Key Small Island Quotes Flashcards

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Bernard and the war?

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“The war was fought so people might live amongst their own kind.”

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Gilbert and the war? (Two quotes)

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“We both just finish fighting a war - a bloody war - for the better world we want to see.”

“Arthur Bligh had become another casualty of war - but come, tell me someone… which war?”

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Hortense and race?

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“With such a countenance, there was a chance of a golden life for I.”

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Prejudice about immigrants? (Mr Todd)

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“For the teeth and glasses… That National Health service - it’s pulling them in.”

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Elwood on race and colour?

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“They turn down your brother when him colour no suit them and now that them change their mind.”

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Queenie and Hortense on baby Michael? (Two)

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“You might think you can do it now… But what about when he grows up?”

“Remembered taste of salt tears.”

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Gilbert on race?

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“Anthropoid…. resembling a human but primitive, like an ape.”

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Hortense on travelling?

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“A single woman cannot travel on her own.”

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Queenie on marriage? (Two)

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“No… I’m getting married Mother, to Bernard Bligh.”

“If I didn’t partake fully… I would never get pregnant.”

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Bernard on marriage?

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“I don’t want my wife to go out to work.”

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Gilbert and changing perspective on marriage (two quotes)?

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“Proud haughty… even insufferable.” —–>

“A teacher you still will be.”

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Hortense and changing perspective on marriage (two quotes)?

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“This? Just this?” —>

“I realised that Gilbert Joseph, my husband, was a man of class, a man of character, a man of intelligence.”

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Portrayal of the mother country? (Two)

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=> Mother is a beautiful woman… many valorous stories told of her.”

=> “This stinking cantankerous hag. She offers you no comfort after your journey. No smile. No welcome.”

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Hortense and teaching?

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“You can’t teach here.”

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Expectations of Britain? (Two)

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“It looks to all the world like a fairytale castle.”

“Every leaf on every tree turns first red and then golden.. Pavements with a blanket of gold.. Leaves that float around them like golden rain.”

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Gilbert and kindness?

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“A simple gesture…. had pulled me from drowning in the sea.”