To my nine year old self Flashcards
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3
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You must forgive me
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Distinguishes the difference between her past and present self
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‘We could be friends’ ‘We have nothing in common beyond a few shared years’
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We repetition = constantly caught in the past and how she is the product of the child she once was
Could: conditional - aware of the distance between them
She has changed and has dissociated from the child she was - a few shared years = lifetime for the child’
5
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I have spoiled this body we once shared
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Used to be carefr
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7
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‘That dream we had’ ‘fresh as the white paper to write it on’
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White = purity and innocence
Blank state full of potential
Link to John Locke theory that all children gain identity through their experiences
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