The Planners

Question 1

is the overall message of the poem critical or celebrational?

Answer 1

critical

Question 2

what is the effect of the repeated word, “they” to refer to the ‘Planners’?

Answer 2

shows the authors lack of connected and how he feels different than them and shows his dislike of ‘them’

Question 3

what is the significant context of Boey Kim Cheng?

Answer 3

lived in Singapore, places from his childhood were destroyed and replaced by newer building to increase rate of modernisation

Question 4

what is the effect of the phrase, “anesthesia, amnesia, hypnosis”?

Answer 4

semantic field of control, shows how the ‘Planners’ are controlling the people

Question 5

what does the phrase, “they build and will not stop” show about the authors opinion about ‘The Planners’?

Answer 5

shows his how critical he is and that he does not like the ‘Planners’ and there constant building and destroying and how they do not care about the loss of human memories