in British Guiana (now Guyana). He came to England from Guyana in 1977, where he became a touring lecturer. From there he spread his Caribbean culture and ethnicity around the UK. Like many Caribbean's, he himself is of mixed race. The second poet; Tatamkhulu Afrika was born in Egypt in 1920 and came to South Africa (Cape Town's District 6) as a young child and lived there for a long time. He began writing poetry when he was in his sixties and has published four collections of poems about his experiences in South Africa.
The Differences and Similarities Between 'Caged Bird' and 'Still IRise'
The Differences and Similarities Between 'Caged Bird' and 'Still I Rise' 'Caged Bird' and 'Still I Rise' are in their own ways similar, because they are both noticeably about the coloured race and the entrapment of that race and their bid for freedom. But both poems also display many differences, like the use of metaphors and ways of expressing their determination and the segregation of their race. Their titles almost sound like opposites with a capture of something and a rise above something, but 'Still I Rise' would also be a rise above a capture or an attempt at a capture Maya Angelou, the author, was raised in segregated, rural Arkansas, and so this could be the reason for the content of her poems. I think that she has intentionally expressed these themes strongly in both of these poems because she felt strongly at the time of the segregation of the black communities, being part of one herself. 'Caged Bird' is, in my view, a really well written poem, by using a bird as the metaphor of the poem to get the message of the poem across to the reader. By doing this, the author opens up lots of verbs to be used to describe slavery, but also the freedom the bird has in the first stanza, and the adventures that are open to the bird. 'Still I Rise' is aimed at the white race and the treatment that the blacks received from them. This is stated right at the beginning to make sure
'Hurricane Hits England' & Presents From...'
Choose two poems that explore the idea of discomfort in a new environment. Both "Hurricane Hits England" and "Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan" deal with the idea of discomfort in a new environment: "Hurricane Hits England" is about feeling better in the new environment by being reminded about the old one. "Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan" is about how contact with the old environment can make it difficult to feel at home in the new one. "Hurricane Hits England" shows how a woman is brought closer to the English landscape. The hurricane is something familiar from her Caribbean past and she feels its growing force "like some dark ancestral spectre". At first she is confused by its presence in England and speaks to the spirits of the wind to find out why they have come: Tell me why you visit An English coast? But as the storm progresses the woman 'aligns' herself with the weather gods of her past and finds herself "riding the mystery of your storm". This sense of oneness with the storm brings about a transformation in the woman's attitude. Her feelings had been like a "frozen lake" which the storm breaks up. She had felt that she was in a different place with a different landscape, but now she understands that all places are part of the same planet and she is closer to her new landscape. The winds have Come to let me know That the earth is the earth is the earth.
Show how Samuel Taylor Coleridge made his imagery and phrases in the poem 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' vivid.
Rime of the Ancient Mariner Essay The aim of this essay is to show how Samuel Taylor Coleridge made his imagery and phrases in the poem 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' vivid. At the end I will list them and conclude why I thought it was good. To me, 'skinny hand' gives a clear bold image in my head of someone that is malnourished and doesn't eat as much as they need to. You can build on this and create a picture of their whole body; bones stretching their skin creating almost a ghostly image. It makes me shudder thinking of this and to meet them would give me an experience of the living dead. Of course they may be ill, weak and be on their last legs, their skin could be wrinkled and tough. Overall these two words bring together a scary, weird character. When you are old you lose the pigment in your hair and sometimes your mind can go slightly strange and take hold of you. 'Grey-beard loon' clearly portrays this to me. Not shaving is a good reference to his sea days, as on the wide open water it is hard to do. As he is not used to shaving that is why he has a beard. Beards can also be the sign of someone who has great wisdom and knowledge. The old man took hold of the younger man's hand while he spoke, suggesting that he perhaps was a lonely figure. When the man responded angrily saying, 'Hold off! Unhand me,' you can also imagine his face expressing these words. The man
