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Compare the ways that culture and identity are presented in search for my tongue and one
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Compare the ways that culture and identity are presented in search for my tongue and one Other poem In this essay I am going to compare the poems search for my tongue and half-caste to show how they both relate to culture but are different in the ways they approach the subject. Search for my tongue is about conflict between two cultures, English- we know this because it is written in English and Indian- we know this because of the seven lines of Gujerati used which is an Indian language. It also is about how you have to learn new language when you move to a different culture, and how you almost forget your 'mother tongue' '...your mother tongue would rot, Rot and die until you had to Spit it out' Half-caste also shows conflict between cultures but, it is shown in a different way. The poem is talking directly to you as if you have just...
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