birdsong quotes Flashcards
The Somme pre war page 3 PART 1
‘the river Somme broke up into small canals that were the picturesque feature of saint-leu’
‘all along the river and its streams sat fihermen’
the house description page 4 PART 1
‘unexpected spaces and corridors that disclosed new corners… undegraded passageways ‘
key quote that can be analysed about Isabelle’s lustful side page 7 PART 1
‘she wore a white lace blouse with a dark red stone at the throat’
‘He fixed his eyes on Madame Azaire who was sat opposite .she was unable to hold his gaze, but looked down at her plate.’
quote about azaire knowing isabelle page 13 PART 1
‘she is a woman of nervous temperament’ …
‘Believe me, i know her very well’
quote about Stephens secrecy and temperament page 15 PART 1
‘this sense of secrecy was something was something he had to cultivate in order to overcome a natural openness and quick temper’
‘he had no fear’
Isabelle’s previous experience of sex PART 1
‘pleading ‘ thudding’ ‘gasp.. was clearly one of pain’
Isabelle’s attitude towards azaire that foreshadows further disobedience PART 1
‘for goodness’ sake, Rene’ ‘he’s told you that there’s nothing to worry about. why don’t you leave him alone?’
‘my wife is a mysterious creature’
Stephens impulsivity PART 1
‘with no plan of action’…‘without thinking he reached out and grabbed her hand’
‘loose control of his feelings’
Stephens lust PART 1
‘the satisfaction of acting on impulse had lent him clam’
‘Stephens body convulsed with desire’
‘it was not a contained appetite that could not be exhausted or satisfied’
Isabelle’s lust PART 1
‘accumulation of natural impulse and affection that had not been satisfied by any of the circumstances in her life’
‘she as frightened by Stephen since the day he arrived’
‘she was choking with passion for him’
‘come on please please’
horrors of war page 215
digging a hole thirty yards square at the side of the path…Then he realized what it was. They were digging a mass grave.’ …. ‘Some of them had already seen their burial place.’
horrors of war pages 226
‘Men trying to emerge from the trench but being smashed by bullets before they could stand’
‘Silent flap of arms’ ‘replaced, falling, continuing as though walking into a gale’
‘He was floating above his body, that it had taken on an automatic life of its own over which he had no power’
‘detached a dream’
horrors of war page 227
‘Bodies started to pile and clog the process’… there was a man behind him missing a part of his face, but walking in a dreamlike state.’
‘his nose dangled and he could Stephen could see his teeth though the missing cheek.’
‘their bodies jerked up and down, twisting and jumping’
horrors of war page 236
of 800 men in the battalion who had gone over the parapet, 155 answered their names.’
horrors of war page 238- 289
‘Two of the generals have already committed suicide’
weir began to cry… trembling and whimpering
