The Emigree

Question 1

Name 5 quotations.

Answer 1

(1) “It may be at war, it may be sick with tyrants, but I am branded by an impression of sunlight”
(2) “The white streets of that city, the graceful slopes glow even clearer as time rolls its tanks”
(3) “My city takes me dancing through the city of walls”
(4) “it lies down in front of me docile as paper”
(5) “My city hides behind me, they mutter of death”

Question 2

What is the context for the emigree?

Answer 2

• A woman who had to flee a war torn country (now under dictatorship)
• Imaginative writing (not from experience)
• Explores power of places