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John foulcher essay John Foulcher conveys a number of common themes throughout his poems: Lock Ard Gorge, Martin and the Hand Grenade, For the Fire and Summer Rain. The main thematic concerns are in relationship to violence. Firstly, a very strong theme that Foulcher recognises is violence in nature and nature's sole role: the survival of the fittest. He also suggests the violence of humans as similar to that of nature. Similarly, the second theme is the cruelty of death, where Foulcher expresses the importance of human life. Lastly, he informs us of humans' lack of respect for history and that we don't want to remember the past. Foulcher blends these themes together to question the ethnicity of our society. Foulcher notes that violence in nature can be compared to the violence of humans. We get the idea that as nature may develop pressure in the sky before it pours; we humans...

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