BK2 CH4 Flashcards
What happens
Friction of the curated unwillingness to ration food continues until the narrator strikes him over the head with a meat cleaver. Noise alerts the martians and they drag his body out while the narrator hides in a coal closet
Why does the curate begin shouting
The curates audacity suggests fear has robbed him from all reason, food is all her cares about and when the narrator takes it he has no reason to be silent, no longer considers the consequences of his actions.
He must witness the suffering of the martians as they are representatives of gods wrath and anyone who doesn’t is a sinner
Wha could the title ‘the death of the curate’ suggest
Metaphor for everyone faith is lost
How do we know the narrator has taken charge
Repetition of ‘i’ showing he is in control
Why does the narrator let them take the body
Kill or be killed
At the point of death you will do anything to save yourself
Survival of the fittest
Why don’t we blame the narrator
The kill is justifiable as he has alerted the martians exposing them, the narrator suffers no long term self torturing of the conscience or remorse. Wells focused on the breathtaking action rather than the emotions the death may have caused
What’s showing the martians intelligence
They could open the door with their tentacles showing their growing body of knowledge about human life and how it operates, they also take a piece of coal to examine showing they are still researching their new environment and are planning on staying
Context link to god
God created the world in seven days it is now the eighth, he has given up and this is driving the curate mad
Quote showing the curate is mad
“Beyond reason”
Quote showing the curate helped the narrator
“The curate warned me, braced me and kept me a sane man”
Quote showing the world creation
“On the eighth day”
Quote showing the martians s have pitted them against each other
“Praying, begging, weeping, at last threatening”
Quote showing he is dead
“He lay still”
Quote showing the martians
“Long metallic snake”
Rhetorical question by the narrator
“Has the martians seen me?”
