Starter quiz
- The journey of a person or people from one country, locality, place of residence, etc., to settle in another is called ...
- migration ✓
- colonisation
- revolution
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- Describing something as a 'void' means?
- it's empty ✓
- it's full
- it's valuable
- it's satisfying
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- 'Dislodged' means...
- knock or force out of position. ✓
- fixed or fastened so as not to give way.
- to restore to a good condition.
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- The history, traditions, practices, etc. of a particular country, society is its...
- 'heritage' ✓
- The 'wilderness' evokes ideas of which of the following?
- isolation ✓
- danger ✓
- safety
- companionship
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- To 'chasten' means...
- to correct by punishment or suffering. ✓
- to accept someone for who they are.
- to become angry at someone.
- to praise someone for their achievements.
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Exit quiz
- To be interlaced means...
- to join different parts together to make a whole. ✓
- to separate different parts to make fragments of a whole.
- to take something apart in order to restore it.
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- A deity means...
- an ordinary person
- a god or goddess ✓
- a morality tale
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- An environment where a person encounters beliefs that reflect and reinforce their own is known as an...
- 'echo chamber' ✓
- The story of Rama relates to the speaker of Mundair's 'Name Journeys' because...
- it evokes a sense of isolation. ✓
- it evokes a sense of righteousness.
- it evokes a sense of belonging.
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- The story of Sita relates to the speaker of Mundair's 'Name Journeys' because...
- it evokes a sense of judgement ✓
- it evokes a sense of punishment
- it evokes a sense of heritage
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- The final couplet of Mundair's 'Name Journeys' implies...
- the speaker will be able to celebrate their heritage in the UK.
- the speaker is expected to forget her heritage in the UK. ✓
- the speaker intends to leave the UK and return to India.
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Key learning points
- Mundair evokes the Hindu deities of Rama and Sita - possibly to emphasise the themes of isolation and mistrust.
- Mundair implies that heritage is inseparable from the concept of self and identity.
- Mundair suggests that language is a physical part of who we are that nourishes and sustains us.
- ‘Name Journeys’ implies that the speaker felt their language was forcibly removed when they arrived in the UK.
- Arguably, the ending of the poem implies that minority voices and their heritage are drowned out in the UK.
Common misconception
Evoking ideas of deities always means that something is positive and divine.
While evoking deities can confer notions of divinity, we also need to consider the story behind the deity and how that story can add meaning to the narrative.
Keywords
Migration - movement of a person or people from one country, locality, place of residence, etc.
Deity - a god or goddess
Interlaced - to join different parts together to make a whole
Heritage - the history, traditions, practices, etc. of a particular country, society
Conceptual - based on ideas or principles
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