Small Island: Freedom/Opportunity Flashcards

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‘_____________ _______ in England as ________ as the _____ on ________ trees’

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‘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
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‘I would soon be ______ in _________ and able to ____ ___ above these people’

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‘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
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‘I will ____ the ____ in this ______ when I am in ___________’

‘When I ________ this _________ I did not hear a ____’

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‘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
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‘A _________ between fixed identifications opens up the ___________ of cultural hybridity that entertains _________ without imposed __________’

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‘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 _______’

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‘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

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‘I was a ______ living on _____ no bigger than the ______ of my _______’

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‘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
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‘The ______ out there is _______ than any ______ you can ________’

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‘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
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‘It ______ to all the ______ like a ___________ castle’

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‘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
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‘__________ walked on a ________ of _____’

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‘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
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