How does Grace Nichols express her relationship with the two cultures she belong to - South American and British.
How does Grace Nichols express her relationship with the two cultures she belong to Grace Nichols was born in a place in South America called Guyana but now she lives in London. Themes and images that keep recurring in her poems are of homesickness, emotions, her split culture, perception of self and nature. Grace Nichols shows this through images of food, senses, landscape, nature and colours. In her poems Nichols expresses her relationship with the two cultures through physical issues of travel and journey. The poem that expresses this best is Island Man. Island Man is narrated by a voice that we can assume is Nichols playing a character because it is written in a third person narrative. This poem is written from the point of view of a man. This is an effective technique because it shows us that it is not only Grace Nichols who feels this way but hundreds of people in London feel longing for their homeland and it also reveals the depth of the poets love for her homeland. In Island Man the central theme is of longing for home. The poem reveals this message through the use of nature and the sea. These images are representatives of Guyana, with images of artificialness and ugliness which represents London for her. For example in Guyana there are "wild seagulls" and when talking about London she says "wild metallic soar". The central theme in Like A Beacon is also longing
English Journey
Poetry Coursework Compare and Contrast how Mona Alvi's 'Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan' and Grace Nichols's 'Hurricane Hits England' explore how it feels to be trapped between two cultures. These two poems explore the difficulties of belonging to two different cultures. 'Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan' is told through a young schoolgirl's voice, who was born in Pakistan and now lives in England. The poem uses the different clothes from each country to express her mixed emotions and feelings about who she is and where she belongs. 'Hurricane hits England' is told through the voice of a woman who has moved from the Caribbean to England and is feeling home sick. A hurricane which hits England finally makes her feel peace. The language and the imagery describes both the hurricane and her emotions. The messy structure of 'Presents from my aunts in Pakistan' reflects her emotions. The stanzas and lines look uncontrolled just like her emotions. Also the lines are pulled in to two different directions on the page, just like her emotions are being pulled from one culture to another. 'Hurricane hits England' appears to be more organised at first sight, however it is similar to 'Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan' because it also is arranged in stanzas all different lengths and follows no set rhyme or rhythm. The overall tone in the poem 'Hurricane hits England' is an
Hurricane Gilbert.
HURRICANE GILBERT A hurricane is a violent tropical storm. It has a minium wind speed of 72 miles per hour. going counter-clockwise around a region of low-pressure. Hurricanes are giant whirlwinds which air moves in a large spiral around the center of the low-pressure which is called the eye. Hurricane season is usually from June1 to November 30. Ten tropical storms on the average develop in the Gulf Of Mexico, Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. Only six of these storms on the average become hurricanes. Hurricane Gilbert was called "the 5 day fury". The hurricane attacked many of the islands in the Carribean and Atlantic Oceans. It didn't directly hit some islands but it did have some efftect on them. It started with St Lucia. In St. Lucia most of there crops were destroyed. They had a reported $740,000 loss in banana. At this point the hurricane was still a storm. It then hit Puerto Rico. They also reported crop damages but only $200,000. They also had power outages in some towns. The storm then hit British and U.S. Virgin Islands. They had many power outages and flooding. Britsih Vigin Islands only reported some crop damage. Both returned to normal by tuesday. The storm then hit the Dominican Republic. Here the storm starts to become a bitter stronger almost to a hurricane. In the Dominican Republic five people were reported dead and over hundred families were left
How do the poets of 'Night of the Scorpion' and 'hurricane hits England' show the responses of people in different cultures to the disasters the two poems focus on
How do the poets of 'Night of the Scorpion' and 'hurricane hits England' show the responses of people in different cultures to the disasters the two poems focus on? The two poems, 'Hurricane Hits England' and 'Night of the Scorpion' are both about disasters that occur in each of the poets every day lives. 'Night of the Scorpion' is about the night when a woman (the poet's - Nissim Ezekiel's - mother) in a poor village in India is stung by a scorpion. The community around her are concerned and offer advice and help to her. Time, in the end proves to be the best healer - 'After twenty hours It lost its sting.' ' Hurricane Hits England' however is about a woman, living in England, who is woken by a hurricane. She believes that the hurricanes are 'following' her as she was used to them when she previously lived in the Caribbean. Both poets use snappy headlines to make the readers feel they are in for a fearful and dramatic read. Grace Nichols uses the title 'Hurricane Hits England,' which is short and straight to the point- almost as if it were a newspaper article headline. The readers would know exactly what it would be about and wouldn't be left to their imagination. Similarly, Nissim Ezekial chooses the title 'Night of the Scorpion' to portray at frightful image in the viewers mind. It is also straight to the point as is 'Hurricane Hits England.' Both poems don't see
How Does Grace Nichols Explore the Feelings and Experiences of Immigrants?
How Does Grace Nichols Explore the Feelings and Experiences of Immigrants? In "Wherever I Hang", "Island Man" and "My Gran Visits England" Grace Nichols explores the feelings and experiences of immigrants in a variety of ways. She develops the contrasting themes of alienation and enthusiasm differently in each of the poems, for example. She also uses many types of figurative language including imagery, similes, metaphors and alliteration to describe the differences in the English and Caribbean cultures. Her use of Guyanese dialect is also evident - especially in 'Wherever I Hang' where the first line immediately gives us a sense of the confusion many immigrants seem to feel about why they have emigrated in the first place: 'I leave me people, me land, me home For reasons I not too sure...' Here, as well as suggesting confusion, the use of dialect highlights the Caribbean roots of the character, roots she still holds onto even in her new environment and this argument between the two different environments continues in all three poems. Each of the poems is written from a different perspective. In 'Wherever I Hang' Grace Nichols has tried to convey a tone of confusion by telling us how the character has had to change her culture and way of life. 'I get accustom to de English life But I still miss back-home side To tell you de truth I don't know really where I
'Examine how peoples responses are effected by the frequency and magnitude of natural events'
Adam Shardlow-Wrest 6-09-04, Jan '02 Hazards Essay 'Examine how peoples responses are effected by the frequency and magnitude of natural events' A natural hazard is an event that has the potential to cause loss of life or property damage. Hazards are a key interaction between humans and the physical environment. They may be classified by cause, magnitude and frequency, duration of impact and warning and spatial distribution. Risk is the exposure of people to a hazard. Hazard impacts have increased as a result of increasing numbers of people being placed at risk. Vulnerability to hazards has three aspects; preparedness, resilience and health, related to social, economic, and political factors. Perception of hazards varies, and includes acceptance, domination and adaptation. Human response can also take three forms; modify the event by control and design, modify vulnerability by prediction and warning, and modify the loss by aid and insurance. The choice of response is related to the nature of the hazard, past experience, economic and technological resources, socio-political conditions and hazard perception. The ingredients for a hurricane include a pre-existing weather disturbance, warm tropical oceans, moisture, and relatively light winds aloft. If the right conditions persist long enough, they can combine to produce the violent winds, incredible waves, torrential rains,
Hurricane - Grace Nichols
The context of this poem is quite complicated, because it involves the poet's own history of moving between cultures - Caribbean and English - and the wider history of both those cultures. Grace Nichols grew up in a small country village on the Atlantic coast of Guyana, in the Caribbean. Guyana used to be a British colony, so English literature has always been part of her personal background. In the 1970s she moved to England, and now lives on the coast of Sussex. In 1987, the southern coast of England was hit by what was known as The Great Storm. Hurricane-force winds are rarely experienced in England, and the effect on the landscape, particularly the trees, was devastating. In the Caribbean, on the other hand, hurricanes are a regular occurrence, and had been a part of Grace Nichols' childhood. Grace Nichols said about the 1987 hurricane: 'It seemed as though the voices of the old gods were in the wind, within the Sussex wind. And for the first time I felt close to the English landscape in a way that I hadn't earlier. It was as if the Caribbean had come to England.' * A woman, living in England, is woken by a hurricane. * Addressing the wind as a god, she asks what it is doing creating such havoc in this part of the world (stanzas 2-5). * She then speaks of the effect the storm has on her personally. She feels somehow unchained, and at one with the world. * She
Comparing Hurricane Hits England and Blessing
Comparing Hurricane Hits England and Blessing Hurricane Hits England - Grace Nichols Blessing - Imtiaz Dharker The narrator in Hurricane Hits England is Grace Nichols who was born in the Carrribean and the narrator in Blessing is perhaps a person in a country suffering drought, probably in Central Africa. I know this by the way that she describes the conditions "'silver' crashes to the ground" and "the sudden rush of fortune" this suggests that water is given value (silver) And she or her friends or family must know and may have experienced these conditions earlier in her life. Hurricane Hits England has seven stanzas of variously numbered lines. They are very short therefore snappy and add impact to the piece. It keeps you drawn to the poem as it does not have long lines which sometimes have less meaning than these short lines in the poem. Blessing has four stanzas of medium length lines. The poem is laid out so that it carries on flowing; like water. Lots of devices attract you to the poem including: sibilance, alteration, personification, metaphors and onomatopoeia. These can appeal to the reader's five senses and add impact to keep the reader interested in the piece. There are lots of rhetorical questions in Hurricane Hits England, as if the narrator is asking or pleading to Huracan, Oya, Hattie and Shango (Gods of wind, thunder. Hattie: A famous Caribbean hurricane.
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Hurricane Katrina: Perception. Prediction, Prevention
Essay: Hurricane Katrina: Perception. Prediction, Prevention Hurricane Katrina has been one the most devastating natural disasters to hit USA ever costing a total of 125 billion dollars, and leaving almost 1000 dead. We need to look at ways of preventing such a disaster. As this is the only problem, we can predict and perceive how dangerous a hurricane can be but preventing one is a different matter entirely The U.S. National Hurricane Centre (NHC) reported on August 23 that Tropical Depression Twelve had formed over the south-eastern Bahamas this was soon to be named hurricane Katrina, it was upgraded to a hurricane on the 25th of august, it hit land the same day lousing its strength while travailing over Florida. Although on the 26th of August it grew it to a category 2 hurricane. It became clear the storm was headed for Mississippi and Louisiana. The next day the hurricane grew to category 3 and again the day after, the storm grew in intensity and on August the 28th it became category 5 with winds up 214mph. Katrina made land fall near Louisiana/Mississippi on the 29th as a category 4 hurricane. It was perceived to hit the New Orleans area 4 days before it actually did. It is clear there is no problem with perception or prediction as the meteorologist new about the possible chance of a hurricane almost a week before it hit land, although it is difficult to understand