Summary of the chapter No Men Are Foreign
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In the beginning, the poet says that ‘no men are strange and no country is foreign’. So, the poet tries to remove all the borders of countries from the earth’s surface. Only then no country will be foreign. Also, when there will be no borders then no county will be foreign. And we can feel free to move around. In this way, the entire earth is one and all the people who live on this earth belong to one human race. Moreover, inside the uniforms of soldiers from different countries, humans are the same. Because God has made us all similarly. We all breathe in the same way. After that poet says that all the soldiers are our brothers – as we all walk the same ‘Mother Earth’. And upon death, will bury in the same earth.
In the next part, ‘they’ refers to people of other countries. We also fight with them discriminate them and call them foreigners. He also says that nature has given them plenty just like he did to us. God has given everyone equal air, water, and sunlight which means God does not differentiate. When there is no war, we all do farming. We live a comfortable life and eat things given by nature. In addition, he points out that during war and winter we starve and the people of another country also face the same things. So, the poet wants to say that we and foreigners of other countries are the same. Further, he says that they have the same hand as ours, and they work hard like us. The poet gives all these examples to express the readers that there is no difference between people of a different country.
Poet asks the reader to remember something. He further says that keep in mind that God has bestowed our enemies with a similar appearance to us. God has given them similar eyes that open and shut like ours. God has also given them strength which we can win through love. And on every land life is the most common thing. Moreover, when we realize that they are like us, then there will be no war.
When someone tells us to hate someone of another country and think then as our enemy and we do that then we deprive, condemn, and cheat ourselves. The poet says that we should stay away from such negativity. During the war both parties bear losses. This is the reason why people say the war is not in anyone’s favor. When we pick any weapon against someone, we should recall one thing…………..
When we pick a weapon against anyone we defile the earth with their blood. As in war, there is fire, death, and bloodshed. The dead bodies make the earth impure. The war pollutes the earth and impures the air. Lastly, the poet writes the first line in reverse saying remember, no men are foreign, and no countries are strange.
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The poem No Men Are Foreign by James Falconer Kirkup illustrates why no person is a stranger and no country is foreign.
We wear different clothes but underneath we have the same body of flesh, blood, and bones. We live in different countries, speak different languages, believe in different religions, yet we are all citizens of the same planet.
All people breathe, sleep, wake up, eat, and work. Sooner or later they die and are buried. The sun, air, and water are equally essential for everyone. There is no difference between human beings.
We prosper, our harvest is bountiful and there will be no starvation when there is peace in the land. Wars bring destruction and everyone suffers in the same manner.
The poem encourages us to strengthen our bond of humanity and live together in harmony.