Hyperreality to Misery: Migrant’s Worker’s Life in Hossine’s Me Migrant Selected Poems

Abstract

ABSTRACT
In this increasingly sophisticated era, people have to fulfil many financial needs. Many
people are trapped in poverty and finally decide to work abroad to become migrant
workers. This happens because a person's expectations for working abroad are very
high, namely a large salary. This research aims to explain that by becoming a migrant
worker, many substances must be sacrificed, and the researchers want to inspire the
public so that they are not influenced by the hyperreality of the existing media. This
research uses a qualitative descriptive approach with hyperreality theory. Then the data
source is Five Me Migrant Works by Md Mukul Hossine. The figurative language
includes metaphor, personification, hyperbole, imagery, and symbolism. The research
results show that the author talks about feelings of sadness, despair, longing, and loss
of family and social life. Migrant workers' hyperreality of high wages is not always
commensurate with the suffering they experience.