outlawed Flashcards
thats because you…
thats because you carry yourself like a little girl, you have to learn how to move like a man - Lo
connotative language
I had never longed…
I had never longed to hold a revolver, but now, the gun smooth and heavy in my grip. I felt like justice herself. - Ada
descriptive language, internal thoughts
when Lucy McGarry didn’t…
when Lucy McGarry didn’t get pregenant… Two of her neighbours miscarried the same summer, everyone looked to Lucy for the cause. I was eleven when she was hanged for a witch. - Ada
lexical choice (word choice), internal thoughts
I hated my…
I hated my uselessness, the way my body had taken my family and my calling for me. - Ada
emotive language, internal thoughts
text was written by who and when?
Anna North, 2021
intro plot description?
outlawed was written by anna north in 2021,its a modernized western, that follows the journey of Ada, a 17 year old barren woman, from when shes a wife, a sister and an outlaw.
themes/ideas?
- isolation and rejection
- justice
- individual v society
- representation of gender