SIMILARITIES.
In the chimney sweeper by William Blake, the boy was sold by his own father out of poverty. So he has to work as a chimney sweeper to survive. Perhaps he’s going to be beaten by his master or maybe he will not be given food if he did not do his work well. The same goes to the poem Three Beserah Fisherman by Mohamad Hj Saleh. The fishermen in the poem have to go to the sea to feed them. They throw themselves to danger in the sea just to find something to eat and to keep their family alive. We can find the similarities between them, both of them are doing the dangerous job to survive and the job is a must. No exception to that. If they didn’t do the job well then they will face suffer. The danger that the chimney sweeper might encounter when doing his job is difficult to breath and it may contribute to asthma. Furthermore, the boy in the poem is just a child, makes it more risky.
DIFFERENCES.
Between Three Beserah Fishermen by Muhammad Hj. Salleh and The Chimney Sweeper by Wiliam Blake, there are some differences between them although the theme of the poems is literally the same. The theme is literally about hardship in life. But in Three Beserah Fishermen, they have other options than being fishermen for living their live unlike in The Chimney Sweeper which the children have no choice but to be chimney sweeper. Moreover, the setting in Three Beserah Fishermen happened in East lifestyle whereas in The Chimney Sweeper it happened at West lifestyle. In addition, the story in Three Beserah Fishermen still occurs now meanwhile in The Chimney Sweeper is no longer happening. It is because there is no people works as a chimney sweeper nowadays but as a fishermen, there is still people work as it.
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