Two Scavengers in a Truck,Two Beautiful People in Mercedes and Nothings

both Scavengers in a Truck,Two Beautiful People in Mercedes and Nothings ChangedCompare and contrast of twain meters from different cultures-Two Scavengers in a Truck, Two beautiful People in Mercedesand Nothings Changed.Two Scavengers in a Truck, Two Beautiful People in Mercedes byLawrence Ferlinghetti, is a poem nearly autodinal very different peoplebrought together by traffic featherbraineds turning red. The poet isprotesting against the inequalities within a democracy. NothingsChanged by Tatamkhulu Afrika, is a poem which is also protesting, butabout the way black people are treated in a place where the poet usedto live, in District Six, in South Africa, where apartheid took place.In the poem Two Scavengers in a Truck, Two Beautiful People inMercedes, the poet compares four people. The four people are broughttogether by the traffic light turning red. The poem is set indowntown San Francisco at 9 Oclock in the morning.First he describes the two garbage custody in their tru ck. He comparesthem with a very elegant couple in their Mercedes, who have a verydifferent lifestyle.The poet describes the two garbage men as-two scavengers up since four a.m. dismal from their routeThis phrase creates the image of vultures swooping around SanFrancisco early while everyone is asleep, because vultures are oftendescribed as scavengers. The word grungy also makes it clear to thereader that the garbage men are dirty and grubby. The writer tells usthat the garbage men have been up since four a.m. This tells us thatthey are hard workers. In contrast, the poet describes the couple inthe Mercedes as-The manin a hip three piece linen suitwith shoulder aloofness blond hair and sun... ...manner, and the writer clearly wantsto make himself heard. The poet, Tatamkhulu Afrika also talks abouthis own personal experiences, but on the other hand LawrenceFerlinghetti, plainly writes about people he might have seen on thestreet.I personally preferred Nothings Changed by Tatamkhulu Afrika,although I really liked Two Scavengers in a Truck, Two BeautifulPeople in Mercedes by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, I thought NothingsChanged was more thought provoking and I think I learnt more aboutthe poet from it, because he was not afraid to express his feelingsand opinions. However, I agree with both of the poets on theiropinions. I think that everyone should be treated equally and no oneshould be made to feel like they are worse than someone else, justbecause they do not have a sophisticated car or because they are adifferent race or colour.