The Emigree

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  • Created on: 27-08-19 16:03
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  • The Emigree
    • Pathetic Fallacy "There once was a country... I left as a child but my memory of it is sunlight-clear."
      • 1st person making it more emotive
      • Use of pronouns makes it more emotive- personal experience
      • Pathetic fallacy " sunlight-clear" suggests a positive experience
      • Is idealistic. Opens like a fairy tale- we expect perfection. Sunlight represents hope
      • Has a subtle undertone of negativity
      • Viewpoint as child makes it abstract
    • Metaphor "The worst news I receive of it cannot break my original view, the bright, filled paperweight"
      • Paper weight looks like a fish in an ocean- bright colours/ unique shapes- like the memories
      • Paperweight represents 'static' memories as it is an inanimate object
      • Important child/ memories doesn't decay/ fade
      • Paperweight heavy like a burden
      • Experience impairs the judgement of the speaker as there is only one point of view
    • Repetition "They accuse me of being dark in their free city. My city hides behind me"
      • Shadows/ a sense of foreboding
      • She's designed as 'dark'/ different for unknown reasons
      • 'Darkness' used to give her feelings of segregation/ isolation
      • Loss of human rights/ self-esteem
      • The threat is well considered- sounds abrupt. Pronouns contrast to emphasise conflict

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