Regeneration- Pat Barker Flashcards
three pro war Rivers quotes
“wishing not for the first time that he was young enough for france”
“you realise…it’s my duty to try and change that? I can’t pretend to be neutral”
“taking unnecessary risks is one of the first signs of war neurosis”
three growing realisation quotes Rivers
“he found a bumble bee…batting itself against the glass”
“it was what rivers had to do”
“in theory the war should stop tomorrow, but it won’t”
3 anti war quotes from rivers and feminism traits due to sassoon
“how much easier it would be if siegfried had been sent somewhere else”
“nothing justifies this. nothing, nothing,nothing”
LOA for Rivers
Growing realisation of the pointlessness of war and how he is torn between his duty to his patients and his commitment to the war effort
3 quotations for burns apperance
“yellow skinned”
“no redeeming qualities”
“hardly looked like a human being at all”
3 quotes on Burns for surreal episode chapter 4
“sucking earth”
“looked around the circle of his companions”
“windows with a sound like machine gun fire”
“common room talking in strained faceous tones about the war the war the war”
3 quotations on Burns about his struggles due to war
“the sheer extremity of his sufferings set him apart from the rest”
“misleading to say that the war has matured the young men”
“he had missed the chance of being ordinary”
Burns LOA
used to explore how some men can not regenerate which further highlights the pointlessness of war
3 quotes about Prior on masculinity attitudes and duty
“you said that officers don’t suffer from mutism”
“sexy”
“you’re going to have to accept that you’re in hospital because you’re i’ll”
3 quotas on prior about home front attitudes
“she belonged with the pleasure seeking crowds…”
“prior moved along them like a ghost”
“he didn’t want her to talk he didn’t want to tell her things”
“i love you”
3 quotes on Prior on society expectations
“she was determined he was going to get on”
“betters”
“a little spitting, sharp boned alley cat”
“strangled version of a public school accent”
LOA of prior
uses the character prior to criticise the social conventions during the war and how his upbringing in a lower class impacts his presence in the novel
what is the significance of Craiglockhart
-it’s presence emasculates the men
- is it a prison or a hospital, does it silence?
