The British Caribbean Identity

📋 Plan du Cours

1. Le poème The Windrush Child
2. Les espoirs d’une nouvelle vie
3. L’héritage de la génération Windrush
4. Les difficultés vécues par les migrants
5. La crise politique de Windrush

📖 1. Le poème The Windrush Child

★ À maîtriser

• The main characters in the poem are a child, his parents and his grandparents, whose roles help readers understand what it felt like to leave one’s territory for a better life in a completely different and faraway territory.

📌 The poem contrasts Caribbean images such as palm trees, seabirds and mango mornings with English images such as snow, sun, new horizons and an English sky.

Compléments

• The metaphors illustrate the emotions felt by a child of Caribbean origins who has to face a completely different life in a completely different country.

💡 Astuce mémo

Caribbean nature versus English nature

📖 2. Les espoirs d’une nouvelle vie

📝 Points essentiels

• The expressions “mind-opening meeting” and “learning how to fly the kite of your dreams” show that the child is confident in the future and in the citizens of the country he is joining.