TSR: Quotations Flashcards
1
Q
Thornhill’s responses to the Aboriginals
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- He re-encounters “that old familiar friend” of anger when he first engages with an Aboriginal man.
- He first said that “all the black looked the same”, but as he experiences his environment more and becomes acquainted with the Aboriginals, he now realises “how easily he could tell them apart”.
- When “[the man comes] up so close that Thornhill could smell could smell his thick animal scent”, he is uncomfortable as he is being further pushed out of this foreign society.
- Thornhill lets the Aboriginal man “[slap] Thornhill three times hard” and refuses to retaliate - which goes against the representations of settlers.
2
Q
Thornhill and the environment
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- He has an eerie experience with the “dense silence” of the bush.
- As he “steps out to wade ashore, he feels the silence deepen” around him, reinforcing Thornhill’s non-natural belonging to the place.
- He is saddened when he ruminates on the “weeds” that would “spring up in the yard” and the “creeping things” that would “move back in”.
