Robbie Quotes Flashcards
‘So the cleaning lady’s son gets a …’
‘…scholarship to the local grammar’
snobbish, shows that although Robbie is a very talented and smart individual, he will always be looked down on
‘another vanished boy…
…, another vanished life that was once his own’
Talking about the horrors and deaths of war and reflects of his own ‘vanished life’ that was spent in prison.
‘She had opposed Jack when he proposed…
…paying for the boy’s education which smacked of meddling to her, and unfair on Leon and the girls. ‘
This is not unfair to the children, it is unfair to him because he does not have the same opportunities as their upper class family.
Shows Emily Tallis’ snobbish behaviour.
‘they chose to believe the evidence of a…
…silly, hysterical little girl.’
Shows the snobbery and unfairness of justice
