Bruce Dawes ‘Homo Suburbiensis’ conveys a strict contradiction between nature and the suburban lifestyle. A man alone acting as one constant against a changing world representing a need to escape to nature to regain his natural essence. There is a sense of honesty and somber in the tone; this is illustrated by the use of visual imagery throughout the poem, depicting a series of unpleasant sensory experiences, which come from the unwanted interference's’ in life. The poem is narrative in its free verse, portraying the worlds natural cycle. Dawe has created the title ‘Homo Suburbiensis’ which is like a parody of scientific classification, as it sounds like the term’ Homosapien’ which refers to a modernized man who dwells in the suburbs.
The physical, social and historical context of a poet’s life forms the basis of their ideas. This is evident in John Foulcher’s poems ‘Martin and the Hand Grenade’, ‘Loch Ard Gorge’ and ‘Harry Wood’. Foulcher effectively includes the concepts of people and society, nature and death in his poems, developing these ideas from the context in which he lives. The people who surround John Foulcher have influenced his poems. Foulcher is a poet, but also a teacher.
English 30: The Painted Door May 1, 2012 The Painted Door: Reading Notes * Prairie and depression based story. Sinclair Ross portrays the harsh life of the farmers during extreme hardship in a hostile environment. Based on struggle to survive on powerful external forces. Considered realist through his vivid images and evocative diction. * The conversation between Ann and John, based on short conversation, there is tension and conflict.
Following the recent Cold War, capitalist America’s controlling nature typically victimised plebeians on the basis of their political perspective. Through the employment of mise-en-scene where the campfire is placed in the middleground of the dark Atacama Desert, Salles creates a salient point which emphasises the disassociation of the Chilean miners from society. Ernesto’s authorial voiceover ‘tragic and haunting faces’ in conjunction with a close-up shot of their dirt-stained faces, the mining couple are presented as politically dispossessed. This draws sympathy from the audience towards the couple as they are victimised and oppressed due to American capitalism. Moreover, when being chosen by the mining company, the unsteady camerawork and constant switching of perspectives highlights the controversial nature of the conversation and presents Ernesto as an authoritative figure fighting the inhumane treatment of the impoverished in South America.
The fact that the baby died, with the fact that Paul's farming land was ripped up, and everything involved in his farming life was ruined, made the ending pessimistic. This is because more tragic issues are
Eric Bogle’s poem, The Green Fields of France, depicts the detrimental effects of war on individuals and the society. The use of hyperbole in, “The killing and dying was all done in vain…whole generation that were butchered and damned,” reflects how the society was ripped apart due to the death of loved ones, which lead to an unhealthy community. It further explains that families had to go through so much grief and anxiety for a war that did not achieve anything. Likewise, Bogle demonstrates the pointlessness of the war. “…Did they really believe that this war would end wars…it all happened again, and again, and again,” this use of rhetorical question and repetition emphasises the anti-war sentiment that both Bogle and Dawe capture.
Contractors frequently exploited and abused them, to the point where there were abundant violent riots, giving the Irish their fighting reputation. A notable case of tragedy occurred in 1832 at a location called Duffy’s Cut in Malvern, PA. Fifty seven workers caught cholera in August and were refused help by the community. They had no choice but to suffer alone without medication, and were quickly buried along the tracks as they died. This event may have sparked the adage that there was an Irishman buried for every sleeper (railroad tie) on the tracks. The men labored from sunrise to sunset in very dangerous conditions, clearing ground, trees, stumps, rocks, and cutting or blasting through boulders, hills, and mountains, digging irrigation channels and building supports
“Throughout the Famine years, nearly a million Irish arrived in the United States. Famine immigrants were the first big wave of poor refugees ever to arrive in the U.S. and Americans were overwhelmed.” (The History Place 5) The Irish Potato Famine began in September 1845, the potato plants turned black and rotted as a result of an airborne fungus called phytophthora infestans. Because this fungus is highly toxic, thousands of potato plants can become infected from just one plant that has the fungus. During the summer of 1846, the weather was working against the people of Ireland. The cool moist summer spread the fungus to even more potato plants.
Pip agrees to help Magwitch in his elope by bringing him food and a file from the forge. Stealing the file and the food produces agonies of guilt in Pip. Dickens describes this guilt by making the environment in which Pip has to run through dark, misty, shady and mysterious. In his words, “the mist was heavier yet when I got upon the marshes, so that instead of my running at everything, everything seemed to run at me. This was very disagreeable to a guilty mind”.
This fungus traveled from England to Ireland in the wind and landed on potato plants where it grew and spread across the countryside destroying potatoes plants along the way. With the loss of this very important staple families were unable to support themselves and were evicted from their homes. With no hope of surviving approximately one million people left Ireland and migrated to other countries in hopes of a better life. The largest percentage of these people found their way to the United States landing in Boston and New York. This large influx of immigrants overwhelmed the local communities, causing the immigrants to head