name journeys

Question 1

themes

Answer 1

identity culture connection memory

Question 2

summary

Answer 2

struggle with culture as they adapt to an english speaking society - feeling of alienation

Question 3

WTPIMMBDAMTFAHIES

Answer 3

Where the Punjabi in my mouth became dislodged as milk teeth fell and hit infertile English soil
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Question 4

MNBASTFEMWADR

Answer 4

My name became a stumble that filled English mouths with a discordant rhyme

Question 5

AERD

Answer 5

An exotic rhythm dulled

Question 6

MVAMITAEC - AVOHAM

Answer 6

My voice a mystery in the Anglo echo chamber - void of history and memory
* alienation - metaphor - identity ignored/misunderstoof
* “echo chamber” - metaphor suggests exclusion they feel in society
* Mundair critiques the dominant British culture as one that repeats its own voice and ignores others, suggesting exclusion and erasure of migrant identities.

Question 7

LRIHFTW

Answer 7

Like Rama I have felt the wilderness
* Hindu mythology - shared experience of suffering
* “wilderness” - solitude, isolation
* tone of resilience and struggle
* compares themsleves to hero figure - role model??
* forces culture on audience