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From Moniza Alvis poetry, how do we learn about the challenges ofliving between two cultures?Moniza Alvi writes many metrical compositions establish on the difficulties she faceswhilst living between two cultures and I am going to explore thesedifficulties through the following poems - The Sari, Throwing outmy Fathers Dictionary, an Unknown miss and Presents from my Auntsin Pakistan. Firstly, I am going to discuss her poem The Sari whichis a metaphorical poem telling us what happened to her in early life.The poem begins, Inside my mother I peered through a glass porthole,which creates an image of a baby in the womb. It then continues tosay, the world beyond was anxious and brown, which suggests that she wasborn in Pakistan.The second stanza represents her Pakistani life consisting of afather, servants and animals They were all looking in on me -Father, granny, the cooks boy, the sweeper-girl, the bullock.This shows us the differences between the Pakistani and slopeculture and al so what her life would have been like if she had stayedin Pakistan. The phrase the bullock with the sharp shoulderbladesuses a repetition of soft consonants suggests a feeling of apathy atbeing somewhere she knows she belongs. The third stanza links herPakistani and English roots, My English grandmother took a telescopeand gazed across continents, giving the notion that her Grandmotherwishes for he upbringing to be in England. The use of the word gazedin particular gives an impression of great eagerness.The third stanza begins with her journey from Pakistan to EnglandAll the people unravelled a sari. It stretched from Lahore toHyderabad. This suggests that the unravelling sari is showin... ...ttempts to recreate herself in theirculture. As you can see, Pakistani beliefs are very different to thoseheld by the English.Moniza Alvis poetry is deeply influenced by her cultural influences.This is open-and-shut because the majority of her poetry is based on thedifficulties of living bet ween two cultures. Her poetry is alsoinfluenced by fashions in writing. Her style is very modern and tell apart to pre-20th century poets, and this enhances youngerreaders appreciation of the text.In conclusion, Moniza Alvi was privileged to have lived between twocultures because it meant that she was welcomed into two communitiesand had the opportunity to experience different ways of life. However,all effective things come at a price and for this she suffered the issuesof not knowing where she fit in, which values she held and having highfamily expectations.