The Invissible Mass Of the Back Row

Question 1

What form and structure does the invisible mass of the back row have?

Answer 1

• Narrative voice

Question 2

What imagery does invisible mass of the back row have?

Answer 2

• Food
• Smells
• Back row
• Temperature (hot and cold)
• Disconnection

Question 3

What key themes does invisible mass of the back row have?

Answer 3

• Identity
• Prejudice
• Power imbalance and redemption

Question 4

What language does invisible mass of the back row have?

Answer 4

• Silence
• Fear

Question 5

Quotes about mistreatment and institutional racism:

Answer 5

“anxious faces”
“my heart pounds”
“the stench of fear is in everyone’s nostrils”
“my days of being hidden, disposed of, dispatched to the invisibility of the back row are numbered”
“ my limbs shaking uncontrollably, sweat dripping from armpits, my eyes enflamed”
“my belly aches, im petrified”
“the inspectors eyes pierce through me”
“sharp sting of the ruler cracks my knuckles”
“The jailers, imprisonment”

Question 6

Quotes about belonging and togetherness:

Answer 6

“Aunt Dine always smells of cinnamon”
“cotton tree”
“the gloom and humiliation, pain and assault was lifted”
“creating a comfortable oasis”
“smells mingle and whirl”

• Comfort
• Nourishment

Question 7

Quotes about heat vs cold:

Answer 7

“Honey glow”
“paraffin heaters”
“cold, cold house”
“is it always so cold, does it ever get warm, does the sun shine here”

• Difference between England and Jamaica
• Natural vs Artificial

Question 8

Quotes about loss of identity:

Answer 8

“Like a stranger i greet my my new clothes”
“who will look after cousys grave”
“heartease”
“the first departure was the beginning of my exile from heartease”
“you can choose from dad, daddy, mum, mummy”

Question 9

Quotes about gain of history and knowledge:

Answer 9

“we discover heroes, rebels, guerrilla, fighters”
“voices are raised, claiming, proclaiming, learning in dis here england”