Question
How does Kelman explore migration and belonging in Pigeon English? (30 marks)
Mark scheme guidance:
- Harri carries Ghana in his memory: phone calls to Grandma Ama and Agnes; the heat; the different sounds.
- He is learning England — football (Chelsea), slang, estate norms.
- His desire to belong is energy and danger: the investigation is partly about proving himself as an estate member.
- Lydia's different adaptation: she assimilates faster, in ways that worry the reader.
- The estate's multiculturalism: Harri's world is genuinely diverse.
- Context: West African diaspora; the specific experience of the second wave of Ghanaian immigration; the tension between cultural memory and assimilation.
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