Social Injustice as Depicted on the Poems "London" and "The Chimney Sweeper"

Social Justice
I am submitting this research paper “Social Injustice” in fulfilment of the requirement of your class, English 102. It has been a pleasure being a student in your class. I am now very confident in my writing approach, thanks to the Fundamental Approach to literature. Besides being a student, some of us are wives, mothers, and work two to three jobs. To make ends meet. Thanks to your being understanding, we all made it through the semester.
I am looking forward to learning more from you in subsequent semesters.
Sincerely,
Student
Contents TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u Annotated Bibliography PAGEREF _Toc27751186 \h 4Outline PAGEREF _Toc27751187 \h 6Social Injustice PAGEREF _Toc27751188 \h 7Chimney Sweeper PAGEREF _Toc27751189 \h 7Criticism PAGEREF _Toc27751190 \h 9Works Cited PAGEREF _Toc27751191 \h 12
Annotated Bibliography
Blake, William. "London‟: The Songs Experience." Romanticism: An Anthology (1983): 200-201.
The source provides the two poems that will be used in the research paper. The author focuses on social injustices and how it was commonplace in London during the industrialization period.
Kocot, Monika. "Wandering Through Chartered Streets Of William Blake’s Nocturnal London." Images of the City (2009):
The book explains some of the social injustices that are occurring in William Blake’s poems while also comprising them with what s happening today. The author also illustrates how children were affected.
McQuail, Josephine A. "Sexual knowledge and children's literature: William Blake's songs of innocence and experience and Jamila Gavin's Coram boy." New Review of Children's Literature & Lib 8.1 (2002): 89-103.
The article focuses on the analysis of songs of innocence while revealing some of the things that children undergo, which are inappropriate for their age. The source will provide new insights into the impact social injustices had on the protagonist.
Rix, Robert. William Blake and the cultures of radical Christianity. Routledge, 2016.
The book focuses on some of the early contexts and religious themes that influenced Blake’s poems.
Sung, M. Y. (2015). William Blake and the Art of Engraving. Routledge.
The book focuses on an analysis of Blake’s work and how he was influential.
Zhan, Changjuan. "William Blake and His Poem" London." Theory & Practice in Language Studies 3.9 (2013).
The source will provide an analysis of the two poems while also revealing what they meant and some of the injustices that were occurring.
Outline
Thesis: Blake has relied on a protagonist to encourage outrage over the dangerous and inhumane practices of child exploitation while showing the need for the reader to deal with his social injustice, which also reflected the society of our time as well.
A. Chimney Sweeper
I. Initial lines of the poem make it clear that the child’s life is about to change abruptly
II. Cynical outlook about life
B. Criticism
I. Children are ignored
II. The poet’s poem reveals his criticism towards a society that chooses to ignore problems
C. London
I. Moral poverty in London
II. Even though the children are innocent, they are forced to be experi...