WWTBGN - Quotations Flashcards
“Your ___ detective who is - a ___, who is ___ who has ___ with ___ but still very much ___”
“Your lone detective who is - a maverick who is divorced who has trouble with women but still very much macho”
- Kate Atkinson
“A gold___… he liked male ___ - cars, knives, ___, watches…. a ___ car”
“A gold Breitling… he liked male paraphernalia - cars, knives, gadgets, watches…. a flash car”
Theme: Jackson Brodie
Theme: Stereotypical masculine
“How ___ would it take for the ___ to ___? ___, thats was how long”
Theme:
When:
Analysis:
“How long would it take for the police to respond? Forever, thats was how long”
Theme: Jackson Brodie
When: Flesh and Blood
Analysis: Presented as independent maverick
“He shrugged ___. Im looking for the ___”
“___, he said, turning on the ___”
“He shrugged helplessly. Im looking for the waterfall”
“Sorry, he said, turning on the charm”
- Jackson Brodie
- Flesh and Blood
- Manipulative, knows how to behave with women, power, shepard mentality, thinks he’s God’s gift to women = strange mix of confident and insecure which makes him believe it’s appealing to women but lacks the ability to maintain a relationship.
“___, he dropped the ___ into it and closed it with a ___ ___”
“Carefully, he dropped the hair into it and closed it with a plastic clip”
Jackson Brodie
Flesh and Blood
Tough guy exterior belies on a deeply empathetic heart
“Blonde ___ as an ___ turkey”
Theme:
When:
Analysis:
“Blonde buxom as an overstuffed turkey”
Theme: Jackson Brodie
When: To brig ‘O Dread Thou Com’st At Last
Analysis: He thinks hes God’s gift to women, animalistic imagery, dehumanises women
“He wanted a ___ so he could ___ him things”
“He wanted a son so he could teach him things”
Jackson Brodie
Ad Augusta per Augusta
Portrayed as lonely, amplifies his desire for unconditional love that young children give to their parents and he wants to feel needed by a person dependant on him
“____ really took any ___ of ___ at all”
“Nobody really took any notice of Reggie at all”
Reggie Chase
Life and adventures?
Innocent, naive, young girl
“___ never went into ___, for one thing she ___ have ___ to go into a ___ with”
Theme:
When:
Analysis:
“Reggie never went into pubs, for one thing she didn’t have anyone to go into a pub with”
Theme: Reggie Chase
When:
Analysis: Pathos generated by Reggie by Atkinson
“___ liked ___, his books were full of ___ abandoned ___ struggling to make their ___ in the ___”
“Reggie liked Dickens, his books were full of plucky abandoned orphans struggling to make their way in the world”
Reggie Chase
Life and adventures
Academic achievements and relates to Reggies home life
The baby was called ___. ‘My ___’ ___ Hunter said”
“The baby was called Gabriel. ‘My angel,’ Dr Hunter said.”
Dr Joanna Hunter
Name symbolism - masculine adaptation of her mothers name, Biblical reference: the bringer of good news and light to the world before the birth of Jesus. Joanna talks of the baby in terms connected to light and positivity - bringer of hope to her life.
“___ Hunter was ___ but had trained to be a ___ in ___ and had never gone back ___ of the ___”
‘Dr Hunter was English but had trained to be a doctor in Edinburgh and had never gone back south of the border.’
Analysis: leaving her past behind
“The baby was ___, he was as ___ as the most valuable object. ‘Well I had to go to a lot of trouble to get him,’ Dr Hunter laughed”
“The baby was precious, he was as valuable as the most valuable object. ‘Well I had to go to a lot of trouble to get him,’ Dr Hunter laughed”
Analysis: Hyperbole emphasises the value Joanna places on family and what she would do to protect Gabriel. A response to the guilt she felt about not being able to help protect her own family. “lot of trouble” - euphemistic
“This baby was ___, he was ___ of her ___, he was the ___”
“This baby was everything, he was emperor of the world, he was the world.”
Reggie about Joanna
“Their mother was ___ down where she ___, the ___ knife ___ through her ___ as if it was slicing ___ ___”
Theme:
When:
Analysis:
“Their mother was cut down where she stood, the great knife carving through her heart as if it was slicing butcher’s meat”
Theme: Violence, victim, suspense, suffering
When: Harvest
Analysis: Simile dehumanises Gabrielle Mason: the murder has no value for her and carelessly slaughters her as if she were a piece of meat. Kills her without feeling.
The verb choices ‘slicing’ and ‘carving’ reflects the action that happened when harvesting crops = linking back to the tittle of the chapter.
“Just a ___”
Secondary quotation -
“Just a baby”
Secondary quotation -
Harvest
“He must have ___ Jessica too before she ran ___ because there was a ___ of ___, a ___ that led them to her, ___ not at first because the ___ of ___ has closed ___ her like a ___ ___. She was ___ with her arms ___ the ___ of the dog and ___ blood has ___ and ___ into the dry ___, feeding the ___, like a ____ to the ___”
“He must have stabbed Jessica too before she ran off because there was a trail of blood, a path that led them to her, although not at first because the field of wheat had closed around her like a golden blanket. She was lying with her arms around the body of the dog and their blood had mingled and soaked into the dry earth, feeding the grain, like a sacrifice to the harvest.”
Theme: Violence, suffering
Chapter: Harvest
Analysis: Casual tone reiterates how she’s reflecting on the horrible experience. - Disorientation and confusion – the maze-like field of wheat echoes the feelings of entrapment established at the beginning of the chapter. Simile ‘like a golden blanket’ portrays ‘Mothers Nature’ as a protective force and emphasises the children’s vulnerability. Mirrored in Jessica’s protective embrace of the dog. Dogs in the novel symbolise faithful companionship and protection, particularly when humans fail to provide the same. For example Scout tries to protect the family from being killed and later search dogs find Joanna Mason lost in the Wealth field, saving her life. Jessica’s blood is offered up ‘like a sacrifice to the harvest’, alluding to ancient harvest rituals of Pre-Christian Paganism. The sacrificial imagery perhaps implies that Jessica must die for Joanna to survive.
List the characteristics of Jackson Brodie
- Conventional protagonist
- Womanizer
- Sexist
- Hard boiled due to harsh past
- Archetypical hero
- Shepard mentality
- Maverick
- Independently minded
“Jackson hated ___. He had spent ___ time in them ___ most ___. He had ___ his ___ take an ___ to ___”
Theme:
Analysis:
“Jackson hated hospitals. He had spent more time in them than most people. He had watched his mother take an eternity to die”
Theme: past suffering, trauma, victim of a fractured childhood, guilt, death, pathos fro audience
Analysis:
“he has such ____ in him that he is ___ going to be ___ to the ___ darkness”
“he has such darkness in him that he is always going to be responding to the outer darkness”
Character: Jackson Brodie
“What she ___ meant was if you’re ___ on ___ one of these ___, I will ___ you to ___ with my ___ hands.”
“What she really meant was if you’re planning on harming one of these children, i will beat you to pup with my bare hands”
- Flesh and Blood
- Portrayal of women in English society, strong and protective.
There is only ___ place he wanted to be. ___.
There is only one place he wanted to be. Home.
Structurally, identify why ‘Flesh and Blood’ is tension rich and allows the audience to partake in detective work
‘Flesh and Blood’ is the chapter right after ‘Harvest’ where Joannas family was brutally murdered. The reader is unsure if the “alien” and “stranger” that “hid behind a copy of newspaper” is the killer from ‘Harvest’ as the male figure is only referred to by the pronoun “he”. Towards the end of the chapter, the reader is relieved to discover that the male is Jackson Brodie and not Andrew Decker.
“He could feel something ___ and ___ that he thought might be ___, but he had no idea if it was his ___ or someone ___”
“He could feel something warm and wet that he thought might be blood, but he had no idea if it was his own or someone else’s”
- Rapture Ready
- Jackson Brodie as vulnerable
“There was a smell of something ___ – ___ and something ___ chemical – ___ by a high-pitched ___ noise, as if ___ was ___ on metal.”
“There was a smell of something burning – rubber and something unpleasantly chemical – accompanied by a high-pitched shrieking noise, as if metal was grating on metal.”
“A ___ ___ voice in his head was trying to ___ him that if he went to ___ now it would be a ___ one.”
“He didn’t ___ if he ___ woke up ___”
“A nagging little voice in his head was trying to remind him that if he went to sleep now it would be a big one”
“He didn’t mind if he never woke up again”
- Rapture Ready
- Jackson Brodie as vulnerable
