Pinkie, Cubitt, Dallow, Prewitt & Spicer. Brighton Rock Pt 4 Ch 1

Pinkie
1. "He said in a high broken adolescent voice"
  1. youth, can't be taken seriously
2. "He began to weep"
  1. highlights P's youth. He isn't as tough as he claims to be
3. "He stood with weak knees"
4. (to Spicer) "have a good time while you can"
  1. foreshadows events
5. "The Boy put his hand up as if to pat Spicer on the back and let it fall again"
6. "A passion of cruelty stirred in his belly. He put his hand up as if to pat Spicer on the back"
Cubitt
1. We find out more information about Cubitt
  1. character development
2. "Cubitt suddenly bellowed with laughter, his large mouth wide, his teeth carious"
  1. boistrous
3. "Cubitt came out of a downstairs room his mouth was stuffed with apple and he had a broken penknife in his hand"
  1. common
  2. working class
Spicer
1. "Departure made him a little sentimental"
  1. soft
  2. realises his gang days are coming to an end
2. "Samuel them, Spicer and the Boy come across the threadbare turf arm in arm like old friends"
  1. false perception of P and Spicer
3. (from Pinkie) "you get scared easily, don't you?"
  1. shows that Spicer is paranoid and aware of the possible consequences
Dallow
1. "Cubitt and Dallow quarelled unless Dallow went after Frank's wife"
2. "Cubitt and Dallow wouldn't give her a glance"
Prewitt
1. "His yellow shaven middle aged face was deeply lined with legal decisions"
2. "He came into the room with a hollow joviality, a dock-side manner"
3. "The sympathy didn't belong it could be peeled off his eyes like an auction ticket from an ancient flint instrument"
4. "He showed his tar tar coated teeth in a fatherly smile"

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