Half-Caste

Question 1

‘Excuse me’

Answer 1

Direct address which is confrontational and directly challenges people who use this’s word because it is derogatory towards mixed race people

Question 2

‘standing on one leg’

Answer 2

Sarcastic tone highlights the humour of his ridiculous the term is and how it suggest he is half a person

Question 3

‘Yuself’ ‘yu’

Answer 3

Repetition emphasises that the issue lies with the bigots who use this word and not who they direct it to

Question 4

‘Yu mean when picasso mix red and green is a half-caste canvas’

Answer 4

Humorous metaphor which emphasises the beauty of mixing colours literally which reflects how he is unapologetic and proud of his mixed heritage and likens being mixed race to art

Question 5

‘Half-a-dream’

Answer 5

Shows how he is underestimated and is seen as less capable than people who are not mixed race

Question 6

‘Caste half-a-shadow’

Answer 6

Sinister tone which could suggest that people may fear him and think he is capable of evil

Question 7

‘Whole’

Answer 7

Repetition challenges the reader to be more open minded and it’s not him, a mixed person, who is not whole or less of a person, it’s the pivot that regards him in this way that is less than whole as Agard feels they are only using half of their Brains to think