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Small Island - Prologue
- Queenie
- "bold and brass"
- She knows her mind and
is strong willed
- She knows her mind and
is strong willed
- "You're not usually a silly girl, Queenie Buxton"
- She is intelligent though
sometimes naïve, often about
England
- She is intelligent though
sometimes naïve, often about
England
- "some had funny pointed
roofs and one, I was sure,
had half an onion on the
top"
- Very inquisitive
and quite
imaginative
- Very inquisitive
and quite
imaginative
- "bold and brass"
- Queenie's first impression
of black person
- "A black man who looked to be
carved from melting chocolate"
- chocolate is very luxurious and desired.
- She is fascinated
by him
- She is fascinated
by him
- chocolate is very luxurious and desired.
- "A monkey man"
- She sees him as a
different species -
but not in a cruel
way
- I think that this line makes
her sound very intrigued
- I think that this line makes
her sound very intrigued
- This could be
repetition of what
she has heard
others call black
people
- She sees him as a
different species -
but not in a cruel
way
- "Close enough so I could see him breathing"
- "A black man who looked to be
carved from melting chocolate"
- Her family
- "ill-fitting, fraying best
suits for the trip"
- Like to present
themselves well even
though they are not very
well off
- Perhaps like to
think of themselves
as a higher class
than they really are
- Like to present
themselves well even
though they are not very
well off
- Queenie's father
- "I can't be bothered with a fancy
name like that"
- Not high class
but working
class - not
particularly
rich either
- Not high class
but working
class - not
particularly
rich either
- "I can't be bothered with a fancy
name like that"
- "ill-fitting, fraying best
suits for the trip"
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