Refugee Mother and child

poem Refugee Mother and child African literature

1. Refugee Mother and Child CHIRAGKUMAR SOLANKI MA SEM : 4 ROLL NUM : 4 Enrolment No : 2069108420180049 BANCH : 2017-19 Submitted To : Department Of English, MKBU

2. INTRODUCTION Chinua Achebe is a great Nigerian novelist poet and short story writer.  His first novel “Things Fall Apart” has been translated into 45 languages.  His poem “Refugee Mother and Child” is a celebration of motherhood

3. Refugee Mother and Child  It is a refugee camp somewhere in  Africa. The poet gives us a realistic picture of a mother and her child Hundreds of poor people are thrown out of their homes In this t heir children are slowly dying of poverty and diseases . The poet introduces a poor ordinary The poet uses the words ‘ghost’ and ‘rust’ as metaphors of death.

4. C ompared with St.Mary The poet draws our attention to a particular mother and her child They are compared with St.Mary holding Jesus in her arms . Madonna loves her child because Jesus is the saviour of mankind and the son of God But the refugee mother cannot be proud of any such achievement of her poor son 

5. C ompared with St.Mary The mother know her child is slowly dying. It is of no use caring for him. They don’t want to further waste their time and energy and love for the dying children

6. Refugee Mother But This mother is very different from other mothers She loves her child with divine . She does not want anything in return for her love and sacrifice. She carefully parts the hair as if she were preparing him to school

7. Continues…… She does not want anything in return for her love and sacrifice . She carefully parts the hair as if she were preparing him to school She is kissing his forehead. It was an act of putting flowers in his small coffin the last love of a mother to her son

8. Love Differences

9. Thank You…