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OPPRESSION
By Jimmy Santiago Baca

Is a question of strength,
of unshed tears,
of being trampled under,
and always, always,
remembering you are human.

Look deep to find the grains of hope and strength,
and sing, my brothers and sisters,

and sing. The sun will share
your birthdays with you behind bars,
the new spring grass

like fiery spears will count your years,
as you start into the next year;
endure my brothers, endure my sisters.

The poem "Oppression" fits perfectly with how the peasants in A Tale of Two Cities reacted to being mistreated by the French Aristocrats. They were trampled on by the nobles just like the people mentioned in this poem.
The first stanza is about how when the people are oppressed their pain makes them strong. It also mentions that the oppressed must never forget they are human beings that should be treated with respect. In the novel the nobles do not treat the peasants with any respect. Some examples are that the peasants were......

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