Mother and son

Question 1

metaphor for sons life

Answer 1

“hooded by thick yellow curtains which were drawn across the width of the window”

Question 2

pathetic fallacy

Answer 2

“been a cold dismal afternoon in the fields. The weather was extraordinarily bad”

Question 3

description of son

Answer 3

"good looking"
"something childish about it"
"dangerous and irresponsible" (eyes)
"netted by little red lines which divided them up like a graph"
"innocence"-"dangerous"

Question 4

mother

Answer 4

“bitter”

Question 5

sons attitude

Answer 5

“cursed weakly”
“interminable”
“moved in this sea of sound trying to keep detached”
“a dark cave”

Question 6

mother is mean

Answer 6

“looked upon as her husbands son, not as her own”
“venomously”
“little bitter barbs”
“subtle arrows”
“devilish meaning into her smallest utterance”
“strike his confidence dead with her hateful words”
“fat good you’d be at a job”
“why are you sitting there like dummy, you silly fool!”

Question 7

how mothers words affect him

Answer 7

“stood quivering in his flesh”
“babyish eyes would be smitten by a hellish despair”
“he would never take action”
“[words]had lost their import, their impact and their usefulness”

Question 8

climax

Answer 8

“how can this thing make my life a hell anyway? what is she anyway?”
“his gaze concentrated itself on her scraggy neck, rising like a hens”
“flung his half consumed cigarette in the direction of the fire”
“his mind was a in turmoil of hate”
“he wanted to smash the cup, smash the furniture, smash the house”
“equally bitter smile curled up the edge of his lips”

Question 9

end

Answer 9

“walked to the door, opened it and stood listening to the rain”