a century later Flashcards
(14 cards)
themes
education, resilience
identity
empoerment
oppression
sacrifice
determination
hope
endurance
summary
girl gets shot, symbolises the risks, fights for knowledge other girls are inspired to join her strive for bright futurue
STTBAWO
She takes the bullet and walks on
* Enjambment - represent continuation of her life despite vioelnece + lack of punctatio - unbroken spirit
* “takes” - implies control and resilience - she chooses to endure - reversal of typical victimhood
* emphasises stoicism - quiet and strong resistance
* undermins power of vioelence
* intent: to challenge the idea of what strength looks like - not aggressiom but perserveerence
* to portray education and reistssance as acts of daily herosim
TGHWTRTBO
This girl has won the right to be ordinary
* oridnary life is earned through struggle
* “ordinary” - ironic because safety, school and freedom are basic human rights
* evokes outrage and empathy - normalcy shouldnt require sacrifice
* she has reclaimed a life denied to many girls
* alt - ordinary - reflects society’s limited expectations for women
* intent: highlight global inequalities - whats mundne in one plce is revolutionary inabother
* shows girls are fighting for fame, but for freeodm we take for granted
TTTPOTF-L
To take their places on the front line
* military metaphr - connotes danger, bravery, sacrifice
* not victims but ptcps in resistance
* empower young girls
YCKABORBII
You cant kill a book or the buzzing in it
* determination is always there - unstoppable and infectious
* weakens the power of violenc
* violence is powerless against knowledge
TSBIACTB
The school bell is a call to battle
* militaristic metaphor
* everyday object turned into a symbol of bravery
CSRFBF
Cheeks still rounded from being fifteen
* “ still” - barely out of childhood
* emphasises youth and innocence
* icnreases emotional impact
* highlights injjustic of targeting girls for learning
TMCAPIHM,TAOIFB
The missile cuts a pathway in her mind, to an orchard in full bloom
* juxtaposition between cuts and orchard
* sugests imagination survives trauma
* orchand connotes memory/sanctuary - symbol of hope and growth
* poet shows innner world ad mindset can be destroyed by violence
AFHUTS, ILOAFOP
A field humming under the sun, its lap open and full of poppies
* sensory imagery - peace, life, safety
* “lap open” - nurtuing feminine, contrasts with war
* poppies - remmeberance and past conflict
* suggests trauma leads to reflection and beauty
AM,AS
A murmur, a swarm
* “mrumur” - quiet beginning of rebellion
* “swarm” - strength in numbers, unstoppable
* collective resistance
A century later with
- england
- 13
Centiry later and england similarities and diff
similarities
* suffering and oppression
* resistance and hope
* desire for social change - liberation
diff
* more active role taken by centruy later - change now
Century Later and 13
similarities
* show struggles young people have to face
* loss of childhood
* powerlessness yet show inner strength
diff
* 13 - fear and betrayal but century later - empowering
* century - ends with hope and action 13 - ends with dying star metaphor - loss
