Key Quotations - John Bellew

Question 1

Greeting Clare (P1 Chp3)

Answer 1

'’Hello N–’ was his greeting to Clare.’

Question 2

Explaining why he calls Clare what he did (P1 Chp3)

Answer 2

‘When we were first married, she was as white as-as-well as white as a lily. But, I declare she’s gettin’ darker and darker’

Question 3

Hatred for Black people (P1 Chp3)

Answer 3

‘I don’t dislike them. I hate them…they give me the creeps. The Black scrimy devils.’

Question 4

Won’t allow Black people in his family (P1 Chp3)

Answer 4

‘I draw the line at that. No ** in my family. Never have been never will be’

Question 5

Read about them in the papers (P1 Chp3)

Answer 5

‘And I read in the papers about them. Always robbing and killing people’

Question 6

Discovering Clare’s identity (P3 Chp4)

Answer 6

‘So you’re a *, a damned dirty *!’

Question 7

Seeing Irene with Felise (P3 Chp3)

Answer 7

‘He didn’t however, withdraw his outstretched hand. Not at once. But Irene didn’t take it’

Question 8

Yelling to Clare as she falls (P3 Chp4)

Answer 8

‘**! My God! **!’