Small Island: Freedom/Opportunity Flashcards
‘_____________ _______ in England as ________ as the _____ on ________ trees’
‘Opportunity ripened in England as abundant as fruit on Jamaican trees’
- Use of simile to compare/ highlight contrast between England and Jamaica
- Shows hopes and dreams in host country
- Gilbert describes England positively + seems restless
‘I would soon be ______ in _________ and able to ____ ___ above these people’
‘I would soon be living in England and able to rise far above these people’
- Hortense associates sense of superiority with mother country + looks forward to her new home
- She will be able to look down upon those she views as inferior
‘I will ____ the ____ in this ______ when I am in ___________’
‘When I ________ this _________ I did not hear a ____’
‘I will ring the bell in this house when I am in England’ (Celia)
‘When I pressed this doorbell I did not hear a ring’ (Hortense)
- Recurring motif of doors/doorbells throughout whole
- Bell = represents freedom, opportunity/gains
- Newcomers stand at the door/threshold willing to integrate
- Ringing the bell allows newcomers to enter the threshold of British society through the door
‘A _________ between fixed identifications opens up the ___________ of cultural hybridity that entertains _________ without imposed __________’
‘A passage between fixed identifications opens up the possibilities of cultural hybridity that entertains difference without imposed hierarchy’
- Opening doors removes hierarchies, everyone can move between locations/cultures
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‘England became my _______’
‘England became my destiny’ (Hortense)
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- Aligns herself with England and its existence
- Believes she is bound to England/that it is her fate
‘I was a ______ living on _____ no bigger than the ______ of my _______’
‘I was a giant living on land no bigger than the soles of my shoes’ (Gilbert)
- Outgrown/disillusionment with Jamaica
- His hopes and dreams do not align with what Jamaica offers
‘The ______ out there is _______ than any ______ you can ________’
‘The world out there is bigger than any dream you can conjure’ (Gilbert)
- Fascination with the world beyond Jamaica
- Optimistic view of the world
- Desire to widen his horizons/seek new opportunities
‘It ______ to all the ______ like a ___________ castle’
‘it looks to all the world like a fairytale castle’ (Gilbert)
- Description of the house of parliament
- Romanticized/storytale depiction of England
- Fascination with a new world
‘__________ walked on a ________ of _____’
‘everyone walked on a blanket of gold’ (Gilbert to Celia)
- Recurring motif of gold/the ‘blanket of gold’
- Associates England with status/superiority
- England covered/veiled in prestige