Half-caste Flashcards
1
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‘Half-caste’
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Repetition throughout- derogatory term for mixed raced
2
Q
‘Excuse me’
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Direct address- confrontational
3
Q
‘standing on one leg’
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Sarcastic tone - humour highlights how ridiculous term is
4
Q
Repetition of ‘yuself’
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Emphasises the issue lies with the bigot, not with him
5
Q
‘when picasso mix red an green is a half-caste canvas’
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Analogy - emphasises beauty of mixing colours - humorous metaphor
6
Q
‘dem dont want de sun pass’
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Metaphor for bigots who block out their humanity
7
Q
‘ah rass’
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Expletive- anger
8
Q
repetition of ‘half’
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how he is viewed as incomplete
9
Q
‘half-a-dream’
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Suggests he is underestimated by bigots
10
Q
‘half-a-shadow’
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Sinister tone- viewed fearfully
11
Q
‘an de whole of yu mind’
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Insinuates it is the bigot who is less than whole
