James
Kirkup tells us through this poem “No Men are Foreign” that we should not
consider any human being on this earth as ‘a foreigner’ or ‘a stranger’. Though
Mankind is same all over the world, somewhere, someone is harming other one in
the name of hatred of a foreigner. It is in one way or in the other way we are
harming ourselves. In the name of destroying
another country, we are destroying our own mother earth which supports our
life.
There
are no strangers or no foreigners in his world. The costumes or dresses may be
different but people live in them are same. The Land on which we walk, the air
what we breathe, the water that we drink are same wherever we go on this earth.
We share and live on this same earth and of course we are buried in this same
earth only. The sun, the air, the water and the food we consume are same all
over the world.
All
people are same all over the world and there is no difference from one to one.
We are all similar in every aspect of our body activities, feelings and senses
of pain and pleasure. We all have common life to lead. We have ability to
recognize and understand each other. Hatred
begets hatred. It is unworthy to fight with others for the sake of our
selfishness. The very acts of betrayal and condemnation of other people may
lead to take arms against each other. We are creators of Hell as well as we are
the creators of the Heaven by our own deeds. Through hatred the holy innocence
of the world may put death by our hells of fire. So, the poet James Kirkup
suggests us to live peacefully with coordination of Nature and at the same time
make others live peacefully. Respecting mankind is respecting godliness. Here
no men are foreign and no countries are strange. We are all here belong to the
same earth.
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