"Home" Quotes: The Setting Flashcards
CONTRAST shows that the couple are out of place at the tenement.
“The black polished car drew up outside the brown tenement and he rested for a moment, his hands still on the wheel.”
IMAGERY;PERSONIFICATION shows the abandoned state of the tenement.
“They walked into the close walls were brown above and a dirty blue below, pitted with scars.”
WORD CHOICE shows the Scottish slang that is used by the current residents of the tenement.
“Somebody had written in chalk the words YA BASS. It looked for a moment African, and he stared at it as if it had recalled some memory.”
IMAGERY;PERSONIFICATION humanises the shops and dehumanises the couple.
“On the other side of the road the flat-faced shops looked back at them blankly.”
IMAGERY;PERSONIFICATION shows how the place has changed just like how the man has changed.
“Instead of small shops supermarkets were springing up, flexing their huge muscles.”
IMAGERY;PERSONIFICATION shows that the author feels sympathetic to the place because he humanises it.
“The floor and the ceiling and the walls seemed to have drops of perspiration”
WORD CHOICE OR SYMBOLISM shows how the man reflects how valuable the tenement is to him as he drives away.
“In the mirror he could see the brown tenement diminishing.”
