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”).
Skrzynecki utilises a simile to equate a gate that keeps the migrants away from society to a finger that diminishes their confidence to the point that they really believe they are inferior to the humans that reside on the other side. This is evident in stanza 4, “As it rose and fell like a finger | Pointed in reprimand or shame”. The vivid imagery that arises of a large finger that points towards the migrants shaming them like an owner shames a dog for doing wrong elicits the implication that the migrants are truly lower than human. In doing so it evokes an empathetic response from the audience and a deeper understanding of the underlying notion of lack of acceptance is
BELONGING The concept of Belonging is a multi-layered concept, particularly in the novel "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri, the news article "Burqas and Fries" by Erika Hayasaki and the play "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare. A person's sense of belonging is determined by the relationships they share with themselves and other people. Whether it's family, friends or society in general, humans have a desire to belong and be an important part of something greater than themselves. The ideology that one must belong to oneself before they can belong anywhere else, justifies this complexity of someone's Identity and the Relationships they share. These two concepts both encapsulate the notion of Belonging being a multi-layered concept and are fostered into each of the composer's texts coherently.
Structural Family Therapy aimed to reduce dysfunction and change behaviors by addressing the family system. As Structural Family Therapy gained popularity another model that was simiar was also identified. Both modles became interlocked into one and the name changed to Structual-Strategic Approach. The Structual-Strategic Appraoch continued to reguarded the family sysem and how it influences an individuals'
Society, with its gossip, judgment, and harsh pronouncements, conspired to thwart the desires and ambitions of individuals struggling to unearth and embrace their identities. Across Faulkner’s fictive landscapes, individual characters often stage epic struggles, prevented from realizing their potential or establishing and asserting a firm sense of their place in the world. “Barn Burning,” in its examination of a boy’s struggle with family loyalty and a higher sense of justice, fits firmly in Faulkner’s familiar fictional mode. Poverty and
Compare Half Caste and Unrelated incidents ‘Half Caste’ is a poem that reflects John Agard’s anger at the way he is being treated as he is mixed race. His poem has repeated images of half things to show this growing dissatisfaction and anger at this. He uses humour to try to engage the audience. ‘Unrelated incidents’ is aimed at challenging the audience’s perception of how dialect influences who we are and what is socially acceptable. Half Caste has a disjointed, irregular structure to emphasise the accusatory tone of the poem and it's subject matter.
The line exemplifies Eliot's own thoughts of society, which he believed was disintegrating, as the man's lack of sanity is a reflection of the world's own descent into chaos. In Rhapsody, Eliot writes “Rust that clings to the form that the strength has left/ Hard and curled and ready to snap” using imagery to build a tense atmosphere. Consequently, he is able to further his idea of a decaying society; the language used and the meter also build tension and also convey a sense of the rapidly disintegrating society. This belief that society is decaying is still present today, events like the Arab Spring are an example of this societal disintegration and continually evoke an emotional response from society as a whole. Susbsequently poems like Rhapsody remain relevant.
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.
Half-Caste – My Version John Agard’s poem ‘Half-Caste’ expresses his anger against the derogatory term “half-caste” used against people of mixed race, and highlights the unreasonable and illogical judgements it represents, by comparisons to celebrated mixed art, weather and music which are considered positive and not subject to the prejudices he has witnessed as a Caribbean man living in England. Prejudice, judgement and discrimination are prominent themes in the poem as Agard attacks offensive language used against him; born out of the racial and cultural tensions he experienced England. Agard opens with a direct and accusatory, but nonetheless humorous tone in the first line as he sarcastically asks the reader to “excuse” him, to take notice of the man who, being ‘half-caste’, only has “one leg”. Agard’s mocking of the connotations of “half-caste” continues throughout the poem with a humorous tone that remains interrogatory and entwined anger. Despite the opinions and abuse of his harassers the poetic speaker remains proud of his cultural heritage shown by the use of his native Caribbean dialect.
With the era of discrimination as a setting, Kate Chopin (the author), uses characterization of Armand Aubigny, parallel characters, and irony in “Desiree’s Baby” to convey the theme of how racial prejudice in any form will result in negative outcomes such as broken families. Armand Aubigny’s environment and childhood influences his lifestyle and beliefs to accept racial discrimination as common. By owning a family name that represents a boastful heritage “[that is the] oldest and proudest in Louisiana,” and a place in society as a plantation owner, Aubigny has superiority over the blacks (Chopin par. 2). Therefore, Aubigny, “confident that he is a white, a male, and a master… in control” (Peel par.