Analysis of kidnapped by ruperake petaia poet
Kidnap poem analysis!
In the poem ‘Kidnapped’ written by Ruperake Petaia, I discovered the themes of identity, culture, place and ancestry that will help me understand more about the writer, his feelings and emotions behind writing this amazing poem.
According to Spickard (2002) identities, the four primary themes in having an impact on identity.
Identity is defined as a person, or the qualities that makes them different from the others.
Father and son poem summary
The theme identity was portrayed to show the loss of culture through educational learning experiences as a Samoan student, treated as an overseas foreign being forced to learn another culture and language that is different from your own.
“One day I was kidnapped by a band of western philosophers armed with glossy pictured text books am d registered reputations holders of BA and MA.” This quote speaks to me the feelings of anger and frustration, when you lose the most important aspect in your life, your identity.
Reading this quote, I can relate to Petaia and understand
