Emigree And Checking Out Me History Flashcards
Paragraph 1-comh conflict
Agard shows the conflict between his history and the one inflicted by colonial rule.
“ bandage off me I with me own identity, blind me to my own identity
Bandage -connotations of pain and injury suggests he has been hurt by what he’s been taught like he has been attacked
Feels blinded by his own culture, speak because of what has been taught
- Received British education due to his country, been colonised. Was given a Eurocentric view of history.
When they gain dependence, he realised how much identity he was deprived of. His poems in tend to be universal to apply to all people in thing under depression and being denied, cultural identity.
Paragraph 2- country taken over
Simile, Romans also uses aggressive tone as she hints at a country that has been taken over.
“ it may be sick, what tyrants, but I am branded by an impression of sunlight”
Branded Cannotes pain hurts remember. the country has an ownership of her that she will always belong to deep down. Reinforces her memories are permanent
Sick - no denfense system to fight of diesese of tyrant.
THE TITLE- the word immigrants has negative connotations by using a different word. Is she trying to get the audience to engage with the stories of people that have fled the country with empathy. Inforcea a sense of loss. She is angry
Para 3- comh emotional attatchment.
Show great emotional attachment to identity
“ dem tell me waht dem want to tell me”
Create a accussatory tone is he angry with a white powers that are trying to control him
Unnamed no one specific - racial bias is widespread.
“ but now I am checking out my own history carving out me identity”
Volta - marks turning point. Ownership of his identity. Suggest sense of freedom and power. Suggests he is taking controll of his education and identity.
Carving - making something out of materials. Perhaps he is building a strong resilient identity
Para 4- emotional identity emigree
Emotianal identity
Similarly room and shows maternal feelings using childlike Lexus
My city comes to me, i comb its hair and love it shine eyes”
Extended personification, physically separated cant be kept apart mentally
Personified like a per. Calm and reassuring presence lovingly nurtures.
“ my Shadowfalls, as evidence of sunlight”
She feels confident in her own identity with the possessive pronoun shadows can only be cast on solid objects. She feels assertive in her identity despite the threats. .
Despite the presence of darkness, she sees it as evidence of sunlight. Shadows can only be cast by liked it. Does this symbol is Hope in darkness.
Para 5 - importabces langcomh
Uses Creole to show how diff cultures has impacted him.
“Checking out me own history.
Dialect - proud of identity, freedom to speak. How he wishes.
Perhaps you suggesting breaking rules of standard English, showing he is willing to fight back against oppressive power
Colloquial language suggests curiosity
Checking, get a sense of enjoyment out of doing it, not a labour or chore for him.
“Dick wittington and all that” demonises childhood and was not education efficiently. Rhyme couple -childish and patronising
Para 6 importance of languge rumens
Importance of language also shown in rumens
“ that’s a child vocabulary, I carried here like a hollow doll, that spells grammar,”
Representative of the fact that she cannot hide her true self and it comes out eventually
Simile of a hollow dollar could suggest comfort give us a hint that it was smuggled in or concealed. Perhaps you feel is a language is forbidden.
The city is never identified to record stand for any place to anyone wants loved. As we age, we all become exiled from the land of our childhood land that is filled with bright on reachable memories, the glow even clearer as time moves on.
