Quotes Flashcards
You thought of… (Ida) pg 5
Sucking babies when you looked at her - shows she is a maternal figure
‘A little venom of…’ (pinkie) pg 50
Anger and hatred came out’
Three sixes - how is this symbolic
Devils sign, shows Pinkies damnation and how he is leading Rose to hell
‘Of course there’s Hell. Flames… (Pinkie and Rose) pg 55
And damnation……. And heaven too’ - this shows the difference between pinkies view and Roses view of the world. Shows Roses innocence and Pinkies experience with the world
How is Colleoni’s ‘gold lighter’ symbolic
It shows the difference in wealth and status between the 2 gang leaders. Colleoni is the leader and yet he acts from afar and he earns money whereas Pinkie gets involved in the crimes and is poorer.
‘It was he who looked like an… (pinkie) pg 66
Alien in this room’ - shows the difference in wealth. How he is not part of society
‘The boy couldn’t picture any eternity… (pinkie) pg 102
Except in terms of pain’ - religious imagery, already been submitted to hell and damnation
‘It was a… (Ida) pg 76
Good life’ juxtaposition between her and Pinkie. She is the good whilst he is the bad
‘There was no place… (Ida) pg 76
In the world where she felt a stranger
‘Cruelty straightening his… (Pinkie) pg 113
Body like lust’ scared of actual lust. His idea of love and lust is purely violent
‘He hadn’t the energy… (Pinkie) pg 115
To repent’ - he knows it will take a while and he doesn’t think it is worth it.
‘Snows restaurant… (setting) pg 117
Was all lit up.’ - a beacon of hope, she is his hope.
‘She doesn’t know what… (rose referring to Ida) pg 121
A mortal sin is’ - Ida is a purely good person. Rose talks about her as though she herself knows what it is however, she is just an innocent child
‘Right and wrong.… (Rose talking about Ida) pg 121
…… As if she knew’
‘The stirrup… (Pinkie) pg 121
And the ground.’ - symblises the fleeting moment for repentance and mercy
‘She suddenly… (Ida) pg 131
barked’ - semantic field of prey and predator throughout this dialogue
‘she belonged to him… (Pinkie thinking about Rose) pg 137
Like a room or a chair’ - He objectifys her, he doesn’t see her as a human but as a mere prop for him to carry out the murder successfully
‘I’ve got a feeling… (Pinkie) Pg 141
We’re being followed Dallow.’ - This quote shows his gradual decline and loss of power. The only person he can trust now is Dallow.
‘If I’d known how it would go… (Pinkie) Pg 142
maybe I’d have let him live’ - Pinkie is showing remorse for the first time in the novel so far however, the remorse is more for the fact that the murder has caused him so much trouble rather than for the action itself.
‘White and purposeful in the obscurity:… (setting) pg 143
half vulture and half dove’ - This shows the two persona of Brighton. This quote is symbolic of Rose being mixed up with vultures. Explores the themes of religion and sin and redemption.
The vulture embodies death, decay, and Pinkie’s predatory impulses—scavenging, ruthlessness, and moral corrosion—while the dove recalls peace, the Holy Spirit, and the redemption that Rose and, to some extent, Ida represent
‘he watched her… (Pinkie) pg 145
with scared lust’ - First time we have seen him lust after a woman. It feels like he thinks it is something that he should do rather than something he wants to. He is still a scared child.
‘he had held intimacy back… (Pinkie) pg 145
as long as he could at the end of a razor blade’ - Replaced intimacy with violence
‘tickling the… (Pinkie) pg 150
vitriol bottle - he has replaced intimacy and lust with violence and death. Takes pleasure in causing pain like the devil.
‘One childs coffin dusty… (setting) pg 153
with disuse and the list of hairdressing prices’ juxtoposition between good and bad.
