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English Language > Significant Cigarettes, Rose Tremain

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“Exhausting vigil” “angle blowing a  trumpet above him and all the angel’s radiance falling on him, in vertical lines” - religious imagery is presented indicating that the English are exceedingly blessed

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cultural contrast

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Shows how guilty he feels for being able to breath while his wife isn’t as fortunate

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This proves how desperate he was

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Contrast in English, cultural experience

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“There would be times when the journey would seem to never end” as this shows a exaggerated statement that is not meant to be taken seriously. As well as it is a short sentence, therefore  it builds tension

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Clinging to signs of hope “look for a clover leaf”

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Repeated throughout the third paragraph.Indicating the repetition used for word “world” seems foreign to him

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Dialogue reveals to the reader more about the characters personality as well as emotions

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“Even an unlit cigarette was a companion”

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“Even an unlit cigarette was a companion”

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Metaphor, highlights loneliness

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Not very social and prefers to do things on his own

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Source of comfort?

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He would hold himself apart from other people, find corners and shadows in which to sit and smoke, demonstrate that he didn't need to belong, that his heart remained in his own country

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He would hold himself apart from other people, find corners and shadows in which to sit and smoke, demonstrate that he didn't need to belong, that his heart remained in his own country

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The long sentences could possibly demonstrate how long and tiring the journey was all because he wanted to provide a decent life for his daughter

“Apart” “corners” and “shadows”- Create a dark imagery presenting misery and loneliness

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I'm going to their country now and I'm going to make them share it with me: their infernal luck.

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I'm going to their country now and I'm going to make them share it with me: their infernal luck.

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I’m going to”- shows determination alongside strength
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infernal (evil) luck - The use of colons illustrate  a rhetorical point conveyed which is how fortunate the English were.Therefore feelings of envy and anger are portrayed towards them as they were lucky, and he was not.

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I will do any work at all. My daughter Maya needs clothes, shoes, books, toys, everything. England is my hope.

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I will do any work at all. My daughter Maya needs clothes, shoes, books, toys, everything. England is my hope.

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use of commas shows the wide variety of objects a his daughter needs, as well as it shows how far her father will go for her. Linking to determination.

“everything” is placed at the end of the list, implying that his daughter needs much more

And they aren’t financially stable. Short sentence shows the hope and determination for the future

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short sentence, builds tension

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“just in case nature could cure what man had given up for lost“

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“just in case nature could cure what man had given up for lost“

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Shows the theme of hope as he has tried everything he possibly could to save his wife

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This simile portrays the unhappiness he feels as he lost his wife

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the fields of sunflowers scorched by the dry wind, at the pig farms, at the quarries and rivers and at the wild garlic growing green at the edge of the road.

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the fields of sunflowers scorched by the dry wind, at the pig farms, at the quarries and rivers and at the wild garlic growing green at the edge of the road.

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“fields of sunflowers scorched by the dry wind" this creates harsh, violent imagery for the difficult  lifestyle

‘garlic growing green” this conveys a  use of alliteration. Alongside green is regularly associated with growing and nature. Perhaps lev exclaims he hopes for a bright future

The garlic is exclaimed to grown at the 'edge of the road' .The word 'edge' implies that there is very little growing there, and any present is almost growing off the road.  Emphasizing that there is very little hope in his country because how most of the hope is not even on the road. The adjective 'wild' can also emphasize how little hope there is due to the fact that it seems unknown to them

scorched and growing - two different tenses were used which were the present and past tense creating a contrast between life and death. This foreshadows the message of "my time is coming" because the past tense can be linked to leaving his past behind and the present tense can show that there is hope growing for his future and for his daughter's future

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cultural identity

uncertainty
determination

homesickness

guilt/loss

need and desire

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Lev- is presented as migrant who needed to leave his family behind due to their financial situation
Lydia- is portrayed as a highly educated women who left her job out of boredom and desired to gain new experiences
There is an exceedingly clear contrast conveyed within both of these characters status, wealth and needs
The two coach drivers

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The extract is written in Third person as it gives access to the readers to a character's inner thoughts and emotions,

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Lev is on a coach from Eastern Europe(Auror) to London as he needs to look for a job in order to provide a majority of  essential resources to his family specifically daughter( books, clothes ect) as he has been struggling after his wife’s death.He then starts talking to Lydia,who is sat next to him and they start to exchange conversations  at a leisurely pace