Chemistry Flashcards
What is the writers purpose for the story
To explore how family relations change for better or worse
Why does swift use a boy as the narrator
Explores a child’s view point and how he sees things in black and white
What are some symbols used in the story and what do they do
Boat, the family dynamics and when it sinks so does the family
Chemistry, person relationships and the chemical change of the smoky
Water, h20 is the chemical bond of the family it’s a metaphor
What’s are the main themes in the story and link them to other stories
Family - all poems
Death - OCC and family supper
Loyalty / betrayal
Generations
How does the context of the narrator effect the story
Swift is an adult man pretending to be a boy so it could be him reflecting on his childhood
The nature writing and formal language hints at the man in the boy
Give quotes to show relationships
‘Reconciled them in mutual grief’
‘We forgot we were 3 generations’
What technique could we interpret from the story of the fathers death
It’s an apocryphal story & the mother made it up to hide the truth
What’s the structure and form of the story
Cyclical structure and the change in family dynamics
Linear perspective and the reliable narrative of a boy
What context is used to send a message
Social dynamics and reflects the complexity and difficulty of modern family’s
What’s a key quote to relflect the boys subconscious
‘It was her’
The boy subconsciously dreams of dad saying it was the mothers fault however this could determine how the boy blames his mother and deeply resents mother
