Theme+-+Ageism

 Both in the respect of prejudice against elderly but also prejudice of any singled out age group.  ** Logan's Run b **y George Clayton Johnson, William F. Nolan  ** A Place to Scream ** by Jean Ure (It is the year 2015. Old people are dumped on motorways, teenage beggars crowd the streets...).  ** Disguised ** by Pat Moore – true story Pat as an experiment disguised herself as an old lady and was horrified at the way she was treated. Excellent read.  ** Turnabout ** by Margaret Peterson Haddix – Fiction. Experiment of drug used on 80yr olds that makes them every year a year younger. May not quite fit the bill but a fascinating and well written story.  ** Memory **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> by Margaret Mahy (too young?) <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The Stolen Childhood **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> by Carol Anne Duffy (four stories)? <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The Declaration **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">. Longevitity drugs mean you can live forever. However, earth's resources become stretched so The Declaration states that no more children are to be born. Any children who are born are called Surpluses, and this group experiences prejudice. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Warning **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> by Jenny Joseph <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ** __<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">POEMS __ ** <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Playing God **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> by Glen Colquhoun's   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The Smell of a stroke <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">She took one pill for her heart <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">What sort of day will it be  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Ageism **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">by Satish Verma <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ageism-2/ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">You are old Father William **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> by Lewis Carroll <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">WHEN I AM AN OLD WOMAN I SHALL WEAR PURPLE ** <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">And run my stick along the public railings <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">And make up for the sobriety of my youth. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">I shall go out in my slippers in the rain <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">And pick the flowers in other people's gardens <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">And learn to spit <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">And eat three pounds of sausages at a go  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Or only bread and pickle for a week <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">But now we must have clothes that keep us dry <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">And pay our rent and not swear in the street <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">And set a good example for the children. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">We must have friends to dinner and read the papers. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">But maybe I ought to practice a little now? <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> // <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Taken from the book // // <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">When I Am An Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple. Edited by Sandra Martz. Papier Mache Press--Watsonville, California 1987 // <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">
 * Theme of Ageism – Year 13 **