Checking Out Me History

Question 1

Key themes/surface meaning?

Answer 1

racial identity and history are important, phonetic style to capture their voice. Conflict between contrast of what we are taught and what we are not.

Question 2

Deeper meaning?

Answer 2

Our culture ignores what it consider unimportant, we ‘whitewash’ history. We marginalise achievements/impact of other cultures. We are neglecting to include this wider influence.

Question 3

Quote 1 and explanation?

Answer 3

‘dem tell me’ - repetition, suggest they cannot think about it for themselves, they are constantly barraged. Phonetic language, group, outsider, commanding

Question 4

Quote 2 and explanation?

Answer 4

‘I carving out me identity’ - violent metaphor, expresses the resistance and need to create something which cannot be removed. Starting from scratch, time and energy.

Question 5

Quote 3 and explanation?

Answer 5

‘De cow who jump over de moon’ - nursery rhyme, care more about the fictional people than real people, even are trying to implant cultural identity from childhood

Question 6

Structure?

Answer 6

Alternates from historical and fictional figures from Caribbean and British culture, expanding on the differences between them. British skipped over with little respect over Caribbean,

Question 7

Poet?

Answer 7

Agard