structure

Question 1

describe a circular narrative

Answer 1

starts in present, skips to past and works forward

Question 2

what is the purpose of a circular narrative?

Answer 2

see change in characters, reader gets to know them and relate better

Question 3

two quotes for kathy’s change in emotive speaking (bildungsroman and circular narrative)

Answer 3

“he wasn’t going to make it” vs “screaming with laughter” “furious row”

Question 4

positives of retrospective narrative

Answer 4

honesty, deeper personal understanding of kathy. you only know as much as narrator therefore suspense and mystery

Question 5

negatives of retrospective narrative

Answer 5

bias unreliable viewpoint, only know us much as narrator but “i can’t remember” so key emotions and moments could be missed out

Question 6

three things that a three part structure represents

Answer 6

1) reflects her life is organised for her (lack of control)
2) she recognises that there are 3 eras of her life starting and finishing
3) symbolic of the three donations they harder then finish

Question 7

why is the hailsham section longer than the other? and QUOTE

Answer 7

more to say bc she valued this time more than the others, wants to cling on to her childhood and she can’t accept reality
“i’ve tried to leave hailsham”