Originally Flashcards
1st paragraph - journey - “bawling”
Distress, sorrow, upset
1st paragraph - journey - “fell through the fields”
Metaphor - literally falling through a field would mean suddenly dropping through a plane of grass
Suggests the journey felt too fast or sudden and out of their control
2nd paragraph - isolation - “wrong”
Unaccepted and different suggests she found it hard to fit in
2nd paragraph - isolation - “leaving you”
Abandonment, being stranded and forgotten.
2nd paragraph - uncertainty - “seem familiar”
Doubt, confusion, questioning her judgement due to new environment.
2nd paragraph - uncertainty - “unimagined”
Un- thought of and startling - suggests new environment leads to unexpected events and places which confuse her.
Last paragraph - change - “my tongue shedding its skin like a snake”
Metaphor - literally a snake replaces its old skin with new skin, suggests she adapted to the environment by changing her accent.
Last paragraph - change - “forget or don’t recall or change”
Power of three, suggests the speakers life took a turn and became different.
Loss - “all childhood is an emigration”
Metaphor - moving from one thing to another - suggests loss of identity because she moved from her home country so young.
