Island Quotes: The Vastness of the Dark Flashcards
How does James refer to the day he is to leave his family behind?
“Planned day of deliverance”
How does James describe the Church he goes to with his family?
‘Attends only reluctantly on Sunday’
How does James describe the age difference between himself and his younger siblings?
‘Unbridgeable abyss’
How does James’ grandfather describe his feelings at the time of his son getting James’ mother pregnant?
‘He will have to stay now and marry her’
What does James state about moving away from his childhood home?
‘I have decided that almost any place must be better than this one’
How does James describe his relationship with his father?
‘I feel myself separated from him’
How does James’ grandfather depict the tradition and family history of the mines?
‘We have been working in the mines here since 1873’
‘Water gets in your blood’
What does James realise once he has left his community behind?
‘The older people of my past are more complicated than perhaps, I had ever thought’
What is the businessman’s view on James’ society?
‘Reduced to but a few phrases and the act of sexual intercourse’
What does James state when he is trying to comprehend his own identity?
‘I have tried too hard to be someone else, without realising at first what I presently am’
What does James’ father say to James before he leaves/
‘You are free to go if you want’
How does James say farewell to his parents?
‘I will write, but it will not be from Blind River’
What does James state about changing identities once he leaves the Island behind?
‘It is only when I have left the Island that I can feel free to assume my new identity’
