Quotes Of Home

Question 1

Brown above and a dirty blue below

Answer 1

Setting
Shows that the area Jackson grew up in is dilapidated and poverty stricken.
Hostile and unwelcoming environment

Question 2

Pitied with scars

Answer 2

Setting
Violence deeply ingrained into society and changed it forever, foreshadowing our protagonist will later be rejected

Question 3

Black polished car, with his wife adorned in furs

Answer 3

Characterisation
Shows how that the characters are primarily wealthy, prestigious and flaunting.
Implies that they are also shallow and measure success against wealth
Jackson awaiting approval of his gains only to be rejected

Question 4

Jovial and ingratiating

Answer 4

WC
Shows that Jackson is getting desperate to gain the approval of the youths for accomplishing all that he has by flexing his advancements in social status.
Every failed attempt comes with a loss in faith of what he thought he remembered glasgow to be

Question 5

Get out of here Daddy before we cut you up

Answer 5

Dialogue and key incident
Shows that the youths dont like to be taunted by the stranger. At this point jackson realises that the Glasgow he once knew is not here finally shattering the illusion of a nostalgia inspired past

Question 6

Globes of whiskey,

Answer 6

Symbolism, Setting
Shows that people who could afford a better life didnt feel the need to consider how bad the rest have it and will consume all at their disposal.
Jackson realises he is living a completely different world than when he was young.
He’ll never live those memories as he’ll never be accepted into soceity again

Question 7

Now she was home, in a place much like Africa, the bar of a fisrt class hotel

Answer 7

Characterisation, setting
Shows how adept the wife has become with the high life of luxury, without it she feels incomplete.
Jackson realises that the love he shared for his origins was not shared with anyone else
He cannot eacape the reality that he has been altered so much that hes become alienated from the lowly