Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Power
- The children want to suggest that they receive tokens when a
piece of their art is taken for the gallery.
- 'we were all pretty scared of her'
- Miss Emily had power over the students at Hailsham,
this is reinforced by the adjective 'scared.'
- The pronoun 'we' shows she had power
over ALL the students at Hailsham.
- 'it took some nerve to go and see her'
- Miss Emily was more powerful and it took
someone brave to go and see her.
- When Madame sees Kathy dancing
- 'And the odd thing was she was crying.'
- This is a power shift because usually the guardians are in charge but Madames actions of crying shows her vulnerability.
- 'she just went on standing out there ,sobbing and sobbing.'
- The repetition emphasises how strange it was for Kathy to see an adult crying
- Kathy feels uncomfortable as she doesn't know what
provoked Madame to cry and this reinforces the fact that
even in Madames most vulnerable state she still exerts
power over Kathy
- 'I froze in shock.'
- The use of the full stop and simple
sentence shows Kathys reaction was
quick and this suggests she was scared.
- 'framed in the doorway'
- Madame is in the middle of the doorway therefore
blocking Kathy's only way out OR she isn't actually
in the room so therefore creating a divide
between herself and Kathy reinforcing the
dominance.
- Kathy explains the power Ruth had other her friends
- 'everyone was waiting for Ruth's response'
- This shows they needed Ruths approval before they could comment. Showing power.
- '-which was usually what happened whenever something a bit awkward came up'
- This had happened more than once before. This shows
that Ruth has consistently had power over people.