Cone Gatherers Themes Quotes/Evidence Flashcards
Religion
“Indeed, Duror often associated Religion not with the smell of pinewood pews or of damp bibles, but rather with her perfume, so elusive to describe.”
“His going therefore must be a destruction, an agony, a crucifixion” - Duror
“But she was too honest in her endeavour to be a Christian. She knew how hard it was for the rich and powerful to enter the kingdom of heaven.”
Good vs Evil
“Not all our enemies are ugly, cruel, savage and beastly; some are beautiful and gentle”
“It astonished Duror that she, so genuinely good, should be helping him in his plan of evil”
“But why punish the boy, who’s as innocent as any herring in the loch there? He’s a good lad with no conceit in him” - Graham
Nature
“He was like a tree still straight, still showing green leaves; but underground death was creeping along the roots” - Duror
“Calum flung himself upon the deer, clasped it round the neck, and tried to comfort it”
“Calum seized his arm, and in a desperate shriek pleaded with him not to harm the deer”
“For those two or three minutes he had felt his sap, poisoned, flowing out of him into the dark earth” - Duror
Class Conflict
“The constant sight of the mansion house chimneys, reminding him of their hut, which to him remained a symbol of humiliation” - Neil
“Human beings are more important than dogs” - Roderick
“If she wants our help, let her come and ask for it.”
“She cannot one day treat us as lower than dogs, and next day order us to do her bidding.” - Neil
Sacrificing the innocent
‘Why is it Mr Tulloch, that the innocent have always to be sacrificed?’
‘But why punish the boy, who’s as innocent as any herring in the loch there? He’s a good lad with no conceit in him.’
‘Maybe what happened to your wife was a punishment for your pride’
The Cone Gatherers Not viewed as humans
‘While in that dirty little hut those two sub-humans lived in peace, as if under gods protection.’
‘Your men are being as discreet as squirrels’
‘Human beings are more important than dogs’
Concluding Quote which shows Lady RCs realisation that Calum represents good
‘She could not pray, but she could weep; and as she wept pity and purified hope and joy welled up in her heart.’
Calum’s connection with Nature
“Calum flung himself upon the deer, clasped it round the neck, and tried to comfort it.”
“Calum no longer was one of the beaters; he too was a deer hunted by remorseless men.”
“For Calum the tree-top was interest enough; in it he was as indigenous as squirrel or bird.”
Calum’s connection to good vs evil
“A destruction, an agony, a crucifixion.”
“She could not pray, but she could weep; and as she wept pity and purified hope and joy welled up in her heart.”
Duror and war quote
‘In Europe, In Africa and China…sub humans lived in peace as if under gods protection’ - He cannot understand why Calum and Neil are allowed to live in peace.
