Module C: Home by Catherine Cole Flashcards
“The wind makes snow off the petals and he takes a deep breath. It is the honey he smells, strong and thick.”
Sensory Imagery
The OLFACTORY and VISUAL IMAGERY creates a sense of comfort for Ahmed in his new home. It also highlights Ahmed immersion with his surroundings as he conveys the nature of his environment with something positive.
“Red flowers…red ballon…red lips…”
Colour Symbolism and Motif
The COLOUR SYMBOLISM and MOTIF of ‘red’ describes Ahmed’s nostalgia as he reminisces on his life and highlights his excitement for his family’s arrival.
“They will fill the garden, every inch of it, with grapes and figs and plums.”
Motif’s: Garden
The use of LISTING and FUTURE TENSE creates the ideal growth and new beginnings to both Ahmed and his family, which is highlighted through his sense of hope for his family’s arrival, relating nature with positive feelings.
“May the sea be smooth. May it be the perfect blue of a freshly planed lapis lazuli.”
Motif’s: Water
The MOTIF of the water and ANAPHORA of ‘may’ creates the idea that water is a symbol of change, which relates to Ahmed’s change in residency and his family’s arrival as they forever change their way of living.
“Where the walls spoke of birth and death through layer of white wash and dust,”
Figurative Language
PERSONIFICATION of the house from Ahmed’s old town highlights the quality of his passed home compared to now, emphasising his desire to feel at ‘home’.
“They are the lost generations of his new city,’
Figurative Language
The METAPHOR of ‘generations’ is used to show how the cemetery is the only place that shows evidence of these migrants lives in Sydney, seeing them as ‘lost’ as they are not in their homeland.
