Checking Out Me History Flashcards

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‘Dem tell me, dem tell me’

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  • Anaphora - protest, frustration
  • Simplistic rhyme - aimed at children as well, criticism of prejudice education in schools
  • Rhyme at start is constrictive, represents life in Britain, form changes when he talks about African-Caribbean history, more like free verse, personal and cultural freedom
  • Dialect choice, overcoming British society by naming them with his own dialect
  • ‘Me’ - is not just personal to him, his story is representative of many immigrants in Britain
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‘Bandage up me eye with me own history’

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  • Metaphor - injured, his culture has been damaged by British society
  • His history was deliberately taken from him as it wasn’t taught, so he wasn’t sure about his place in the world
  • The false view of history is mirrored by the false treatment of his eye
  • Homophone for ‘I’ - ironic sound pun, his identity which is being covered up
  • It’s the positive side of his history that’s been hidden, bandaged up by only being given the negative side
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‘A healing star’

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  • Disparity between her and Nightingale, their culture is overlooked
  • Metaphor - mythologising Mary Seacole
  • He wants to guide the reader, not by violence but by healing
  • Constellations were said to be named after important figures in history who were made into stars by Zeus, seen as beacons of hope
  • Motif if light, hope
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