"Do Something, Brother" by M. Gopalakrishna Adiga is a satirical poem that points out Man's violent tendencies in constantly having to do something, without any thought of the consequences due to his actions. He compares Man to Mother Earth. She gives constantly while Man takes whatever he wants, needs, or feels like destroying. In this poem, Adiga shows that man's self centeredness just might be the end of the world as we know it. The poet mocks the idea that many religions give us--the idea that the world is here FOR Man. The poem, at the very end, tells the reader,
"Be doing something Brother, don't sit quietly
don't be merely a burden for Earth, to relieve
Earth's burden do as I tell you.
it's correct. It's natural." (Adiga ll. 78-81 translated by Rowena Hill)
In other words, people should stop the violence and destruction and "doing for doing's sake" and instead, think before acting in order to take care of Mother Earth. We are all in this together.
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