My Polish Teachers Tie

Question 1

What form and structure does My polish teachers tie have?

Answer 1

First person narrative (informal)

Question 2

What imagery does my polish teachers tie have?

Answer 2

• Bird
• Songs
• Tie
• Uniform
• Language

Question 3

What key themes does my polish teachers tie have?

Answer 3

• Loss of identity
• Insecurity in self
• Xenophobia
• Division in the work place

Question 4

What language does my polish teachers tie have?

Answer 4

• Power dynamics
• Bird represents her, her identity, missing piece, mother

Question 5

Quotes about identity:

Answer 5

“i wear a uniform”
“part time catering staff, £3.89 per hour”
“colleagues don’t wear”
“and his ties”
“it was a terribly hopeful tie”
“his big bright blazing tie”
“it was a flag from another country, a better country than either of us lived in”

Question 6

Quotes about disconnection:

Answer 6

“I’m half polish”
“they don’t know that here”
“oh er mrs er carter”
“everyone could hear it singing but no one could find it”
“it’s the accent”
“a polish song, i knew it, i knew it, the words and the tune”

Question 7

Who are the main characters of my polish teachers tie?

Answer 7

• Stefan
• Carla
• Mrs Kenward/ Valerie

Question 8

Quotes about stefan and being comfortable in yourself:

Answer 8

“As if a child jades age had got into an adults body”
“smiling in the way people smile when they don’t quite understand what’s going on”

Question 9

Quotes about Valerie:

Answer 9

“You can’t make out what he’s on about, it’s the accent”
“and his ties”
“you’ve never seen anything like them”

• overly expressive
• too confident
• xenophobic
• doesn’t like people who are different