Checking out me history
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- Created on: 26-08-17 16:40
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- Checking out me history
- Themes
- Power of humans
- Identity
- Negative feelings
- Linking poems
- Tissue
- London
- The emigree
- "Dem tell me what they want to tell me"
- Irritated that he is only told what the British education system decides he should learn
- "But now I checking out me own history"
- Makes a statement to say he will learn about this full history and background
- "Dem tell me bout Columbus and 1942 but what happen to de Caribs and de arawaks too"
- Questioning why are some facts important and others aren't
- Wants to know about other cultures
- What's it about?
- The speaker is talking about his identity and how it links to his knowledge of history
- It considers How he was taught British history but wasn't taught about his Caribbean roots
- This is illustrated by the naming of famous figures and events and comparing them to other events that are less famous
- He is angry and questions why he wasn't taught about cultures he decides he is going to create his own identity based on his heritage
- "Bandage up me eye with me own history"
- Feels like his own history is being hidden from him
- "Leaving out me identity"
- Feels like he will have a true identity once he knows everything
- Themes
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