Comparing Presents From My Aunts In Pakistan 'And Half-Caste'

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In ‘Presents From My Aunts in Pakistan' and 'Half Caste', the poets Moniza Alvi and John Agard uses first person narrative to protest and express their feeling of not belonging to a place. It describes their feelings of being recognized as having no fixed nationality by demanding answers. Present for my aunts in Pakistan talks about receiving gifts from her Pakistani aunt and asking questions on whether she belongs in Pakistan or England. She thinks she does not fit in the Pakistan clothes her aunt sent her, but neither does she with denim. Half-Caste is about the speaker asking someone to explain what they mean for calling him Half-Caste. It describes some events that are utilized to question us. The speaker speaks in a demanding tone with

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