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Question 1

Mother - Vuong Pham
(theme)

Answer 1

sacrifice

Question 2

Mother - context

Answer 2

is a recollection of the past, piecing together his mother’s past through her eyes after she migrated to Australia due to the fall of Saigon

Question 3

Mother - Quote 1

Answer 3

“i pluck her grey hairs”

Question 4

Mother - Quote 1, Analysis

Answer 4

• first person (present)
• grey hairs = symbol (wisdom, time passing)
• intimate imagery: close relationships, passing down knowledge through language of story telling

Question 5

Mother - Quote 2

Answer 5

“jigsaw-puzzle pieces of memory / lock together, my past made whole”

Question 6

Mother - Quote 2, Analysis

Answer 6

the extended metaphor of the jigsaw represents how identity & culture are pieced together

Question 7

Mother - Quote 3

Answer 7

“my mother among them fled/ with nothing but me, growing inside”

Question 8

Mother - Quote 3, Analysis

Answer 8

• hopeful image
• symbol of life & promise
• link back to ‘old life’ (piecing together his mother’s identity)

Question 9

Translucent Jade - Maureen Ten (theme)

Answer 9

gift of culture

Question 10

Translucent Jade - context

Answer 10

explores the impact of migration on cultural identity & the effect of giving your child an English name to try and assist with assimilation into a new country

Question 11

Translucent Jade - Quote 1

Answer 11

“my grandfather made me a gift when i was born”

Question 12

Translucent Jade - Quote 1, Analysis

Answer 12

gift when she was born (chinses name)
- lost & found
- handing down culture

Question 13

Translucent Jade - Quote 2

Answer 13

“i used it for a while…here her gift sparkled & sang, replaced, the other”

Question 14

Translucent Jade - Quote 2, Analysis

Answer 14

Gift #2 - English name is appealing compared to chinses name
- effect of being a 2nd generation migrant
- unconscious assimilation (moving away from chinses culture)

Question 15

Translucent Jade - Quote 3

Answer 15

“chinses name”

Question 16

Translucent Jade - Quote 3, Analysis

Answer 16

• extended metaphor
• comes to understand importance of hybrid culture

Question 17

Home - Miriam Wei Wei Lo (theme)

Answer 17

search for belonging

Question 18

Home - context

Answer 18

explores the complex issue of what constitutes as a home for migrants & the future generations

Question 19

Home - Quote 1

Answer 19

“one day i will find it”

Question 20

Home - Quote 1, Analysis

Answer 20

first section title
- linking to wanting to find a home, belonging & identity (‘place in the world’)
- not yet in ‘now but not yet’ (religious connotations)

Question 21

Home - Quote 2

Answer 21

“translating this corrupt language of my body / the dark, bitter words of my heart / into pure language of that other place / where every word is a radiant arrival”

Question 22

Home - Quote 2, Analysis

Answer 22

• juxtaposition between light & dark imagery (‘other place’ = heaven & symbol of connection to past culture)
• poet uses her religious context to make sense of the conflict she has within her identity
• ‘corrupt’ - infiltrating (posses, religious link)

Question 23

Home - Quote 3

Answer 23

“if there must be a place, a tent for the body / on this earth, i’ll take this one”

Question 24

Home - Quote 3, Analysis

Answer 24

• tent is a metaphor = biblical allusion (human body is a temporary home & heaven is the eternal home)
• clash of values –> seeking a greater understanding of culture (reinforces complexity of migrant experience)