Thank you soooooooooooo much. You just saved my English GCSE this afternoon. I know you must get this a lot but thanks. When I walked into the exam and saw 2 scavengers i knew youd saved me especially with your stuff on nothings changed as well . Yay :)
Thank you soooooooooooo much. You saved my English GCSE this afternoon. I know you must get this a lot but thanks. When I walked into the exam and saw 2 scavengers i knew youd saved me. Especially with your stuff on nothings changed. Yay. :)
This is the poem that came up in the exam, you had to compare political and social ideas in this poem with one other (I did nothing's changed), thankfully I watched your revision videos and I aced it! :D Thank you so much!
Ahh comparing it to What Were They Like is such a good shout! i was gonna compare it to Nothing's Changed just because they were both about discrimination/segregation, thanks man :)
i'm pretty sure this poet just has a large chip on his shoulder!!
in the western world you chose your destiny, and anyone who doesnt recognise this is a fool! The 'beautiful people' only have this car because they've earnt the money to pay for it. The 'scavengers' chose to be bin men...
i think that the sentence structure could also be the diverse societies (rich an poor) drifting part from each other since at the beginning of the poem they where at a red light, so when it turns green the drift apart and go there separate ways..........just a thought. :)
Because both the scavengers and the couple are heading in the same directing and the scavengers are going home and the couple are going to work emphasises how poor the scavengers are as their homes are in the same direction the couple's work place which work places are in the city centre where poor housing in. And as they are heading there does sort of make out that they are poor and really emphasises that. But I can't really word this very well for my exam. And sugestions?
I personally think that the poem is wrong to criticize democracy or we as readers are. Democracy is not a system that grants 'economic' equality it give equality via the vote in which everyone has a fair chance to cast their opinion on society. Instead we should criticize capitalism for the divide between the classes and for the fact that there even is classes. for that is the system that drives the profit motif into the ground and deliberately holds money above people.
@spolo18 I agree with you however be careful as this is not a poem which criticises democracy itself. Ferlinghetti uses the term "democracy" ironically to criticise the social and economic divide which exists in the USA, a divide which exists as a result of a self serving capitalist system, not a democratic one (although that may not be what I say in this video as it was scripted by some of my Y11 students last year who were too shy to record it themselves)
the poet is also accusing society that we have made these judgements of people not by looking at their personality but at their 'social status'. Having a mercedes doesnt make you a better person. If we didnt have binmen working from 4 am in the morning there would be chaos, so why do we look down on them? The poet sees them side by side at the traffic lights, the binmen looking down from their truck onto the 'beautiful people' and asks us why this is the only time they will ever meet
My friend said also that with the simile about the gargoyle quasimodo that eventhough they may appear ugly upon the outside, it also implies that they're beautiful on the inside
Can you say that because their drving home and too work, they are driving away from each other, like they are choosing to drive away in society but are forsed because their class and job enables them to do so?
Can you say that because their drving home and too work, they are driving away from each other, like they are choosing to drive away in society but are forsed because their class and job enables them to do so?
@d123a123n So aslong as you make an innovative point and use a quote, you're pretty much guaranteed an A? depending on how well your choice of sentence structure and vocabulary is, an A* is pretty achievable?
Can you say that because their drving home and too work, they are driving away from each other, like they are choosing to drive away in society but are forsed because their class and job enables them to do so?
Thank you soooooooooooo much. You just saved my English GCSE this afternoon. I know you must get this a lot but thanks. When I walked into the exam and saw 2 scavengers i knew youd saved me especially with your stuff on nothings changed as well . Yay :)
TheWalsh09 9 months ago
Thank you soooooooooooo much. You saved my English GCSE this afternoon. I know you must get this a lot but thanks. When I walked into the exam and saw 2 scavengers i knew youd saved me. Especially with your stuff on nothings changed. Yay. :)
TheWalsh09 9 months ago
just watched this after taking my exam a couple of hours ago..... yep i failed :S what about comparing this with "Nothing's Changed" :(
DrBadass92 9 months ago
Thank you for all your help on all of your videos, I was a religious watcher and I think it certainly paid off when I got this poem in the exam!
fizcake 9 months ago
thumbs up if you got this question in your exam and this video was so much help!! :D
ofmiceandmenwork 9 months ago 7
This is the poem that came up in the exam, you had to compare political and social ideas in this poem with one other (I did nothing's changed), thankfully I watched your revision videos and I aced it! :D Thank you so much!
Neonxceh 9 months ago 4
@Neonxceh i did nothing's changed too lol finger crossed buddy :D
DrBadass92 9 months ago
The muddled up structure of the poem could also represent the rubbish of the bin men.
prettybadusername 9 months ago
Ahh comparing it to What Were They Like is such a good shout! i was gonna compare it to Nothing's Changed just because they were both about discrimination/segregation, thanks man :)
iSuuperMann 9 months ago
Great interpretations (referring to all of them)
TheJokaAce 9 months ago
i'm pretty sure this poet just has a large chip on his shoulder!!
in the western world you chose your destiny, and anyone who doesnt recognise this is a fool! The 'beautiful people' only have this car because they've earnt the money to pay for it. The 'scavengers' chose to be bin men...
lydazz1 9 months ago
i think that the sentence structure could also be the diverse societies (rich an poor) drifting part from each other since at the beginning of the poem they where at a red light, so when it turns green the drift apart and go there separate ways..........just a thought. :)
leedonaldt 9 months ago
I did a poo In my pantaloons thanks a lot!
BadCasts 9 months ago
Heres what I think.
Because both the scavengers and the couple are heading in the same directing and the scavengers are going home and the couple are going to work emphasises how poor the scavengers are as their homes are in the same direction the couple's work place which work places are in the city centre where poor housing in. And as they are heading there does sort of make out that they are poor and really emphasises that. But I can't really word this very well for my exam. And sugestions?
tuzathedarknight 9 months ago
at 01.24 the quotation mark is the wrong way round... A*!
haz56 9 months ago
I personally think that the poem is wrong to criticize democracy or we as readers are. Democracy is not a system that grants 'economic' equality it give equality via the vote in which everyone has a fair chance to cast their opinion on society. Instead we should criticize capitalism for the divide between the classes and for the fact that there even is classes. for that is the system that drives the profit motif into the ground and deliberately holds money above people.
spolo18 11 months ago
@spolo18 I agree with you however be careful as this is not a poem which criticises democracy itself. Ferlinghetti uses the term "democracy" ironically to criticise the social and economic divide which exists in the USA, a divide which exists as a result of a self serving capitalist system, not a democratic one (although that may not be what I say in this video as it was scripted by some of my Y11 students last year who were too shy to record it themselves)
bm124 11 months ago 2
Thank you!
CastJosephine 1 year ago
A good word to use here is metiocrasy.
SnideImpact 1 year ago
thanks alot for this, it really helped.
danstickman1 1 year ago 2
THIS GUY GOT ME FROM A PREDICTED GRADE "D", TO GRADE "B" for my english language exam- Brilliant!
Thanks alot.
taherabc12 1 year ago 27
the poet is also accusing society that we have made these judgements of people not by looking at their personality but at their 'social status'. Having a mercedes doesnt make you a better person. If we didnt have binmen working from 4 am in the morning there would be chaos, so why do we look down on them? The poet sees them side by side at the traffic lights, the binmen looking down from their truck onto the 'beautiful people' and asks us why this is the only time they will ever meet
StEpHsTrAwBeRrYgAl 1 year ago
My friend said also that with the simile about the gargoyle quasimodo that eventhough they may appear ugly upon the outside, it also implies that they're beautiful on the inside
WolfFoundations 1 year ago
this video help me for English work and pleases can u make videos about poem
pspmatovua 1 year ago
Chears bud, bit breif but chears anyway
Mrstuiboi93 1 year ago
you are good , thank you ..xx
yummyikissedagirl 1 year ago
Can you say that because their drving home and too work, they are driving away from each other, like they are choosing to drive away in society but are forsed because their class and job enables them to do so?
amylouiseeeeeee 1 year ago
Can you say that because their drving home and too work, they are driving away from each other, like they are choosing to drive away in society but are forsed because their class and job enables them to do so?
amylouiseeeeeee 1 year ago
@amylouiseeeeeee Yh, originality of ideas is A* include anything you make up lol
d123a123n 1 year ago
@d123a123n So aslong as you make an innovative point and use a quote, you're pretty much guaranteed an A? depending on how well your choice of sentence structure and vocabulary is, an A* is pretty achievable?
Crater56 1 year ago
@Crater56
yea for languadge but there are other criteria such as comparison, message and structure. But origionality of ideas will deffo help lots for an A/A*
d123a123n 1 year ago
Can you say that because their drving home and too work, they are driving away from each other, like they are choosing to drive away in society but are forsed because their class and job enables them to do so?
amylouiseeeeeee 1 year ago