Brighton Rock Flashcards
give 2 quotes to show pinkies religious beliefs
“of course there’s hell. flames and damnation”
“we’re going to do a mortal sin”
give 3 quotes for the description of pinkie
“ageless eyes”
“ a face of starved intensity…unnatural pride”
“ he couldn’t use those muscles with any unnatural ness”
give 5 quotes for pinkies violence
“i could break your arm”
“the word murder conveyed no more to him than the word ‘box’”
“ he was ready for more deaths”
“ tickling the vitriol bottle”
“ pinched fallows arm it was almost affection”
give 2 quotes for ida’s appearance
“ she was like darkness to him, shelter and knowledge”
“ you thought of sucking babies when you looked at her “
give 5 quotes for idas religion
“ an eye for an eye”
“i’m a sticker where rights concerned”
“ she didn’t believe in heaven or hell”
“ she had instincts… something which didn’t smell right”
“ i want justice”
“ i know the difference between right and wrong”
give a quote for roses appearance
“ a pale thin girl younger than himself”
give 1 quote that suggests rose isn’t innocent
“ world that used words like innocence… that’s rich you knew all along”
give 5 quotes for roses innocence
“ she belonged to him like a room or a chair”
“ i’d rather burn with you than be like her”
“ she was a stranger in a world of mortal sin”
“ i want to be bad if she’s good “
“ i want to be like you- damned”
give 2 quotes for pinkies hate for music
“ orchestra played… a little venom of anger and hatred came out”
“ any music moved him, speaking of things he didn’t understand l
give 4 quotes for pinkies hatred for sex
“ pinched dallows arm.. it was almost affection”
“ a prick of sexual desire disturbed him”
“ i watched em every saturday night … bouncing and ploughing”
“ they didn’t even touch hands”
4 quotes for the police in brighton’s
“ i don’t mind you carving eachother up in a quiet way”
“ a policeman who looked confused as if he didn’t quite know what was happening “
“ the policeman looked ill at ease like a stranger at a party”
“ he looked as a man might look who owned the whole world”
the stirrup and the ground 3 quotes h
“ the couldn’t even hear a splash “
“ he even tried to pray… between the stirrup and the ground”
“ between the stirrup and the ground be something sought and something found”
