In the poem titled “the great electrical revelotion” by ken Mitchell, I found this story in particular very interesting because, coming from a third world country, such practices are fairly normal. In the sense that when the access to -a life force such electricity is hindered or disconnected by the power authority or in some cases the TV cable is disconnected, individuals still find a solution to this issues my bypassing the normal connection and stealing free electricity or cable from the distribution tower. This passage by ken Mitchell, narrates the life of ken as a young boy leaving with his relatives in Montreal then travelling to moose jaw, this poem centers around the period of time where the Canadian economy was in a depression, and as with every depression there is a …show more content…
This could be interpreted as the writer’s dad though his grand-dad was greater than the power company and he will have to come down to their level to do such a thing. Uncle freed and granddad organized a personal vendetta against the moose jaw light and power company. This was because he they felt that the electricity did belong to the block and not the company. They believed it was theirs for the taking and they will take it by force, and by taking it by force and craftiness they believed that their actions, “that they had crushed those capitalist leeches “which he believed where the oppressors (pg 321). This revolution ended in supposed victory because power was restored to grand-dad house initially and the rest of the block. After he succeeded he then showed the rest of the block members how to get free power and how to liberate themselves from the grip of the oppressors, which in this case was the moose jaw light and power