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Question 1

“We came from our own country”

Answer 1

“We” “Our” “Own”
Connotations of belonging and togetherness, closeness with family/country she’s leaving

Question 2

“Red room”

Answer 2

“Red”
Connotations of anger at leaving her home

Question 3

“My brothers cried…bawling”

Answer 3

“Cried…Bawling”
Connotations of distress and fear of the brothers leaving their home

Question 4

“As the miles rushed back to the city”

Answer 4

Personification emphasises the distance in which they left their home

Question 5

“I stared at the eyes of a blind toy, holding it’s paw.”

Answer 5

“Blind”
Symbolic of situation - heading into the unknown
“Holding it’s paw”
She seeks comfort

Question 6

“All childhood is emegration”

Answer 6

Metaphor - Just as emigration involves change and being unsettled, so too does childhood being a constantly changing and unsettling experience

Question 7

“Your accent wrong…words you can’t understand”

Answer 7

Connotations of loneliness, vulnerability and isolation during moving

Question 8

“Others are sudden”

Answer 8

Ideas that changes experience can be sudden and abrupt - reflected by snappy sentence

Question 9

“Parent’s anxiety stirring like a lose tooth”

Answer 9

Simile - Just as a loose tooth is a constant concern, so too is her parents concern for her children

Question 10

“I want our own country”

Answer 10

“Own” - Connotations of belonging, she wants somewhere were she feels content

Question 11

“Tongue shedding its skin like a snake

Answer 11

Simile - suggests change again and implies she’s found her voice and place