Half-caste

Half-caste

Context: Caribbean people were prejudiced against due to social, cultural factor.
1. Social: Mixed race people were viewed as outcasts.
  1. Cultural: Black people and White people did not see mixed race people as their own kind because they're not fully white or black.
Setting: In England.
Theme
1. racism
2. anger
3. justice
4. weather
5. Fine culture and music
6. respect
Character
1. John Agard a mixed race man who has been discrminated against
Figurative Language
1. colour imagery " mix red an green"
  1. repetition and puns "yu mean","wha yu mean".
    1. Personification
    2. "Excuse me" Using etiquette of manners in a satarical way.
    3. Symbolism "england", "tchaikovsky", "picasso". Links to art and culture implies intelligence directly chosen sophsticated people in arts and culture to highlight his ignorance: sub-humanised.
Style: poem.
1. The poet is taking a prejudcial term and distorting the meaning to criticise the user.
Tone
1. condescending
2. satarical
3. eerie
4. personal
5. demanding
6. Humorous
Structure.
1. Enjambement
2. Lack of a capital letter.
3. Rhyming couplets.
4. Lack of a caesura.
Plot: A mixed race man who is in England but he is being viewed as subhuman "half-caste" he is not fully human! so he questions them and demands for an apology as well as a reasoning to why they refer to him as half -caste.

Resource summary

	Created by jasmine awesome over 9 years ago