chapter 3-The man who grew vegetable marrows Flashcards
“the man who grew….
vegetable marrows”
- depicts him as an ordinary civilian who enjoys gardening
- does not give any leads that he is a private investigator. Plays down his importance.
“why is he staying at the three boars inn….
instead of Fernly Park”
-backs up Caroline being portrayed as a gossip as she inquires about things that have nothing to do do with her
” Mr
porrott”
- Poirot is clearly foreign and they seem to be unaware of this.
- Sheppard clearly don’t know about Poirot, he has never seen his name written down.
“He’s a retired hair-dresser…
Look at that moustache of his”
-Plays down Poirot’s importance and classes him to be someone who is considered normal.
-“a man who is capable of…
shutting up Caroline”
-Portrays Caroline in a negative light, as though she blabs her mouth to everyone.
“watchful…
eyes”
-Describing Poirot. Could link to how he has such good attention to detail.
“i demand of you a thousand pardons,
monsieur. I am without defence.
- pronoun ‘I’ displays him as a man man who had more control.
“a man may work towards a certain object, may labour and toil to attain a certain kind of leisure and occupation, and then find that, after all,
he yearns for the old busy days” POIROT
- he misses the days of being an investigator.
- shows his dedication and love for his job.
“I came into a legacy-enough to enable me to realize a dream. I have always wanted to travel, to see the world. Well, that was a year ago ,
as I said, and-I am still here”
-this could be very incriminating for Sheppard, however he seems to trust Sheppard, probably because he believes him to be a hairdresser.
“the study of…
human nature, monsieur!” POIROT
-boastful of his abilities but keeping hidden what they are.
“I could not see Ackroyd…
taking a hairdresser into his confidence”
- only starting to realise now that he isn’t a hairdresser
- also shows he knows a lot about people.
“I began to think that…
Porrott couldn’t be a hairdresser after all”
-key clock on point
