High Rise Flashcards
1
Q
Narrative perspective
A
3rd person but focussed on Dr Robert Laing
Refers to unusual events - reader confused
Unknown knowledge
‘He was surprised’
2
Q
Fear
A
‘Sparkling wine had fallen from a floor fifty feet above, ricocheted off an awning as it hurtled downwards, and burst across the tiled balcony floor’
‘Sharp fragments’
‘Agitated wine’
3
Q
US v them?
Isolation
A
People in high-rises tended not to care about tenants more than two floors below them’
4
Q
Entrapment
A
‘This over-priced cell’ - His apartment
5
Q
Summary
A
Collapse of middle class british social ethics and morality, leading to primal violence fuelled both by the sub-conscious urge to destroy all trappings of modern civilisation and create a protectionist yet isolated commune
