L'amant Flashcards
sense of togetherness
nous for speaking about the family in the photo
Il n’ya jamais de centre
pg 14
je ne connaissais pas la jouisance
pg 15
how did her mother try to protect her?
her mother would accompany her to the chauffeurs car (implies wealth) however suggests to the daughter she should be afraid of the foreign world
description of the country pg 17
des fleuves aussi beaux que ceux là, aussi grands
soudain je me vois comme une autre- why and where?
page 19 because she is dressed like a lady in une robe de soie naturelle
how does the dress and hat make her feel different?
she goes everywhere with this hat, but she feels quite insecure
where does she seem to remember all the troubles started from?
from the photo that hey had taken on pg 20 “et puis suviait la difficulté d’avancer encore”
attention to image in the first pages
dressed “comme des malheureux” - a sense that she wants to make her mother happy at this stage
she combed her hair as her mother would tell her to do
“déjà je suis fardée”
Who does she idealise?
The women on the street “qui s’habillent pour rien” “qui font rien”
How does her mother try to control her future?
Sewing, maths, she is cross when she learns her daughter is more proficient at literature
tensions between the mother and the daughter 33
“elle sait bien que l’argent arrive dans la maison”
she is aware that her daughter is her only hope
how does her mother supported her career?
she created a school to help pay her daughters school fees
What drove her mother mad?
Her fathers death, “ c’est lá que j’ai vu la folie pour la première fois”
example of choppy change/ intermittent writing style
she goes from talking all of a sudden about her mother seeing her father in dreams to describing the lover in the limousine
Does the hat work
“il dit que le chapeau lui va bien”
Dés qu’elle a pénétré dans l’auto noir elle est à l’écart de cette famille pour la première fois
pg 44/45
how is there a barrier between the two? They are many senses isolated, outcasts.
they both know they can’t be in the relationship
lots of silence
“je prefererais que vous ne m’aimez pas” 47
How does she describe is body on page 48?
“la peau est d’une somptueuse douceur”
What is the physical separation she talks about, from the rest of the society?
The blinds in the room stops the light from the town coming in on them, the crowds that are always there pose a threat?
56- has to be strong because
Her mother’s depression stopped her from dreaming “Dans ma famille je ne pleure pas”” - he is someone she can share her troubles with about how they can’t eat properly or find clothes
