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Compare 'Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan' by Moniza Alvi and 'Nothings Changed' by Tatamkhulu Afrika - Comment on the conflict between two cultures in the poem and the way the poets express this.
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Compare 'Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan' by Moniza Alvi and 'Nothings Changed' by Tatamkhulu Afrika. Comment on the conflict between two cultures in the poem and the way the poets express this. In 'Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan' the speaker is a girl who has one English parent and one parent from Pakistan. As a result she feels torn between the two very different cultures. She does not feel at home in either England or Pakistan. She shows this by saying "I longed for denim and corduroy" When trying on the Saris and Salwar Kameezes. She feels English in Pakistan and Pakistani in England "I could not rise out of its fire half-English" This quote means that she can rise up out of the Pakistani clothes because she is not fully Pakistani or English. Another quote that shows this is "I tried on each satin-silken top- was alien in the sitting room" This means that wearing...
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