question_answer 3)

The government and other social service agencies appear to help the poor rural people, but actually do them no good. Pick out the words and phrases that the poet uses to show their double standards.    

Answer:

In a show to help the poor community, some exploiters were buying them out and gathering them to live in villages next to the theatre and the store. This was merely an illusion. It was a temporary distraction to wean them away from their reality. Ironically, it was provided to benefit them but in actuality, it was a mirage. The city dwellers—'greedy good-doer», beneficent beasts of prey'—squeezed benefits out of them. Like flies they swarmed over their lives to cheat them for selfish gains. They sleep through the day as a result of spending their nights at the theatre. They are lulled. They can only be tempted by the different things in the store.