Two Caravans
- By Marina Lewycka
The short story I have read is about one group of outsiders who are common all over Europe and this group of outsiders are the migrant workers from Poland and Ukraine. They come to the West, just to find jobs and security unavailable at home. In the novel Two Caravans by Marina Lewycka we meet Irina and Andriy from the Ukraine and Tomaz from Poland. They come to Britain to work as strawberry pickers but are looking for better prospects.
Andriy notices a lot of differences between his own country and the UK. That all are well dressed – the shoes, new shoes made of leathers. No carpet slippers, like people wear in the street back home. By reading this, we understand that the people are poor and not as privileged as the rest in the UK.
The polish workers came to London to work as strawberry pickers, through Andriy eyes we can read about how the people in London threat him, and the rest of the polish workers. One example from the text, when Andry stumbles into a young woman walking fast on high heels, who backs away snarling, “Get off me!” by reading this we can ask ourself do we look down on the migrant workers from Poland and Ukraine? And are they only welcome if they do our dirty work?
Well, they are just a much human as much as you and me, therefore they deserve to be treated with respect and not exploited..
- By Marina Lewycka
The short story I have read is about one group of outsiders who are common all over Europe and this group of outsiders are the migrant workers from Poland and Ukraine. They come to the West, just to find jobs and security unavailable at home. In the novel Two Caravans by Marina Lewycka we meet Irina and Andriy from the Ukraine and Tomaz from Poland. They come to Britain to work as strawberry pickers but are looking for better prospects.
Andriy notices a lot of differences between his own country and the UK. That all are well dressed – the shoes, new shoes made of leathers. No carpet slippers, like people wear in the street back home. By reading this, we understand that the people are poor and not as privileged as the rest in the UK.
The polish workers came to London to work as strawberry pickers, through Andriy eyes we can read about how the people in London threat him, and the rest of the polish workers. One example from the text, when Andry stumbles into a young woman walking fast on high heels, who backs away snarling, “Get off me!” by reading this we can ask ourself do we look down on the migrant workers from Poland and Ukraine? And are they only welcome if they do our dirty work?
Well, they are just a much human as much as you and me, therefore they deserve to be treated with respect and not exploited..
