Small Island Flashcards
What Hortense quote, at the end of the novel, refers to being cold, whilst actually being a metaphorical representation for her transformation into a truly resilient British citizen?
“i paid it no mind as i pulled my back up against the cold”
- Contrasts- first morning in England, Hortense despises the cold: “with goosebumps rising as large as hillocks and my jaw aching with the effort of keeping my teeth from chattering”
- she adjusts to Britain and how cold and greulling it is by the end, also reflects her character development of becoming more accepting and flexible.
- Could suggest pride or her showing resillience for what is sure to be a challenfing fture.
Name 3 quotes or quote comparisons that suggest Hortense’s character development
+ From “Keep that thing away from me” to “You can sleep in the bed with me Gilbert”
+ From “I have not seen Gilbert, but this perchance where he is aboding” to “Cat got your tongue, Have you lost your cat?” to “ And the bell go ding-a-ling, ding-a-ling?/me sprigadee”
+ “ Hortenese sent him a look tht would have made a snesitive man disappear in a puff of smoke” to “ Her face, looking down on him, still had the pinched lips of someone annoyed, but it soon began to soften. He could do that to anyone”
How do descriptions of physicality affect the character of Bernard?
Makes him wholey unlikeable, he is described as being disgusting- “After a few hours (the smell of the
