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    The poem "Vultures" by Chinua Achebe describes vultures caring for each other despite their unpleasant diet of eating dead and dying animals. The poem then compares vultures to the commandant of a concentration camp, who burns human corpses all day but still buys chocolate for his children, showing a small amount of humanity. The conclusion is unclear, praising the small goodness in evil creatures but also seeing how that small goodness allows evil to perpetuate.

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    The poem "Vultures" by Chinua Achebe describes vultures caring for each other despite their unpleasant diet of eating dead and dying animals. The poem then compares vultures to the commandant of a concentration camp, who burns human corpses all day but still buys chocolate for his children, showing a small amount of humanity. The conclusion is unclear, praising the small goodness in evil creatures but also seeing how that small goodness allows evil to perpetuate.

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    The poem "Vultures" by Chinua Achebe describes vultures caring for each other despite their unpleasant diet of eating dead and dying animals. The poem then compares vultures to the commandant of a concentration camp, who burns human corpses all day but still buys chocolate for his children, showing a small amount of humanity. The conclusion is unclear, praising the small goodness in evil creatures but also seeing how that small goodness allows evil to perpetuate.

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    Vultures Objective: To Understand The Poem Vultures by Chinua

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    Vultures

    Objective:
    To understand the
    poem Vultures by
    Chinua Achebe
    Vultures
     Vultures are
    carnivores, this
    means they eat
    meat.
     Their food
    comes from
    animals that
    have either
    recently died or
    are nearly dead.
    What happens in the poem
     The poem introduces us to the vultures and
    their unpleasant diet; in spite of this, they
    appear to care for each other. From this
    Achebe goes on to note how even the worst
    of human beings show some touches of
    humanity - the concentration camp
    commandant, having spent the day burning
    human corpses, buys chocolate for his
    “tender offspring” (child or children). This
    leads to an unclear conclusion:
    Mixed messages?
    On the one hand, Achebe tells us to “praise
    bounteous providence” that even the worst of
    creatures has a little goodness, “a tiny glow-worm
    tenderness”;
     On the other hand, he concludes in despair, it is the
    little bit of “kindred love” (love of one's own kind or
    relations) which permits the “perpetuity of evil”
    (allows it to survive, because the evil person can
    think himself to be not completely depraved).
    Concentration Camps
     These camps were set up for the
    sole purpose of eliminating the
    Jews.
     The two most infamous camps were
    in Poland and were called Auschwitz
    and Belson
    Spot the difference…
    The Commandant in the poem
    loves his daughter and may be
    a good father but is still
    capable of horrendous crimes.
    You the Jury
     Do you think that:
     The Commandant is just doing his
    job (if he didn’t comply he would be
    executed) or
     He is an evil man who should be
    punished
    Finally
     Is the comparison with the Vultures
    being fair to the Vultures?

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