Two Scavengers in a Truck....

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Two Scavengers in a Truck....
Two Scavengers in a Truck....

• Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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Learning Intentions

• Objectives
• To identify the use of poetic terms.
• To assess the effect of language in the poem Two
  Scavengers
• To create paragraphs to demonstrate understanding
  of the poem.

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Ferlinghettis concerns

• He is concerned with the contrasts between
  different ways of life and the way they affect
  each other.
• We will later be comparing this to Island Man.

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Now read the poem

• Consider the mental picture that is created and
  the sounds that the words make.
• What do they remind us of?
• What do they make us picture in our head?
• Spend five minutes and write down the effect
  created by each of the phrases for the Scavengers.

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The Two Garbagemen
Now do the same for the Beautiful People!
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The Elegant Couple
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The Writers Attitude

• Now re-read lines 26 30
• What criticism of the elegant couple is made by
  comparing them to a T.V. ad?
• Answer using PEEE
• Point Ferlinghetti seems to dislike the
  beautiful people.
• Example as is shown by (include a quote).
• Explain How does your quote explain what you
  have said.
• Effect What effect does the language create.

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Comparing Island Man and Two Scavengers

• Comparing the poem with Island Man.
• Title Compare the ways in which Island Man and
  Two Scavengers in a Truck. . . both explore
  contrasts between two different ways of life.
• Compare
• People (appearance/ thoughts/ feelings)
• The most important features of how the poems are
  written
• The endings of the poems and the main impressions
  the reader is left with
• The writers tone and attitude to the people or
  situation described.

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Examples of Comparison

• Grace Nichols writes about a man who . . . . On
  the other hand, Ferlinghettis characters . . . .
• Grace Nichols uses contrasting images of . . . .
  for example . . . . Ferlinghettis methods of
  creating contrasts are different. He . . . .
• The ending of Island Man emphasises . . . .
  Whereas the ending of Two Scavengers suggests .
  . . .
• The two writers have different attitudes to the
  people they describe . . . .
• The two writers have different ideas they want to
  convey to us. For example . . . .