resilience & courage Flashcards
Gladys: ‘She needs to know the world is bigger than
just this.’
expectations
“end of the rainbow”. Sounds beaut,
doesn’t it, this “new deal”? They say the houses’ll
have running water …’
gladys hope
Gladys: ‘Why do we have to prove we can live like
whitefellas, before we get the same opportunities?’
standing up
Gladys: ‘We’ve been humble too long.’
speaking on behalf of papa dear
the encyclopedias “celestial music”
white epistemology
Nan Dear: “I’m not gunna die. Not here, anyway. Gotta go back to me old place to do that.”
cummeragunja
Nan: “Sometimes, you have to move on. Leave things behind…Even things you love.”
moving on
The lights change for a dream sequence. Gladys sees Dolly in a robe and clapboard hat…Gladys looks around, fearful that her ‘daydream’ has been witnessed…
scared to dream
