Characters - Stephen's Parents Flashcards
” mild-furry natured animal”(ch2 p26)
S believes his dad is both harmless and weak.
” coodle-moodle” from german “Kuddelmuddel”
mess or muddle
” shnick-shnack” spelling of German word “Scnickschnack”
Meaning something trivial or unimportant.
” Vanishing and appearing seemed a full enough job description for all practical purposes.” (Ch 7 pp 139-40_
S finds his dad dull and he is not curious about him at all.
” I don’t like bullying he says I have seen too much of it in my life time. (ch 10 p 213)
How his early life as a jew in nazi germany impacted him - also made S stay in onn Fridays.
“everything in Stephen’s family … was quite extraordinarily ordinary.” (Ch 2 p 28)
“ unsatisfactory family” (ch4 p65)
S realises looking back that his dad must have loved him as he tried to give him an ordinary childhood. But the young S felt together they were an unsatisfactory and “and where he longed to be was Keith’s hose.” (Ch 2 p28)
