10 Points_Rwitoban
Literary Text: Deportation
Imagery: “Below mountains disappearing into cloud” → Hope, freedom,
and home.
“Hearse taxis creeping through drizzling streets” → Departure as a
funeral procession, symbolising the death of dreams and identity.
Tone:
Nostalgia: “This is you when you were a baby.” Reflects longing for an
imagined future.
Despair: “I am no one special. I am nowhere.” Conveys insignificance
and identity loss.
Acceptance: “Form F. Room 12. Box 6.” Highlights cold bureaucracy
and dehumanisation.
Symbolism: “An ocean parts me from my love” → Isolation and
separation from past existence.
“Bitter-sweet apple” → Memory's duality, representing comfort in
familiarity and sorrow in inaccessibility.
“The Building of Exile” → Bureaucracy as a symbol of dehumanisation,
contrasting natural imagery.
Non-Literary Text: Dorothea Lange’s Photograph
Monochromatic Colour Scheme
Absence of colour → Mirrors hopelessness, emphasises emotional
expressions and timelessness.
Body Language + Expression
Slumped mother → Exhaustion and emotional depletion.
Children’s closeness → Generational trauma, dependency, and
resignation.
Blurry Negative Space
Background → Symbolises isolation and insecurity, highlighting
disconnection from society.
Rule of Thirds
Tent placement → Fragility and minimal protection against external and
emotional challenges.
Camera Angle
Low angle → Creates closeness, fostering empathy and humanising the
displaced.
Multiple Subjects
Displacement as a shared experience → Mother symbolises despair,
children represent generational trauma, and the scene as a whole
captures the disruption of familial structures.