The Secret River Flashcards
Finish the Quote, “He had thought that having a gun-
“He had thought that having a gun would make him feel safe, so why did it not?”
What’s the start of this quote? “[Blank] Would make him feel safe, so why did it not?
“He had thought that having a gun would make him feel safe, so why did it not?”
Finish the quote “It was an old pain retuning to find that William Thornhill, felon, was . . .”
“It was an old pain retuning to find that William Thornhill, felon, was waiting under the skin of WIlliam Thornhill, Land owner.”
What’s the start of this quote? “[Blank] was waiting under the skin of WIlliam Thornhill, Land owner.”
“It was an old pain returning to find that William Thornhill, felon, was waiting under the skin of William Thornhill, Landowner.”
Finish the quote “In the world of these naked savages, . . . “
“In the world of these naked savages, it seemed everyone was gentry.”
How does this quote start? “[Blank] it seemed everyone was gentry.”
“In the world of these naked savages, it seemed everyone was gentry.”
Finish this quote. “They got no rights to any of this place, no more than a sparrow. . . “
“They got no rights to any of this place, no more than a sparrow” He heard the echo of smashers phrases in his words. They sat there smiling and plausible.”
How does this quote start? ‘He heard the echo of smashers phrases in his words. They sat there smiling and plausible.”
“They got no rights to any of this place, no more than a sparrow” He heard the echo of smashers phrases in his words. They sat there smiling and plausible.”
Finish this quote “ He could hear the great machinery of london, the wheels of justic chewing up felons and spitting them out here, boat load, after boat load . . .”
He could hear the great machinery of london, the wheels of justic chewing up felons and spitting them out here, boat load, after boat load, spreading out from the government wharf in sydney Arce, by Acre, slowed by rivers, mountains and swamps.”
What comes first in this quote? “[Blank] spreading out from the government wharf in sydney Arce, by Acre, slowed by rivers, mountains and swamps.”
“He could hear the great machinery of london, the wheels of justic chewing up felons and spitting them out here, boat load, after boat load, spreading out from the government wharf in sydney Arce, by Acre, slowed by rivers, mountains and swamps.”
Finish this quote “How did it apply to a moment like the one down by the blacks fire, when a white man and a black one had . . .”
“How did it apply to a moment like the one down by the blacks fire, when a white man and a black one had tried to make sense of each other with nothing but words that were no use to them.”
How does this quote start? “[Blank] tried to make sense of each other with nothing but words that were no use to them.”
“How did it apply to a moment like the one down by the blacks fire, when a white man and a black one had tried to make sense of each others with nothing but words that were no use to them.”
When was the Secret River written?
2005, in NSW Australia
When is the Secret River set?
London England, and NSW 1777 to 1820s.
Who are the main characters in The Secret River?
William Thornhill, Willie, dickie, Sal Thornhill, Smasher, Long Bob/Long jack, Thomas Blackwood.
