The People in Night of the Scorpion and My Aunt in Pakistan
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The People in Night of the Scorpion and My Aunt in Pakistan
Compare the way in which the poet presents the people in Night of the
Scorpion and Presents from my Aunt in Pakistan.
We live in a world of many cultures and each has it is own way of
communicating and two very different poems reflect this. In order to
compare and contrast the traditions which have become apparent within
the poems; ‘Night of the Scorpion’ by Nissim Ezekiel and ‘Presents
from my Aunts in Pakistan’ by Moniza Alvi, further analysis must take
place. With retrospect of the poem ‘Night of the Scorpion’, the
content explains the reactions of the villagers and surroundings to an
incident whereby the poet’s mother was “stung by a scorpion”. It is
evident through comparison of the second poem; ‘Presents from my Aunts
in Pakistan’, differences between cultures and traditions produce
diverse reactions. A prime example of this is visible as Moniza Alvi
feels “an alien in the sitting room” when wearing clothing originating
from her native country.
In relation to ‘Night of the Scorpion’, the poet Ezekiel attempts to
identify with his personal memories of his mother as she “twisted
through and through, groaning on the mat.” Through deeper analysis,
it became indisputable that Ezekiel merely narrated the experience as
apposed to providing his individual viewpoint. Therefore, it became
noticeable that the vocabulary required further interpretation, as the
use of language within this poem articulates to the reader, the poet’s
line of thinking. An example of this was detectable as Ezekiel
displayed signs of sympathy towards the scorpion using the “steady
rain” as the reason it crawled “beneath a sack of rice.” Ezekiel’s
tone of voice aided th...
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... think extremely hard on
matters such as different cultures and traditions. Night of the
Scorpion was easier to understand even though the title was
misleading, nevertheless Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan showed how
hard it was to have been growing up in England and not knowing which
culture, you fitted into. I have learned from Presents from my Aunts
in Pakistan that it is important to know where come from, which I
think Moniza Alvi was lacking as a child. From Night of the Scorpion
I’ve learned that having faith can help you get through the most
serious of problems even if there life threatening. Over all I think
my favourite poem out of the two must be Night of the Scorpion, as I
think it has an excellent morel and gets it across really well. I also
like Night of the Scorpion because it make’s you think about the poem
long after you have read it!
Compare the way in which the poet presents the people in Night of the
Scorpion and Presents from my Aunt in Pakistan.
We live in a world of many cultures and each has it is own way of
communicating and two very different poems reflect this. In order to
compare and contrast the traditions which have become apparent within
the poems; ‘Night of the Scorpion’ by Nissim Ezekiel and ‘Presents
from my Aunts in Pakistan’ by Moniza Alvi, further analysis must take
place. With retrospect of the poem ‘Night of the Scorpion’, the
content explains the reactions of the villagers and surroundings to an
incident whereby the poet’s mother was “stung by a scorpion”. It is
evident through comparison of the second poem; ‘Presents from my Aunts
in Pakistan’, differences between cultures and traditions produce
diverse reactions. A prime example of this is visible as Moniza Alvi
feels “an alien in the sitting room” when wearing clothing originating
from her native country.
In relation to ‘Night of the Scorpion’, the poet Ezekiel attempts to
identify with his personal memories of his mother as she “twisted
through and through, groaning on the mat.” Through deeper analysis,
it became indisputable that Ezekiel merely narrated the experience as
apposed to providing his individual viewpoint. Therefore, it became
noticeable that the vocabulary required further interpretation, as the
use of language within this poem articulates to the reader, the poet’s
line of thinking. An example of this was detectable as Ezekiel
displayed signs of sympathy towards the scorpion using the “steady
rain” as the reason it crawled “beneath a sack of rice.” Ezekiel’s
tone of voice aided th...
... middle of paper ...
... think extremely hard on
matters such as different cultures and traditions. Night of the
Scorpion was easier to understand even though the title was
misleading, nevertheless Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan showed how
hard it was to have been growing up in England and not knowing which
culture, you fitted into. I have learned from Presents from my Aunts
in Pakistan that it is important to know where come from, which I
think Moniza Alvi was lacking as a child. From Night of the Scorpion
I’ve learned that having faith can help you get through the most
serious of problems even if there life threatening. Over all I think
my favourite poem out of the two must be Night of the Scorpion, as I
think it has an excellent morel and gets it across really well. I also
like Night of the Scorpion because it make’s you think about the poem
long after you have read it!