Your accent wrong
Shows that the way she has spoken her whole life is now perceived as abnormal as she is now around a different crowd who speaks differently from her
miles rushed back to the city
personification, shows how fast her old life is disappearing, she is losing it, creating room for her new life in a new place
the street, the house, the vacant rooms
‘vacant’ word choice, empty feeling due to what she left behind, list becomes more personal, she feels that is where she belongs
a skelf of shame
a skelf is an irritating thing that is hard to get rid of, this represents the persistent feeling of shame and discomfort in this strange new home
6 quotes for change (ORIGINALLY)
A skelf of shame
Miles rushed back to the city
Your accent wrong
The street, the house, the vacant rooms
All childhood is an emigration
Where do you come from? strangers ask. Originally? And i hesitate.
All childhood is an emigration
Metaphor for life and growing up, navigating new phases and experiences, e.g. her moving from Scotland to England
Where do you come from? strangers ask. Originally? And i hesitate.
Uncertainty on where she belongs, she has grown to feel like she belongs to both Scotland and England at the same time, this implies that she has changed the way she does things to fit into England
