“rain had called up tall recruits behind the shed,” this quote shows the father cannot destroy them .They differ in the way they felt powerless however as in Nettles the father is feeling powerless because of a physical threat whereas in Harmonium it is an emotional threat of the inevibility of death and unspoken feelings that makes the writer feel powerless. Furthermore they both include the reality of family life as the poems are realistic and the poems, especially Nettles, have both the love and misery of family relationships. In Nettles the love in the poem is the protective instincts of a parent towards his son but the misery is the Nettles that had hurt his child and the fact that being protective isn’t enough to stop him from getting hurt. The realistic relationship in Harmonium is the family resentment and frustration from a son to his father. We can tell that the writer resents and is frustrated by his father as it says “and he being him can’t help but say.......... and I, being me” which shows that he is frustrated at their relationship.
Society has marginalised them and hence forth they have been rejected so they group themselves with people of the same culture, religion, skin colour, etc. These refugees need to be surrounded by familiar people for safety, to not feel defeated in purpose and to make sure that they are not disliked, discouraged and dejected. Asylum Seekers fled from their countries because of war and poverty. They came to Australia for a better
Alcoholism, Dysfunction, and Mental Illness in Modernistic Writers The Era of modernist literature would seem to be a part or a side of life that most everyone has or will experience. While we may not fully understand what is happening or why we are experiencing these things I personally believe these experiences are what lead to being a talented and appreciated writer. One of the more prominent themes we see in modernism is alienation or estrangement. This can often lead to the feeling of being extremely alone, which can lead to an individual acting out, which in turn leads to being misunderstood and wrongfully judged. The feeling of being alone is a desperate loneliness, you feel lost and at times it can feel as if you are drowning in a sea of nothingness.
Thus the racist social values of Maycomb County are responsible for the failure of Atticus Finch’s defense for Tom Robinson. When hate and racism start controlling people, that hate will be factored into each decision they make in life. For example, defending someone who is guilty and criticizing someone who is innocent. As a result of hate and racism controlling the witnesses of the trial, they are another factor that cause Atticus’ defense to fail. There are several characters involved in the justice system of Maycomb County.
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”).
This emphasizes Krote’s isolation from the rest of his surroundings. Harwood also suggests that Krote is like a ‘ghost’ through the use of simile. Krote constantly yearns to be able to blend and belong, to become invisible. However the xenophobic nature of Australian society constantly separates him from others and alienates him, causing him to be known and ‘firelit’. Harwood enlightens readers to the world that a life that is made up of misery and loneliness is almost like life in hell.
These individuals are uneasy and uncomfortable in the acting as if they belong in a world that they distain and one that looks down on and despises them for not belonging. “This is my letter to the world that never wrote to me” [poem 66] This quote is of individuals who as a result of them failing to conform to the social pressures of contemporary have gained the status of outsiders, not belonging to the greater populace and ignored by it. Dickinson also has conveyed the message of those individuals that are introverts or for other reasons that labels them as outsiders that are tortured and killed from the inside when they are force to belong that of which they so clearly have no part of. Dickinson conveys her message with dark, death focused imagery that reflects the attitude of society towards her, individuals like her and the harm of forceful belonging. This quote identifies that message of harmful force of belonging, that of which is out of place “The plenty hurt me ‘twas so new.
This is symbolic of the Algerian nation in the 1940s as the people were uncertain of their future since their way of living was dictated by the French. The key elements in the text that illustrate Meursault’s lack of foresight and his passive relationship with Marie, and his disregard of any judicial consequences after murdering the Arab. This is significant to the reader as it symbolizes Meursault’s simple disregard future as it is unfairly decided by the French judicial system. During the court case, it is clear that the French have superior control and treat the Algerians and Arabs with injustice.
This technique also gives an interesting perspective of how many middle easterners view the western world. Although this poem describes the experiences of a specific group of people—Middle Eastern immigrants—the message applies to everyone who has experienced regret and unfulfilled expectations. Every couple of lines the author begins with a simple, non-specific statement such as “we think”, that, when looked at as a whole tell an entirely different story. The deeper meaning in this poem lies in the repetition between the lines. The lines “We think…we wish…we forget…then, we arrive…we turn away…we look [for a connection to what is now lost]…we miss” show how mislead ideas can cause people to yearn for what they think will bring satisfaction.
“The settle-bed” by Seamus Heaney and “A Lost tradition” by John Montague are two poems that show the poets frustration with aspects of Ireland. Heaney’s poem is concerned with how we handle our inheritance. The subject of the poem is an unwieldy piece of furniture, a settle-bed. This was an essential feature in a traditional rural Irish household but in a modern home it is cumbersome and hardly functional. It represents the burden of the past on the present and Heaney’s subsequent frustration as he ponders on how ‘to conquer [the] weight’ this aspect of Ireland.