The Deliverer Flashcards
Who is the speaker in The Deliverer?
Daughter recounting story of her mother delivering an abandoned baby from Kerala to America
What are the key events of The Deliverer?
Mother collects baby from convent
Shifts setting to airport where adopted parents are waiting
Shifts back to “desolate huts” where babies still suffer
Quote for semantic field of neglect in The Deliverer
“abandoned” “stuffed” “naked”
- they aren’t seen as valuable by society
-verbs
- brutal in their simplicity
Quote for syndetic listing in The Deliverer
“crippled or dark or girls”
- if its not perfect, they will ‘return’ them
- the babies have been dehumanised
- morally abused
- simple, casual language
Quote for metaphor in The Deliverer
“this girl grows up on video tapes”
What is the structure of the Deliverer?
Written in present tense but recounts events that took place in the past
Cyclical narrative ending with another baby being born
What is the tone in The Deliverer?
All negative in tone but in different ways
Themes in The Deliverer
Gender
Society and culture
Female Infanticide
