Like many other countries, the Bahamas has experienced many trials and tribulations. However, in this case, trials greatly overthrow the tribulations. Beginning with Sir. Lynden Pindling in 1980, the Bahamas has become infamous for grooming more than a few corrupt government systems. In Patricia Glinton article, “Chaos Threatening to engulf the country” she expresses an innumerable amount of outrage towards the current Bahamian government. Initially, Glinton points out that citizens of the Bahamas instill their ‘trust’ into ‘political pundits’ without trying to see who they really are. She begins her article by critically arguing that surely corrupt political power is addictive. To focus on the this, she continuously portrayed through her
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It is a sweet that rots the moral fiber of its addicts and ruins the teeth, guts and general health of those who are dominated by the addicts”. By using this simile Glinton is smartly comparing “corrupt political power” to candy. Candy contains addictive properties and when eaten, it is hard not to have another. Glinton is indicating here that the more the corrupt political power is ingested more and more is desired. She is saying that just as candy produces cavities, corrupt political power “rots the moral fiber of its addicts” and “ruins teeth and guts” of the Bahamian people. Because the writer brilliantly placed this metaphor here, she quickly captures the reader's attention and forces them to read more about her article. Moreover, Glinton also made use of metaphor in paragraph six, when she says “Crime, in general, is gutting this country, draining it of its lifeblood…”. Here, the writer not only compares ‘crime’ to a knife, but also personifies “country” by giving it the human quality “blood”. By doing this she amplifies that our country is losing its vital source to stay “alive”. Normally, when someone is ‘gutting’ something, they are taking the life out of it by removing is vital sources. By incorporating this metaphor, the writer vividly illustrates the intensity of crime in the Bahamas to the readers. Furthermore, Glinton includes …show more content…
The writer initially includes an allusion in paragraph ten, when she expresses that “Despite pitiable academic performance, we spend more time on Junior Junkanoo than on structured remediation and on turning rivers of self-examination and truth on Augean Stables that education administration and practice have become in our beloved homeland”. By incorporating this allusion, Glinton is implying that the Bahamas education system has not been improved for years and has been stuck in the same position without any assistance; which is similar to the ‘Augean stables” that was left filthy for thirty years until Hercules came to clean it up by using water to divide the land. Here, the readers can see that the government is not worried about the more important things such as education, but are focused on the ‘pleasurable’ things such as Junior Junkanoo. She also made use of another effective allusion in paragraph twenty, when she humorously questions “Shouldn’t the greatest outrage be reserved for the fast footing of a member of the “justice league” who...deplete the nation's purse by engaging legal action to remove two members of the opposition...adding to the folly of his government's spending...of Baha Mar?”. Here, the writer is alluding to the character ‘Flash’ who is apart of a fictional superhero team. By doing this, Glinton is indicating that this
It is a sweet that rots the moral fiber of its addicts and ruins the teeth, guts and general health of those who are dominated by the addicts”. By using this simile Glinton is smartly comparing “corrupt political power” to candy. Candy contains addictive properties and when eaten, it is hard not to have another. Glinton is indicating here that the more the corrupt political power is ingested more and more is desired. She is saying that just as candy produces cavities, corrupt political power “rots the moral fiber of its addicts” and “ruins teeth and guts” of the Bahamian people. Because the writer brilliantly placed this metaphor here, she quickly captures the reader's attention and forces them to read more about her article. Moreover, Glinton also made use of metaphor in paragraph six, when she says “Crime, in general, is gutting this country, draining it of its lifeblood…”. Here, the writer not only compares ‘crime’ to a knife, but also personifies “country” by giving it the human quality “blood”. By doing this she amplifies that our country is losing its vital source to stay “alive”. Normally, when someone is ‘gutting’ something, they are taking the life out of it by removing is vital sources. By incorporating this metaphor, the writer vividly illustrates the intensity of crime in the Bahamas to the readers. Furthermore, Glinton includes …show more content…
The writer initially includes an allusion in paragraph ten, when she expresses that “Despite pitiable academic performance, we spend more time on Junior Junkanoo than on structured remediation and on turning rivers of self-examination and truth on Augean Stables that education administration and practice have become in our beloved homeland”. By incorporating this allusion, Glinton is implying that the Bahamas education system has not been improved for years and has been stuck in the same position without any assistance; which is similar to the ‘Augean stables” that was left filthy for thirty years until Hercules came to clean it up by using water to divide the land. Here, the readers can see that the government is not worried about the more important things such as education, but are focused on the ‘pleasurable’ things such as Junior Junkanoo. She also made use of another effective allusion in paragraph twenty, when she humorously questions “Shouldn’t the greatest outrage be reserved for the fast footing of a member of the “justice league” who...deplete the nation's purse by engaging legal action to remove two members of the opposition...adding to the folly of his government's spending...of Baha Mar?”. Here, the writer is alluding to the character ‘Flash’ who is apart of a fictional superhero team. By doing this, Glinton is indicating that this