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Compare how Society is presented in ‘Nothings Changed’ and ‘Two Scavengers in a truck two beautiful People in a Mercedes.’

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Compare how Society is presented in 'Nothings Changed' and 'Two Scavengers in a truck two beautiful People in a Mercedes.' In both poems, the main theme is that people are segregated in the society they live in. However, in 'Nothings Changed' this poems explores racial segregation in South Africa during the apartheid separating the whites from the blacks such as the 'whites only in café' In contrast to the racial segregation in 'Nothings Changed', 'Two Scavengers in a Truck two Beautiful People in a Mercedes' explores the separation in the society by the wealth the person holds in relation to how good the persons physical looks are. 'The elegant couple' are seen to be fit to be seen with each other, but the people in 'red plastic blazers' could not be part of the elegant couples perfect fantasy. In both poems, the writers are sympathetic to the point of view that is represented...

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