Checking Out Me History - Oprpression And Power Of Humans Flashcards
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Quotes that show the power from external sources
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Repettition of “ dem tell me “ “1066 and all dat” “bandage up me eye” . Repetition of elements of Birtsish history - “Waterloo” , “colombus”
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Retaliation from human oppression
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“But now” , “carving out me own identity” , through simply publishing a poem showing his own history. Use of no full stops. Makes us read in his own language and not english - way of rebelling againts the oppression of colomosiation
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Elements of form and structure
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Rhyme - repetition, how he was told same things over and over again. No full stop - acts a rebellion to the education system. Itallics- when “carving” his own identity”