Power and Control in Fanthorpes You Will Be Hearing From...

Power and Control in Fanthorpes You Will Be Hearing From Us Shortly and Dictator Both poems have a sense of someone being controlled by someone who is higher then they are. What I think Fanthorpe is trying to make a point about is that we as humans are shallow, we judge before we actually get to know people properly. We will not change our minds about someone quickly as we base people on our first judgement of them, which is usually wrong. In you will be hearing from us shortly the person is so unimportant to the interviewer that no matter what their answer to a question is, it is always wrong. We as the reader knows that the answer will be wrong so we do not need to see the interviewees†¦show more content†¦He uses positive sarcasm when talking about the interviewees qualifications, though impressive. The person is never going to live up to the high expectations. He talks to the interviewee as if they are in trial in court, defend their relevance. The simple use of indeed shows a disappointed or bad answer to the question. The interviewer, I believe wrongly uses his authority. He makes the person answer the questions wrongly. He uses informal language when talking about the persons age. They want someone who is immature; this is humorous because normally you want someone who is mature. He is suggesting that the person is too old for the job. When he says, we are conscious he is using we for the effect of him being in power. In the fourth verse the interviewer is sarcastic. And now a delicate matter: your looks, to him it obviously is not important; he does not care about hurting the persons feelings. If it were such a delicate matter he would not have mentioned it in the first place. He uses cutting humour, to the point where it would actually hurt someone, you do appreciate this work involves contact with the actual public? Fanthorpe put the word disturbing by itself on the last line of that verse, making it stand out and making it even more hurtful to the interviewee. The interviewer is