Compare ‘Nothing’s Changed’ with ‘Limbo’ Essay

This is the third paragraph in and this paragraph I am going to be talking about the similarities. The similarities in the poems are there both containing to love but which one shows the most love. One poem shows the perfection of life and is warm hearted and sunny and happy. That poem shows that everyone is happy

He uses words such as ‘click’, ‘crunch’ and ‘brash’ to exaggerate. The structure in the stanzas and lines is short. This is effective for the reader as the poet gets straight to the point and it adds to why his anger is building up. It allows the reader to see that there are reasons for his anger. Afrika uses harsh words at the start of the poem to indicate that he is already feeling annoyed about the way his home has turned into a wasteland and used for the white’s to build extravagant things. As the poem progresses the poet starts to get more and more riled up by the situation. Furthermore, the structure resembles how the poets outrage increases. Afrika structures this very suitably as he exhibits his anger through his past memories and emotions. The fact that the poet uses harsh and sharp words relates to how even when he comes back to his hometown and apartheid has ended, there is still a lot of things that have not changed. When the reader reads the poem, by having those harsh words in there, it makes the poem a lot less smooth therefore it creates a bitter and uncomfortable atmosphere for the reader. Furthermore, the use of onomatopoeia adds to the way this poem is expressed- protest poem. Aside from using onomatopoeia, the poet uses other literary devices such as the comparison of imagery between the whites and blacks and provides a visual image for the

In summary, the knowledge I gained through this analysis did change my thoughts about this work. Wheatley uses art to communicate a variety of thoughts in the poem such as religion, race, and self-expression. She links art with spiritual fulfillment, which I initially did not see. Wheatley states to Spicio Moorhead (the African painter in the poem) that their

Both writers left a strong impression on me in different ways. In the first poem the poet helped me to understand that when someone is taken away from what their normal is, and placed in a new situation, their identity can be stripped away and they can feel like they are on the outside. In the second poem I learned that when you are thrown in the deep end of a situation outside your control with no tools to help yourself, your sense of self and your morals can be stripped away from you, and you can be forced into doing something or being something that doesn't reflect who you are as a person. In reading this second poem I also learnt that when you are stuck in a foreign country that is not yours with a language that you have no grasp of, you are truly on the outside and have no control. My understanding of these ideas has developed as a result of exploring these poems and I now think and feel differently about both identity and being an outsider when thinking about how these ideas relate to my own

Obviously, there is the basic similarity of characteristics such as both poems being about Helen. Although they have some of the basic characteristics, there are the more complex similarities such as both poems, although showing separate point of views, point out how people look and even think about Helen as a person. Both poems go into explicit detail on how some people either hate Helen with a strong passion, or how some people absolutely adore her. With further research, a variety of similarities can be found in both poems.

However, Afrika’s poem “Nothing’s Changed” tries to connect two different time periods; before independence and after independence; He talks about the apartheid and believes that the inequality still exists, even though the apartheid is over. There is a very vivid and clear use of imagery in the third stanza, especially colour imagery, ‘whites only inn’, ‘the crushed

Achebe’s story is about a strong man, Okonkwo, whose life is dominated by fear and anger. The anxiety of Okonkwo fear of failure, losing his traditions, and family name. The unknown in this story is the oncoming of the English into Africa. A new religion is brought to the villages, and new ways of being something else arise. The African village Okonkwo knew and grew up in slowly begins to dissipate. Okonkwo is not only afraid for himself but for his people, family, and ancestors. He doesn’t want anything to change and he wants to be the man everyone honors and loves.

fair and is a form of racism. The humour has a satirical edge, he uses

The former poem is to do with racial prejudice and the latter is to do

    Achebe opens his essay on his college campus with a quick conversation with a student. He gives an overview of the conversation by saying, “What did I teach? African literature. Now that was funny, he said, because he never had thought of Africa as having that kind of stuff, you know,” (Achebe 1). This pushes Achebe’s point about the misconstructions in Western literature; especially when regarding where this college campus is at. He’s in the middle of New York, somewhere that prides themselves on their culture, yet the “life of [their] own tribesmen… is full of odd customs and superstitions,” (1). There is an undeniable

Two poems, written during the First World War – one which its sole purpose was for propaganda (which is known for its romanticisation of war and lies) and one which tries to expose the truth. Normally, there wouldn’t be any similarities between two such poems that appear to be complete opposites – but what if there was?

On the surface it appears that there is nothing in common between each poem until you look a bit deeper. The stories reflect a love between a father and his son through trying times in life and each father’s inability to show the emotion. The expression of love rings differently for each son, but the emotion is front and center throughout the story. While the fathers play the main characters in both poems, each take a very different approach with their child. The stories are told through the son’s point of view. In both poems the son’s actions and reactions are different on the surface, but showcase love at the core.

The two poems I am comparing are ‘Two Scavengers in a truck, Two Beautiful people in a Mercedes', written by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, which shows the contrast between rich and poor in San Francisco, and ‘Nothings Changed', written by Tatamkhulu Afrika. ‘Nothing's Changed' is an autobiographical poem about a man returning to the town he grew up in as an adult, and how everything is still the same.

In Alan Paton’s compelling novel “Cry, The Beloved Country” published in 1948, he eloquently writes about the characters Stephen Kumalo and James Jarvis to tell a story with a momentous message about the effect of apartheid in South Africa. Paton expertly solidifies his dynamic and forceful writing in his novel with his uses of various literary elements like imagery, diction, allusions, motifs, and even the simplicity of his poetic writing voice. Although, in chapter 36 Alan Paton’s use of biblical allusions and connotative diction serve to help the reader better understand and to highlight the change that is to come to the racial unjust country.

She figures out ‘‘these bright Negro barristers…who talk so glibly about African culture, how would they like to return to wearing raffia skirts? How would novelist Achebe like to go back to the mindless times of his grandfather instead of holding the modern job he has in broadcasting in Lagos?’’ (qtd. in Ashcroft, Griffiths, and Tiffin, The Post-colonial Studies Reader 58). Achebe replies this by writing the pros and cons of the Igbo society in all his novels. The researcher agrees with Katie Bacon that Achebe uses English language as an effective weapon, as a counterargument to colonialism. The researcher supports that the work of many major writers will be lost if it is not written in English, the world language which provides universal readership. But Thiong’o contends that the Africans should not use English as it enriches the European language by depriving the enrichment of the African