Small Island: Belonging/Community Flashcards
1
Q
‘Do you want to _____ in the ___ with me? ______ room’
‘Gilbert Joseph, my husband, was a man of _____, a man of _________’
A
‘Do you want to sleep in the bed with me? Plenty room’
‘Gilbert Joseph, my husband, was a man of class, a man of character’
- Hortense finally letting Gilbert in (physically and metaphorically)
- Find community/solace in each other
- Share affection and growing intimacy
- Gained belonging through close relationships
2
Q
‘She offers you no _______ after your journey. No _____. No ______’
A
‘She offers you no comfort after you journey. No smile. No welcome’
- Gilbert experiences mocking, discrimination and displacement from host country
- Expectation vs reality
- Repetition of ‘no’ = all that Gilbert is missing/in absence of from England
3
Q
‘For it was a __________ to me - not for the _______ but for the act of _____________’
‘a _______ sweet ____________ me’
A
‘For it was a salvation to me - not for the sugar but for the act of kindness’
‘a sticky sweet rescued me’
- Welcoming/warm impact of a simple gesture
- Gilbert finally experiencing kindness within Britian’s cold interior
