Marrakech

Question 1

Poverty and Deprivation

“I tore off a piece and he stowed it gratefully in some secret place under his rags”

Answer 1

• works for council , yet is still starving
• extremely little pay
• WORD CHOICE- ‘stowed’ - almost protecting the bread- desperacy

Question 2

Jewish Quarter

“None of these people, I suppose, works less than twelve hours a day, and every one of them looks on a cigarrette as an impossible luxury”

Answer 2

• deprivation

- can’t afford basic things people take for granted everyday

Question 3

Jewish Quarter

“A carpenter sits cross-legged at a prehistoric lathe, turning chair legs at lightening speed”

Answer 3

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Question 4

Women and Donkeys

“One day a poor old creature who could not have been more than four feet tall crept past me under a vast load of wood “

Answer 4

-unrecognisable as human

WORD CHOICE- ‘creature’ - suggests she is deformed and not in a fit state, effective as it shows suffering

Question 5

“After a dozen years of devoted work it suddenly drops dead, where upon its master tips it into a ditch and the village dogs have torn its guts out before it is cold”

Answer 5

-disrespect to the dead body

WORD CHOICE - “tips” - “ditch” - portrays image of disregard as the man carelessly dumps the body in ditch