Half-Caste Unrelated Incident use of satire comparison

Both Half-Caste and Unrelated Incidents have differences and similarities in structure, language and ideas but they both send the same message of protest against the people who prejudice and have negative social attitudes towards their culture. The prejudice in Half-Caste is shown when Agard writes, "Excuse me standing on one leg I'm half-caste", this shows the portrayal of how people see someone half-caste as not a complete person but as someone with half the qualities. Agard also makes that into a sort of answer because the absence of punctuation in the first small paragraph leaves ambiguity so he could also be implying that if he was a one-legged person then he should be considered as half-caste. Whereas in Unrelated Incidents, Leonard shows the prejudice in a slightly different way when he writes from a news anchor's thoughts but using a Glaswegian accent "if a toktaboot thi trooth lik wanna yoo scruff yi widny thingk it wuz troo." The way the newsperson assumes that a Scots accent is less credible than an RP accent and that there is a 'right' way to talk could show what the BBC viewed as 'proper' English at the time and how they imposed this idea at the Scottish people by telling them to 'belt up'. Both poems are about language so they use similar language techniques to make important points. Unrelated Incidents is about how the newsperson thinks that the

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Unrelated Incidents and Half-Caste

UNRELATED INCIDENTS & HALF-CASTE Many of the poems deal with the narrator's feelings. Compare the way the poet conveys these feelings in two poems from the selection. The narrators in both Unrelated Incidents and Half-Caste are proud of their cultural heritage and feel that they are judged incorrectly because of it. The poets, Tom Leonard and John Agard use similar techniques to great effect in order to convey the narrator's feelings accurately. The first obvious similarity in the two poems is the deliberate use of the vernacular or dialect, illustrating the value of their respective cultures to the narrators. However, in the poem Half-Caste, only the first stanza is written in Standard English, which implies that the narrator attempts to conform but switches back to his Caribbean dialect, which is then revealed as part of himself that he feels tht he cannot deny and accepts. Leonard's use of Glaswegian dialect is ironical as the point of the poem is that someone with Received Pronunciation or a "posh" accent should read the news. This causes the reader to understand that people who speak with a working class accent are not inferior and should not be regarded as such. Structure is manipulated by both poets in order to convey the narrator's protest about the prejudices faced by peoples indisposed to change to be thought of as 'normal'. Half-Caste is written in free verse

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How does Tom Leonard present his Views about Language and Culture?

How does Tom Leonard present his Views about Language and Culture? The poems from 'Unrelated Incidents' by Tom Leonard explore different prejudices and social attitudes regarding his culture. The poet uses different methods and means to show the reader his thoughts; they use different techniques for different reasons to help convey their message. Both of the poems use mainly non-standard English, which is written phonetically, this is because Tom Leonard come from an area where there are accents and the poets want to show the readers that they are the same as everyone else, their accent and culture makes no difference. Accent is very important in the poems 'Unrelated Incidents' this is because this is the main prejudice that Tom Leonard is dealing with. He wants his readers to know that there no language or accent that is better or more sophisticated than another. The most obvious technique that Tom Leonard uses is phonetic language, we can see this in a number of his poems for 'Unrelated Incidents', for example: 'this is thi six a clock news'. 'this is thi six a clock news thi man said n thi reason a talk wia BBC accent iz coz yi widny wahnt mi ti talk aboot thi trooth wia voice lik wanna yoo scruff. if a toktaboot thi trooth lik wanna yoo scruff yi widny thingk it wuz troo. jist wanna yoo scruff tokn. thirza right way ti spell ana right way to

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How Do The Two Poets HighlightThe Difficulties Of Living In A Different Culture In the two poems 'Unrelated Incidents' by Tom Leonard and 'Half-Caste' by John Agard?

Rachael Elliott 11D. How Do The Two Poets Highlight The Difficulties Of Living In A Different Culture? In the two poems 'Unrelated Incidents' by Tom Leonard and 'Half-Caste' by John Agard the obvious connection is the language is written phonetically to emphasise the dialect and contrast in culture to the real English language. In order to convey their opinions on the prejudices they face they take an almost humorous approach to ridicule their opposers. Both the poets' use of punctuation means that when spoken aloud there is an aggressive tone as in 'Unrelated Incidents' there are no capital letters, this emphasises the 'wrongness' of his dialect. He pokes fun at the way people would presume that news given by someone who doesn't speak with a 'voice of authority' is lying, it is clearly wrong and he shuns this assumption: 'n thi reason I talk wia BBC accent iz coz yi widny wahnt mi ti talk aboot thi trooth wia voice lik wanna yoo scruff.' As the poem progresses the language becomes more and more dialect-like, this is to make it seem as though the poet is translating the 'BBC accent' into his own way of speaking. The words run together to convey the characteristics of colloquial language. Te poet ends the poem with 'belt up.' It seems that either he is disinterested with anyone who labels him because of their accent or he's directly telling them to shut up. The poet

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