My Name Is Leon Flashcards
Devlin sad
‘Always my fault, always will be my fault. Forever. Amen.’
‘Photographs of boys, lots of them; dozens.’ ( Midjudgement )
Leon sad
‘Everyone steals from me’ ( thinks it’s normal because he has been stolen from ) SAD
Maureen
Happiness
Maureen’s hair ‘glows like a halo’ and she has a ‘golden biscuit tin’
Happiness Leon
‘ [ The Allotments are ] better than the park because everyone has their own bit of land to look after and they can do what they like with it’
Violence Leon
‘The end of the pen is like a little metal knife’ which leon imagines stabbing through the ‘soft bit of earring’s eye and writing i fucking hate you. Black Power. From Leon,’
Castro violence
‘Spit comes out of his mouth like a wild dog.’ ‘Leave him! Leave him! He can’t breathe!’ - Police Brutality
Tufty admiration
‘Like a hulk’ ‘He’s a warrior’
Tufty happiness
‘The sun is a healer’
Tufty knowledge
‘We are the consequences of history. We are the warriors you made,’ ‘We have dignity and worth.’
Tufty violence (stereotype)
‘It’s a protest. Except we don’t bomb people in their beds like you irish people.’ Stereotype for the IRA