In the poem
entitled “All Things Not Considered” by Naomi Shihab Nye, the major
issues discussed in the poem would be wars that happen in the Arabian country
or to be more specific, Palestine. The poet describes the situation of war,
where innocent people were killed without mercy in the name of holy religions
of those who had the guns.
In reality,
Muslims are symbolizes as terrorist because of religions. The oppression of
religions was clearly seen in the poem. From the poem, we could see the direct
choice of words and direct language used by the poet to convey a better
understanding among readers. The themes that can be drawn from the poem are
injustice, violence, death, inhumanity, misused of religions or believed and
sacrifice. From line 9 to 12, the poet shows injustice of the death between two
situations, good and bad situation. The sentence “could we have some new religions please?” shows that all religions
are supposed to be kept in peaceful and harmony. Religion itself did not caused
hatred and violence, it is the mindset of the believers himself that play the
vital role in this situation. The misused of the religion makes the believer to
oppress other religions in order to become holy.
At the end
of the poem, the poet expresses her emotion which is longing for calm and
peaceful day afterwards after going through suffering and hard times.
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