Poverty is a state of mind | Analysis

Skal du skrive analytical essay om "Poverty is a state of mind" af Bernard Hare? Så finder du her Studienets komplette analysehjælp. Få input og inspiration med denne study guide, som dækker alt du skal vide om teksten.

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Opgaveformulering

Spørgsmålet til "Poverty is a state of mind" lyder således:

Write an analytical essay (900-1200 words) in which you analyze and comment on Bernard Hare's essay "Poverty is a state of mind"
Part of your essay must focus on the writer's use of contrasts and on how his own experiences are used in the text.

Præsentation af teksten

Titel: “Poverty is a state of mind”
Forfatter: Bernard Hare
Genre: Autobiografisk essay
Udgivelse: 2012

Bernard Hare er en socialarbejder, der er blevet forfatter. Han har skrevet Urban Grimshaw and the Shed Crew. Han er opvokset i Leeds, England. Teksten “Poverty is a state of mind” blev oprindelig sendt i BBC Radio 3 som et radioessay.

Uddrag

Her får du en lille smagsprøve på study guiden. Uddraget er fra afsnittet "Characterisation":

Bernard Hare's life changes again when he realises some troubled children need his help. We see the narrator as a compassionate man, who wants to turn his life around, while helping others in similar or worse conditions: “The kids soon started to look to me as the nearest thing they had to a responsible adult in their lives, while I became acutely aware that I wasn’t setting them any sort of example.” (ll. 256-260)