Talking Turkeys

Innholdsfortegnelse
Task 1a
Task 2c
the Land of Opportunity – or Not
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Task 1A
The poem “Talking Turkeys!!” by Benjamin Zephaniah brings up the issue of the meat industry in a humoristic way.

By using a childish and oral language, and giving the turkeys human features, Zephaniah appeals to people’s inner child.

It triggers our empathy, as it makes us view the turkeys almost as children. To me, the message could not be clearer.

Zephaniah wants us to eat less to no meat. He presents good arguments in his poem, for example “Turkeys hav brains an turkeys feel pain, in many ways like yu an me.”

Animals do feel pain, and the meat industry today truly gives them a lot of it. I would also like to bring up what Zephaniah mentions about that “business men mek loadsa cash”.

The meat industry is all about money. As long as the producers get their allowances, they do not give the means any thought at all.

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Task 2C
The land of opportunity – or not

The American Dream. The belief that in America, all doors are open, and you can achieve whatever you set your mind to.

In the great country of America, all are free and all are welcome to pursue their dreams. There is just about no public competition to hold you back.

Neither are there any public services to help get you going. A lot about the American Dream has changed since the idea first arrived.

We can now ask ourselves; Is the American Dream for everyone? The American Dream was legitimate at first. In the 18th and the 19th century, America was a large country with plenty of land to settle on.

Millions of people emigrated from their homes to pursue the American Dream. And most of them did get what they came for. Land, freedom and personal liberty.

The concept of the American Dream has changed. At first, the idea was that anyone could settle and live their best life in America, but since then, the term has become wider and wider. Some people like to define the American Dream as freedom and liberty.