Compare and contrast two poems that contain different representations :: English Literature:

Compare and contrast two poems that contain different representationsof school pupils.Comprehensive is a representation of a comprehensive school, in theway that the diverse mixture of cultures are included in the poem.Each pupil has a different life and culture, and the pitfalls ofcomprehensive schools are clearly shown by the way in which each pupilis represented.The first pupil is African, and homesick, and is not happy in England.It seems as though she misses her culture, and feels as though she isbeing smother by the British culture. This is also true of In WhichThe Ancient history I picture Is Not My Own. The boy represented inthis poem is homesick, and also feels stifle by the British culture,due to the fact that he is being almost forced into it, thus notallowing him to enjoy his own Irish culture. The teacher wants him tolearn The English Kings, the famous battles and Gods grace inHistory which causes him to begin to forget his own History, which heis desperately trying to h senile on to.The second pupil in Comprehensive is a boy named Wayne, who isdepicted as a stereotypical boy. He is precocious in the way he thinkshe is too old for games and believes he is old enough to supportsomething so controversial, when clearly he does not understand it toa full extent. He holds a very patriarchal view, especially when itcomes to women. He believes that they are there to have their knickerspulled down, as it were and cook for him. Such a strong attitude asthis for a pupil of only cardinal years of age inevitably will causefriction between him and his peers and teachers. And in a school ofmixed culture, this would not bode well.Although the teacher has not such a derogatory attitude as Wayne, sheis similar in the way that she has very strong views that she placesupon the schoolgirlish Irish boy in, In Which The Ancient History Is Not MyOwn. The Teacher is very patriotic, and expects the pupil of acompletely different culture to be the same about England. An exampleof this is when the teacher describes the Roman imperium as thegreatest Empire ever known- until our time of course. This is thekind of attitude that is almost stripping the boy of his patriotism ofhis own land, and restricting him from learn about his own History. Hehas had to take on another cultures history and been forced to take iton as his own.Similarities can be made between the young Irish boy and Ejaz and