Born Yesterday

Question 1

What should new life be protected from?

Answer 1

Societal expectations

Question 2

Who is it the deception of?

Answer 2

Women

Question 3

What are the two different meanings of born yesterday?

Answer 3

1) new life, new beginnings 2) birth of sally amis that literally happened yesterday

Question 4

Larkin describes women as -

Answer 4

Stupid creatures

Question 5

1) “__ folded bud”
- needing? what should happen? how is the girl being described?

Answer 5

1) tightly
- protection, needs to blossom, vunerable and delicate

Question 6

2) “about being __”
- description? what effect does it give?

Answer 6

2) beautiful
- feminine, cliche and innocence

Question 7

3) “may you be __; have like __ women,”
- could be? deception of what? what does the paranthesis add?

Answer 7

3) ordinary, other
- mysognistic, women could be beautiful, adds realism

Question 8

4) “nothing __ to pull you off your balance”
- nature?

Answer 8

4) uncustomary
- destructive nature of societal expectations

Question 9

5) “__, enthralled catching of __ is called”
- finding happiness where? what type of writer is Larkin? which word is the resolution?

Answer 9

5) unemphasised, happiness
- in the mundane, movement writer, called