The overarching theme of the several poems within the readings represent that of migrant worker lifestyles, working conditions, and job opportunity along with the injustices and unfairness that is coupled with many migrant worker jobs. On that note, all poems by each author seem to highlight the working conditions within industrial applications. More specifically, they seem to focus on the an individual interpretation of these conditions within that particular industry. Being that each author exercises a certain degree of artistry between each poem, all three seem to have their own unique interpretation and experiences highlighted by words such as acceptance, death, and youth/inexperience. With this measure of individuality between authors it is important to note that the resulting conclusion …show more content…
For example, Iron Nails by Zheng Xiaoqiong highlights the disparity between the upper and lower classes while touching on the many inconsistencies of labor, wages, and worker satisfaction. On the contrary, as was mentioned before, Wu Xia seemingly highlights her acceptance for the struggles she has endured while making light of a progressively precarious situation. Similarly, Xu Lizhi seems to give insight to the unfavorable conditions and how they relate to worker emotions and overall satisfaction when he suggests in The Last Graveyard, “industry captures their tears before they have the chance to fall” and in “I Swallowed a Moon”, “I swallowed this industrial sewage, the unemployment documents, youth stooped at machines die before their time” (Lizhi, lines 8, 3, 4). This is interesting to note because these separate conclusions are seemingly based on the differing narratives that all three authors presumably endured, allowing for a broader and perhaps more comprehensive look at migrant-worker