Mother in a Refugee Camp Chinua Achebe’s Mother in a Refugee Camp‚ paints the pathetic picture of a mother holding her dying son in her hands for the last time‚ portraying both the inevitability of death and the pain of those whose loved ones have died yet they live on in a harsh light. The poem starts with the poet comparing the scene of a mother holding her son in a refugee camp with the love and care which is usually depicted in all versions of Mary holding a ding Jesus in her arms. The poet
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War Photographer by Ms. Duffy This poem is the only one by Ms. Duffy (in this selection) which is written in the third person. It is about a person who is clearly not the poet. The surface subject of the poem is the war photographer of the title but at a deeper level the poem explores the difference between "Rural England" and places where wars are fought (Northern Ireland‚ the Lebanon and Cambodia)‚ between the comfort or indifference of the newspaper editor and its readers and the
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used by cartoon artists to voice their own opinions on the issues and matters that we as Australians are faced with. A big genre includes Refugees and asylum seeker issues and problems. An example of this is an artwork by an artist living in a Refugee Camp. There is a clear difference between the baby that is in a detention centre and a baby that has freedom. This is done through binary opposites – for every positive there is a negative. An example of this is the baby on the left who only thinks
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controversy‚ for its criticism of Joseph Conrad as "a bloody racist". When the region of Biafra broke away from Nigeria in 1967‚ Achebe became a devoted supporter of Biafran independence and served as ambassador for the people of the new nation. The war ravaged the populace‚ and as starvation and violence took its toll‚ he appealed to the people of Europe and the Americas for aid. When the Nigerian government retook the region in 1970‚ he involved himself in political parties but soon resigned due
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Natural disasters have always devastated human lives miserably. Be it an earthquake‚ hurricane‚ flood‚ tsunami or any other kind. The human life in the worse affected area reaches to a zero. Almost everything from food‚ clothing and shelter to the luxuries are to be restored from scratch. Series of scams and frauds that follow any natural disaster compel me to think ‘if natural disasters are really an act of God or man?’ Though economists keep studying the affects of natural disasters from an
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English Commentary Refugee Mother and Child From the beginning of this poem ( the title) to the end of the poem we can feel a sense of pain that the son undergoes as well as the pain and love a mother of a refugee also goes through. In this poem- Refugee mother and her child‚ Chinua Achebe starts off with a very melancholy tone as we are made to imagine the sorrow in a mother’s heart as she would soon have to forget and let go of her dying son. Achebe begins with a bond of affection by using
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War photographer. * As he says remember the man’s wife he is reflecting on his job and the moment he took the photo. * He sought approval- shows that it is an emotional reaction of how he is profiting front the suffering of the people. * Stained foreign dust shows that shows that this horrors that are happening in this foreign country should not be happing. * War hurts everyone no matter what occupation you are. * A hundred agonies shows that he took hundreds of photos of people
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imagery that the poet creates in our minds. These aspects help to express the theme of the poem‚ which is the cruelty of war and human suffering. Firstly‚ the poet uses language to bring out the overall glum mood of the poem. In the first stanza‚ cumulative listing is used with the line “Belfast. Beirut. Phnom Penh.” This overwhelms the reader with the immense number of places where war is common‚ bringing about a sense of gloominess and wide spread depression. Furthermore‚ by using the phrase “Something
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“War Photographer” critical essay “War Photographer” by Carol Ann Duffy is a poem that uses features such as word choice‚ imagery and tone to make us feel pity for the main character. The poem is about the emotional struggles that the war photographer faces daily in his job. The author has written the poem to make us question the morality of taking photographs of people suffering in war zones. “War Photographer” makes us feel pity by using effective word choice. “Hands...tremble” The
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WAR PHOTOGRAPHER LITERATURE Write about the poem‚ war photographer‚ which in my opinion is very effective in highlighting important social issues. Explain what these issues are and examine and discuss the various ways in which the poet conveys them. The poem is about a war photographer who has been to many war-torn places and has seen first hand what war is like. In the poem the poet‚ Carol Ann Duffy addresses the social issues of the cruelty of war‚ the issue of indifference of people at
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