Philip Larkin's poem, Sunny
Prestatyn, is disturbing in that it depicts the defacing of a poster with
graphic illustrations that are the result of grotesque actions by different
men. A poster that was placed on the wall as a way to invite people to a
seaside resort in North Wales and possibly cheer up anyone who may come to pass
it is used by the locals in a wholly different manner. The once beautiful girl
that sat in an image of paradise urging people to leave and join her, "with
a hunk of coast, a /Hotel with palms" behind her and goes through a series
of defiling changes that eventually led to an image that is not of a woman nor
any other recognizable human (5-6). The only thing left to question is the last
line, "Now Fight Cancer is
there," one wonders if it is a sarcastic statement written to be another
insult on women in general and their abilities or if it is simply someone
trying to correct all the negative thoughts that man had displayed on one
poster with something positive?
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