But both the writers are very effective in expressing there opinions and getting across their individual point. Where ‘Two Scavengers’ shows the division of rich and poor in a society, ‘Nothings Changed’ shows the difference of the white ethnic group and the black ethnic group. They both have better off people and also those who are seen and lesser people in the society scale. The better of people in Nothings Changed are the rich white people and in Two Scavengers it is the two beautiful people. ‘Nothings Changed’ is about the poet going back to an apartheid to see if things are changed.
However John Agard comes across in a sarcastic method and Tatamkhulu clearly shows his anger and opinion in an angry mood. Both Tatamkhulu Afrika and John Agard portray racist attitudes as an unlawful punishment because of only their ethnic group. Both Poems are autobiographical so both authors have had their own experience meaning that the anger shown is very descriptive. John Agard uses irony and satire “excuse me, standing on one leg” to show emphasis and ridicules the social stigmata towards half-caste. Afrika uses his poem to illustrate the diverse conditions of two social cultures within his society (“but we know where we belong”).
Ferlinghetti segment observes this inequality to an extent without strong emotions, but, for Afrika, the poem describes a personal experience. This shows that his section cogent sense of antagonism towards those who knowingly continue to discriminate against his ethnic group. Both poems compare two ways of life, in 'Scavengers' is comparing the life of a young architect and his girlfriend, to the life of two ‘garbage’ collectors. In each poem, one of the lives is incomparably desirable to the poet. In 'Nothing’s Changed', Afrika compares his life with the congress, fighting for the rights of equality, for his life now, after his ‘victory’, which prejudice is still present.
What good is social class and status? Truthfulness is measured within. Pride in one's status is like poison - holding it in your hand and eating it, you shall die.” These words come from the Adi Granth, the religious text of Sikhism, but they show perfectly the failing of society Dickens laments on in Great Expectations. Class is an arbitrary division, based not on the character of an individual, but rather their possessions and wealth. Dickens castigates this class system through the foils of Estella and Biddy, Magwitch’s generosity, and Jaggers’ coolly indifferent ethics.
In the poem "Two Scavengers..." the poet Ferlinghetti uses various language, techniques and sentence structure to create effects on the reader. I believe the poet is trying to show the differences between the lives of the rich and the lives of the poor, whilst also showing that America, which is meant to be a rich and just country is not as excellent as it appears to be. Many readers can immediately see the differences in the culture between the two classes by simply looking at the title. From the word "Scavengers", we assume that these bin men are unstylish, foul-smelling and in poverty. One reason for this is because when we think of a scavenger, some readers would instantly think of tramps, who forage through people's bins and beg on the street just to get the necessities they need.
The main concern and issue in TKAM is the concept of prejudice. In the text, prejudice is represented mainly through the racial inequality in the town of Maycomb . In the text, we see Atticus' belief in treating and respecting everyone as an individual contrasted with a number of other wold views. The aspect of racism is shown when the people of Maycomb accept the testimony of an obviously corrupt white man. “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”.
Therefore, both literary criticisms can be connected to the essay and further explain its significance. The first literary criticism that best relates to the text is the Marxist theory. Having a Marxist approach underlines the poor economy and emphasizes people of the lower class. When Swifts suggests, “It is a melancholy object to those who walk through this great town or travel in the country, when they see the streets, the roads, and cabin doors, crowded with beggars of the female sex, followed by three, four or six children, all in rags and importuning ever passenger for an alms” (Swift 1). The text also gives examples on how the upper class used, “The poorer tenants [who had] something valuable of their own which by law, [was] liable to distress and [to] help to pay their landlord’s rent, their corn and cattle being already seized, and money unknown” (2).
In many ways, obesity was as much a sign of social status as clothing. Setting is heavily charged with symbolism in Oliver Twist. The physical evidences of neglect and decay have their counterparts in society and in the hearts of men and women. The dark deeds and dark passions are concretely characterized by dim rooms, smoke, fog, and pitch-black nights. The governing mood of terror
Rather than being a judge of his people, he was merely a citizen complaining about social injustices in his country. Paton’s condescending tone when speaking about the white people’s unfairness towards the blacks adds to his argumentative diction. For instance, Arthur writes, “We shift our ground again…and feel deep pity for a man who is condemned to the loneliness of being remarkable.” The words “deep pity” and “loneliness” contrast “remarkable”. When something is remarkable it is held in high esteem. The white people’s view of a black man was so low that even if he was more successful than one of them, he’d still be at the bottom of society.
In John Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath, chapter 25 portrays the cruelty and heartlessness of the owners and how they manipulate the fruits. The narrator manipulates language to convey human’s harmful corruption of nature. The use of figurative languages such as similes, the variation in poetic and, the harsh description adds on to the destructiveness of humans. Chapter 25 is one of the shortest chapters in the novel but extremely powerful. California is the “promised land” that supposedly brings a better future to the migrant workers but because of the corrupt owners, migrant workers are paid low wages and forced into poverty.