chapter 2 quotes/annotations Flashcards
1
Q
‘youth’
page 18
A
- Cecilia’s introduction
- noun- suggests she is young, fit and healthy
- appearance full of freshness
2
Q
‘her blossoming need for a cigarette’
page 18
A
- contradicts her ‘youth’. Get the sense she is growing up through her need for a cigarette
- Ironic as cigarettes are a cause of death.
3
Q
‘her life stood still’
page 18
A
- as though she is waiting for something to mover her along in life.
- foreshadows future
4
Q
‘at least she did not feel like getting into a conversation with him. Or at least not now.’
page 18-
A
- first part suggests her and Robbie don’t have much to do with each other.
- second sentence foreshadows their is something to come of Cecilia and Robbie
5
Q
‘And there was Robbie, who exasperated her with his affection of distance’
page 22
A
-she seems to never want to be around Robbie
6
Q
‘They had known each other since they were seven, she and Robbie, and it bothered her that they were awkward when they talked.’
page 22
A
-Tension between the two, reasons unknown to the reader so far
