General description Flashcards
1
Q
Loss of innocence/ growing up- ‘The half-shut eyes…’
A
‘were dim with the infinite cynicism of adult life’
2
Q
Loss of innocence/ savagery- ‘Fancy thinking…’
A
‘the Beast was something you could hunt and kill’
3
Q
Savagery- ‘There were no words…’
A
‘and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws’
4
Q
Civilisation vs. savagery ‘The conch…’
A
‘exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist’
5
Q
Civilisation vs. savagery- ‘They understood…’
A
‘only too well the liberation into savagery that the concealing paint brought’
