Comparing Themes Of 'Exile And Crossing The Border'
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The themes in "Exile" and "Crossing the Border" both relate to traveling to a new country, but they also differentiate. The theme of "Exile" is about a family that had to leave their native country and they encounter many emotions and along the way. The theme of "Crossing the Border" is about a family trying to cross the border while dealing with discrimination. In the poem "Exile", the speaker feels sad "I let myself lie back in deep waters", she feels overwhelmed and sad because she was fleeing to another country and she did not know what the outcome of that action would be. The narrator also feels isolated, "island waters" this quote compares the narrator's life with island waters, showing that she feels isolated because she was kicked