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Explore the feelings of the two poets about living in England with their roots in another culture. - In 'Presents From My Aunts In Pakistan' the narrator is struggling with two clashing cultural identities.
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Explore the feelings of the two poets about living in England with their roots in another culture. In 'Presents From My Aunts In Pakistan' the narrator is struggling with two clashing cultural identities. One is the traditional one represented by the Aunts in Pakistan. The other is the contemporary British one, represented for the narrator by the 'denim and corduroy' clothes. She is under pressure from two directions, her present life in England - friends etc, and her 'other' life as a Pakistani girl. She, however, sees herself as someone of 'no fixed nationality'. Clearly, in this poem the narrator is struggling to come to terms with who she is and where she comes from. On the other hand 'Hurricane Hits England' presents us with a picture of an old woman whose cultural identity is strong enough to withstand many years of isolation from her homeland. The hurricane brings to the...
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