Dear Santa Quotes? Flashcards
Theme of Jealousy Quotes
“Why can ‘t you be more like your sister?”
“big lurking thing”
“Look, there’s Katie, sound.”
“Ah wisht ah had hair like yours.”
“soft skin covered in sticky horrible purple lumps and felt good inside, warm and full.”
Theme of Sadness Quotes
“a dry kiss, barely grazing ma cheek”
shows that her mother doesn’t really love her and there was no meaning behind the kiss
“it’s hard no tae be seen, it makes you wee and crumpled up inside”
“Ma mammy disnae love me”
-she believes that her mum does not appreciative her like her sister
“Could you make my mammy love me?”
Theme of Confidence Quotes
“ah wanted tae tell him, ah tried tae tell him”
shows Alison lacks confidence, she struggles to articulate her feelings out loud, the repetition highlights her difficulty at expressing her innermost thoughts.
Theme of Isolation Quotes
“Ma mammy disnae love me”
she believes that her mum does not appreciative her like her sister
“looks through”
shows that she is ignoring her.
Quote for Growing Up
“the real Santa that lives in Greenland wi the reindeer, if there is a real Santa anyway”
As an eight-year-old, Alison is beginning to lose her childhood beliefs. Her thoughts reveal that her belief in Santa is starting to fade, but she doesn’t want to admit it.
“too big tae be tucked in”
Her mum believe(..)This highlights her own perception of Alison as an older child who does not need small parental comforts. Alison still desires these small acts of love, perhaps because she was not given them enough when she was younger.
Quote for Hope
“wee crack of light fallin across the bedclothes”
The light symbolises a glimmer of hope amongst the darkness. It suggests that, although Alison’s mother is detached, she may in future be more open and loving to Alison
“mair soft like”
Allison persists in expressing her affection for her mother, who eventually returns this in a small way. She looks at her daughter in a nicer way as they share a tender moment on Christmas Eve, which gives hope for Allison as things could get better.
