Checkin out me history

• What are the themes in checking out me history?

  . Anger

  . Identity

  . Power of humanity
• What is the impact of the author using his native dialect in the quote ‘Wha dem want to tell me’?

  it shows he is proud of his identity and he won’t change
• ‘Bandage up me eye with me own history‘
• What the impact of the repeated use of the personal pronoun ‘me’?

  His identity belongs to him
• What does the quote ‘bandage up me eye’ suggest?

  injured/damaged, his identity is never taught
• ‘De cow who jumped over the moon’
• What is the impact of using the quote ‘De cow who jump over de moon’?

  The write is saying learning nursery rhymes is more important than learning history
• ‘Florence nightingale’ ‘Mary Seacole‘
• What is the significance of the writer comparing ‘Florence nightingale’ and ‘Mary Seacole‘?

  they were both nurses in the Crimean war who gave massive contributions but only one is commonly known
• What is the significance of the writer writing about famous people in his culture in metalics?


  it draws attention to those figures
• ‘But now I checking out me own history’
• ‘I carving out me identity’
• What is the impact of the verb ’carving’?

  it took time and effort into creating his indentity