quotes

• fought a boy in the lunch hall - jamaican

  • negative stereotypes
  • the speaker trying to justify his heritage
  • “fought” has links to violence - links to context
• took me straight to jamaica - passport british

  • irony
  • struggles of being dual-heritage
  • feels alienated from the rest of his family
• half caste, half mule, house slave

  • discrimination
  • stereotypes
  • juxtaposes the next line
• you cannot love sugar and hate your sweetness

  • juxtaposition between love and hate. shows the speakers confusion
  • link to context - colonialism