Comparing Hurricane Hits England and Blessing The narrator in Hurricane Hits England is Grace Nichols who was born in the Carrribean and the narrator in Blessing is perhaps a person in a country suffering drought, probably in Central Africa. I know this by the way that she describes the conditions “‘silver’ crashes to the ground” and “the sudden rush of fortune” this suggests that water is given value (silver) And she or her friends or family must know and may have experienced these conditions
Differences in ‘Limbo’ and ‘Hurricane Hits England’. Grace Nichols and Edward Brathwaithe, the poets of ‘Limbo’ and ’Hurricane Hits England’, express many similar and different emotions, throughout their poems. They show feelings of anger, pain, relief and sorrow through the structure and through particular phrases in their poem. In both poems, ‘Limbo ’and ‘Hurricane Hits England’, the poets express the feelings of anger and pain. For example, in ‘Hurricane hit England’, Grace Nichols says ‘Talk to
In ‘hurricane hits England’ (hurricane) by Grace Nichols the arrival of the hurricane challenges the thoughts of the poet, she is initially from the Caribbean but now live in Sussex, until the arrival of the hurricane she has not felt at home in England. This is similar to ‘presents from my Aunts in Pakistan’ (presents) by Moniza Alvi, she also has roots from another country and now lives in England. The arrival of presents from the Pakistan culture challenges her thinking,
Sujata Bhatt, Hurricane Hits England by Grace Nichols and Presents from Aunts in Pakistan by Moniza Alzi 'Search For My Tongue', by Sujata Bhatt is a forceful poem describing her experience of being caught between two cultures. This poem expresses how she feels that she has lost her mother tongue while speaking the foreign language within which she now lives, but in her dreams it grows back. Similarly, 'Hurricane Hits England', by Grace Nichols describes how she felt alone in England, a foreign
events are expected to occur in the future, such as hurricanes and flooding. Currently, 11 percent of the city’ s area is currently included in the 100-year flood plain, affecting over 400,000 residents, and that number could increase to 20% by 2100 (Gerken, 2015). The mayor of the city, Bill de Blaiso, had announced a sweeping plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by the year 2050, allegedly make neighborhoods safer from disaster.
Compare how Nichols and Alvi explore the issue of identity in Hurricane Hits England and Presents From My Aunts In Pakistan In this essay I aim to compare the two poems Compare how Nichols and Alvi explore the issue of identity in “Hurricane Hits England” and “Presents From My Aunts In Pakistan” In this essay I aim to compare the two poems “Hurricane Hits England” by Grace Nichols and “Presents From My Aunts In Pakistan” by Moniza Alvi. I aim to analyse the language and structure shape
of 1938 was one of america's worst natural disasters. A category 5 hurricane with wind speeds up to 150 mph. With no warning to the east coast the hurricane was a big surprise to everyone. Because of the surprise no one was prepared which caused huge impacts. Not only was the storm fatal because no one had time to prepare it was also one of the strongest hurricanes recorded in american history. Four days before the hurricane struck there was consistent rainfall. With the extra rain is contributed
Hurricane Diane and Hurricane Jose are two very different hurricanes. They have the same background, although they are sixty-two years apart. They both came after major hurricanes, Diane came after Connie, and Jose came after Irma. Both hurricanes impacted the East Coast. They also both came from the Atlantic! Nonetheless, while they each came after major hurricanes, one did less damage than the other. Hurricane Diane landed in North Carolina. It went up the East Coast and impacted all the states
The Formation of Hurricanes Hurricanes begin as tropical storms over the warm moist waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans near the equator. (Near the Philippines and the China Sea, hurricanes are called typhoons.) As the moisture evaporates it rises until enormous amounts of heated moist air are twisted high in the atmosphere. The winds begin to circle counterclockwise north of the equator or clockwise south of the equator. The relatively peaceful center of the hurricane is called the
Moniza Alvi and Grace Nichols' Feelings of Living in England Moniza Alvi and Grace Nichols convey their thoughts and feelings about living in England and having roots in another culture through their poetry. Moniza Alvi was born in England and her father was from Pakistan. Grace Nichols was born in Guyana. I can understand coming from another culture and living in a different country like England can be complex and difficult but at the same time new and exciting. Firstly, Moniza Alvi and
most interesting were Hurricanes. The thought of those storms with their power gives me the chills. Ever since I was in the middle of Hurricane Bob when I was vacationing with my family off the coast of Virginia and we were asked by the state police to evacuate our house, I wanted to learn more about hurricanes. Since that I have been able to take classes that enabled me to learn more about hurricanes. That is why I have decided to take the focus of my paper towards hurricanes. Furthermore, I am going
Comparing Hurrican Hits England and Not my Business The two poems I am to compare are Grace Nichols “Hurricane Hits England” a poem that shows that the whole world is one world and how a storm reminds a Caribbean woman of home. The author obviously misses her home country and feels it in the storm which she wrote about, the violence of the storm is harsh and causes some damage. The second poem, with which I will be comparing “Hurricane...” is Niyi Osundare’s “Not my Business”. This poem
established in 1620, New England suffered almost no problems despite a huge influx of colonists, as they were able to establish crops in their land. Their good luck caught up with them when a catastrophe struck in August of 1635. A “mighty hurricane” destroyed most of the crops, many houses, and most of the forestation around the colonists in New England. Directly after the hurricane, winter began as “extreme frost” hit the colonists. With twenty thousand colonists having come to New England during the Great
hours of March 13. The deadly storm continued north-northeastward, centering over southern Georgia near the middle of the day and over New England that evening. Near midnight, the storm extended to a central pressure of 960 mb while over the Chesapeake Bay area. According to Weather.com, “The Strom of the Century was the correspondent pressure of a Category 3 hurricane!”
Hurricanes and the Coriolis Effect Hurricanes have been an active weather phenomenon throughout history. Thanks to our modern equipment, they are easy to track, yet still difficult to predict. Their destructive force causes millions of dollars in damage each time they hit land. We use male and female names to name them. They begin as many storm clouds over warm water and begin to form a tropical storm when enough of them gather. The rotating earth sets the storms in motion. The Coriolis
unpredictable and chaotic while Newport, North Carolina is best described as quiet and uneventful. With a population of nearly 700,000 people, Boston, Massachusetts culture is described as unique. The Boston accent, also known as the sub-dialect of New England English, is widely known around the world. It sounds something like, “I pahk my cah, in the yahd.” The lack of the letter R is what makes the accent distinguishable. Despite many thinking the dislike between the Irish and the Italians is long gone
The Beautiful Ocean An Analysis of Lord Byron’s Apostrophe to the Ocean “Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean,” said Christopher Reeve who once was Superman then spent the remainder of his life in a wheelchair paralyzed from the neck down. In life, the ocean often serves as an analogy. People have exclaimed that their emotions are like the waves of the ocean. Lonely people often compare their feelings to that of a person stranded on an island in the
in 1494. He described Jamaica as, “the fairest island eyes have beheld; mountainous and the land seems to touch the sky....and full of valleys and fields and plains” (Roberts, 141). Although founded by a Spaniard, Jamaica was eventually sold to England. Today, Jamaica is the largest of the English speaking West Indian islands. The tropical island of Jamaica, called Xamayca by the Arawaks, is situated in the heart of the Caribbean Sea, about 90 miles south of Cuba and 100 miles west of Haiti
countries pushing each religion as much as they could. The Anglo-Spanish War between England and Spain during 1585-1604 is a great example of this, although it was never official declared a war. One thing that made this war quite note worthy was the Spanish Armada, a fleet of 130-armed ship versus the well-trained navy of England. It is possible the world most famous naval battle and showed the true strength of England. This is a look into the causes, the war itself and the after affects on both countries
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow is a biography detailing the life of the controversial founding father. Chernow provides in-depth information about every part of Hamilton’s life, from his childhood to his untimely death. The biography starts off in the West Indies, where Hamilton born to Rachel Faucette Levien and James Hamilton. There is some speculation as to when Hamilton was born, but Chernow believes he was born in the year 1755. His birth, however, was quite contentious since his parents