Aunt Julia Flashcards

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Gaelic

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  • word choice suggests his aunt is different as Gaelic is

not commonly spoken

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very loud and very fast

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  • repetition shows she is an extrovert + not shy
  • main theme (barriers in communication) despite this
    strong, passionate, capable old woman
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I could not answer her -

I could not understand her

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  • repetition emphasises helplessness
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she wore MENS BOOTS

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  • imagery help you understand she is quite quirky
  • also emphasising the location and how she needs
    strong, scruffy boots to help her do practical daily tasks
    outside
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STRONG foot

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  • word choice of ‘strong’ has connotations of tough
  • suggests she’s not fragile, frail or
    weak
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stained with peat

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  • imagery suggesting her connection with the earth,

nature + this Gaelic island

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PADDLING with the treadle of the spinningwheel

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  • word choice of ‘paddling’ suggests the movement he
    associates with his aunt + he admires her for this as she
    is very energetic, fit + constantly moving
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marvellously

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  • word choice has connotations of magically showing he

admires her

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absolute DARKNESS + crickets being FRIENDLY

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  • contrast shows that despite the darkness and primitive
    accommodation, he feels safe + secure
  • word choice of ‘friendly’ makes you think he feels
    comforted
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she was BUCKETS and

WATER flouncing into them

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  • metaphor as aunt is being described as nature would

be + shows she is always on the move like water

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she was WINDS

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  • metaphor showing she has strength and courage like

forceful winds

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threepennybits

in a teapot

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  • imagery showing she is a practical person as she has
    saved up her spare change + gives us the idea of
    security
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By the time I had learned,

a little

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  • word choice shows how the Gaelic language is dying

out

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she lay

silenced in the ABSOLUTE BLACK

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  • repetition contrasts with colour associated with death,
  • the stillness contrasts with her usually being on the
    move
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a seagull’s voice

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  • imagery of aunt living on through nature, representing
    island life, culture, landscape + having a harsh life with
    weather conditions, isolation e.c.t
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getting angry, getting angry

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  • repetition highlighting the fact he didn’t learn the
    language soon enough so he’s upset with himself +
    afraid the Gaelic language + culture has died with her
  • regret linking to visiting hour
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so many questions,

UNANSWERED

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  • word choice suggests the ambiguity/uncertainty
  • questions he would loved to have asked her but
    couldn’t
  • all of what she represented is lost + gives off
    an unsettling tone
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peatscrapes and lazybeds

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  • word choice representative of the harsh lifestyle, culture
    + landscape of living on this island