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"Charlotte O'Neil's Song" and "Nothings Changed".  

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English Essay - "Charlotte O'Neil's Song" and "Nothings Changed" Fiona Farrell and Tatamkhulu Afrika, the writers of the two poems convey similar feelings about oppression and injustice through many different techniques, such as layout, line length and choice of language. Charlotte O'Neil's Song is about a general servant working for an upper class family who finally decides she has had enough and moves on. She knows when she is treated badly and decides to do something about it. Nothings Changed is about a black man who lived in a poor town known as "district six" in South Africa that was run by white people. The whole society was extremely racist and only allowed whites to do as they wanted whereas black people, although they were free were only allowed in certain shops and to do certain things. This poem shows us that the man in the poem knows where he is not wanted...

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