Brighton Rock

Question 0

What are the top 4 quotations for Ida?

Answer 0

1. P5= “You thought of sucking babies”
2. P31= “She was of the people”
3. P216= “I’ve never changed…”

Question 1

What are the top 3 quotations for Pinkie?

Answer 1

1. P20= “from behind…….to which he went”
2. P54= “all the good times…….people didn’t squeal?
3. P141= “It was as if…….a certain distance”

Question 2

What are the 4 top quotations for Rose?

Answer 2

• P26
• P51
• P131
• P156

Question 3

What are the top quotations for the theme of religion?

Answer 3

• P34

- P116

Question 4

What are the top quotations for the theme of poverty?

Answer 4

• P95

- P103

Question 5

What are the top 5 events within the novel?

Answer 5

1. Pinkie and Rose date (P47-54)
2. Pinkie meets Colleoni (P63-70)
3. Pinkie is cut by Colleoni’s mob (P113-118)
4. Spicer dies (P127-128)
5. Pinkie and rose try commit suicide (P259-264)

Question 6

What are the 3 main purposes of the omniscient narrator?

Answer 6

1. Give insight into a characters thoughts and feelings; does not do for Colleoni so we judge him on appearance like Pinkie
2. To restrict the reader from knowing all perspectives= shows the characters misunderstanding of eachothers worlds (e.g when Ida is warning Rose P129-131)
3. Enables reader to understand character, provokes debate= knowing Pinkies background, nature vs nurture

Question 7

What are the top quotations for the theme of society?

Answer 7

1. P163=”darkness on and on”
2. P216=”sticks of Brighton rock”
3. P88= Spicers dream