A Passage To Africa

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It was, as I said at the time in my dispatch, a vision of ‘famine away from the headlines, a famine of quiet suffering and lonely death’. The excerpt is written in first person and the Author often addresses the reader directly to provide insight and information that contextualise the situation better.

Compare and Contrast the Ways in Which Two Poets Create Sympathy for Their Characters – ‘on a Portrait of a Deaf Man’ and ‘the River God’. The juxtaposition of the shocking and the boring, ‘ same old stuff ’, of ‘ dirt floor ’ ‘ hut ’ and ‘ sitting rooms ’ increases the pity by putting into perspective the gulf between our lives and those affected by the famine. Although over 15 years old now, this is still a highly relevant insight into the tragic squandering of exciting possibilities in a number of African nations.If he was embarrassed to be found weakened by hunger and ground down by conflict, how should I feel to be standing there so strong and confident? The anaphora in ‘no rage, no whimpering’, the dash followed by adjectives such as ‘motionless, simple and frictionless’; all are used to diminish death, as if it is a matter of no importance or significance, an everyday occurring which is inevitable. The ‘one’ man almost seems embarrassed to be in such a pitiful situation and his embarrassment makes this all the more troubling. He points out the different peers of that class that strive for distinction or fade into the shadows that culture created for them.

The fact that he never found out his name shows that for him he became simply an object, or a moment of revelation', and without a name he becomes little more than the 'facts and figures' which the narrator thinks of as easy journalism, which doesn't show the human story. His disregard for the ‘taboo’ by stating a fact that most journalists choose to ignore, places him in a positive light despite his revolting admission. There is contrast between things he shows very vividly in the first half and things which he cannot explain (as they are emotional) in the second half. Published back in 2001, former BBC Africa correspondent, George Alagiah, skillfully blends his personal experience with the dispassionate insight of a political commentator, as he traces the difficult and painful road to independence and beyond for the African continent. Kushite religion was a combination of ancient Egyptian religious traditions and gods with traditional Nubian customs and beliefs.He tells the story of a young girl and boy in trying situations and persuades his audience to feel sorry for them. Firstly, a part biography of Mr Alagiah, who moved with his family from Sri Lanka (who fled due to the civil war there - his family are tamil) to Ghana when African was liberating itself from its colonial shackles. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. His works include ‘The Four Million’, ‘The Gift of the Magi’, ‘The Furnished Room’, ‘Shoes’, ‘The Last Leaf’ and so on. The reporters and journalists fight their base instincts of helping those whom they see as marks to get the story to us, those who are responsible for helping such people out.

It’s the man’s embarrassment at being ‘ seen like this ’ that creates most pity: it’s not just suffering, it’s the loss of dignity and a desperate grasping after normality. The noun ‘Passage’ is ambiguous; of course the obvious meaning would be that the following is an extract, a piece of writing. AChebe poems Advice allegory against world war Almighty God An Unknown Girl; Literary Analysis; Moniza Alvi; bicultural marriages.but there is one I will never forget’- intrigues the reader and encourages them to read on but at same time shows he doesn’t care for any others. It is as though he is traumatised by all he has seen, from a mother with her children to an old woman. Names are what distinguish people from simply being things that are written about, shows his own dehumanisation of his subject, even though he didn't mean to. This specific detail increases our pity and horror at the suffering through the particular examples. The text covers the situation of Somalia after the civil war that started in 1991 that saw the end of the dictatorship of Siad Barre.