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How do you respond to "night of the scorpion" and "sacrifice"? In the course of your writing compare the two writers presentation of children and families. Both Nissim Ezekien and Taufiq Rafat are writing the poem from the point of view of a older person living in the western world looking back at the culture that hey were brought up in and the differences in ways of life and beliefs. "Sacrifice" tells the story of how a goat was slaughtered to bless a house about to be built and the struggle that a young onlooker is having comprehending why it is happening. "Night Of The Scorpion" also accounts a young boy watching his mother suffering from a scorpion sting and all the attempts to save her. Both poems are written by people that seem outside of the culture that they are placed in and with hindsight are opposed to these dated systems and...

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