https://padlet.com/l_bean1999/smallisland Made with a warm hug en-us 2016-08-29 17:59:27 UTC 2017-01-27 15:42:45 UTC hello@padlet.com l_bean1999 https://padlet.com/l_bean1999/smallisland/wish/120388959 -First person narrative across 4 people (individual monologues)
-Language reflects the speech of each individual
-3 immediate main characters
-Begins with prologue focused on Queenie's childhood
-Prologue highlights issues of that era
-Prologue could be foreshadowing the affect of Queenies childhood challenging these racist and stereotypical issues etc in the future
-Prologue focuses on the speech of the black man as does the rest of the novel, in particular with Hortense
-Possible symbolism of chocolate foreshadowing Queenie's later desires with Michael.
-Reflects childish innocence too
-Continuous flashbacks (long analepsis)
-Lack of chronology symbolises chaos of war on life and time
-Repetitive scenes and lines
-Hortense: formal
-Bernard :short sentences
-Bernard: brackets eventually used by Queenie
-Optimistic language used in 'Before' sections
-Before and 1948 appear as completely separate and different. Very contrasting
-Parallels such as Gilbert protecting Hortense from the riot then protecting her from a man in a car, but this time reveals change as she seeks comfort
-Parallels between Hortense and Queenie:
Both marry men they hate in order to escape, move to a large city in the hope of a secure future.
-Change amongst characters such as Bernard accepting present day and not the past old traditions]]> 2016-08-29 18:00:20 UTC https://padlet.com/l_bean1999/smallisland/wish/120388959 l_bean1999 https://padlet.com/l_bean1999/smallisland/wish/120687258 -War
-Segregation/rights/prejudice
-Love
-Empire
-Dreams/desire]]> 2016-08-30 19:54:38 UTC https://padlet.com/l_bean1999/smallisland/wish/120687258