I Live Here Poem Analysis

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How would you feel if you had to be checked in order to enter a country depending on your race? Wouldn’t you feel judged and discriminated because you were not born a certain way or criticized based on assumptions of your race? Don’t you believe this would be very challenging to face? The author of the passage “I Belong Here” is Amin Ahmad. It is very important to discover who typed the article in order to give them the credit that they deserve. It is important for you to do research on the author so you could do research on them and prevent yourself or someone else from plagiarizing their work. The reader might want to read the authors work so it would be a great idea to include their name. Understanding whom the writer is and their background …show more content…
He supports his claim by saying he does not want anything more to do with the UK because he has so much respect for his people but the UK officials do no. He quoted this, “But I’m angry. I don’t want to enter the UK anymore, Let them keep their damn country. My place is here, with my people. I could sit on this bench all day with them.” (Amin Ahmad 38) The warrant that combines the claim and support is that he stands up for his people but, he does not feel regret for leaving his people and he doesn’t care enough to stop himself from entering the country with his soon to be fiancé. I doubt he would have left his people if he and his fiancé hadn’t planned the trip. A reference from the article ”But of course I don’t. My fiancé is already walking away I follow her and collect my passport, with its red entry stamp.’’ (Amin Ahmad 38)

I find this essay to be an effective argument because Amin had a reason to back up all of his evidence or argumentive declarations. He put thought into everything that he was writing about. Admin supported himself and his people strongly. Amin Ahmad feels connected to his tribe, culture, and identity to the max and believes it was wrong for UK officials to subdue that something was wrong with his

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