Aunt Julia flashcards
What is the theme for “ Aunt Julia spoke Gaelic very loud and very fast. I could not answer her — I could not understand her.”
Language barrier
What is the theme for “She wore men’s boots when she wore any. — I can see her strong foot, stained with peat,”
Practical
What is the theme for “paddling with the treadle of the spinningwheel while her right hand drew yarn marvellously out of the air.”
Practical and magical
What is the theme for “Hers was the only house where I’ve lain at night in the absolute darkness of a box bed, listening to crickets being friendly.”
Reflective
What is the theme for “She was buckets_ and water flouncing into them. She was winds pouring wetly _ round house-ends. She was brown eggs, black skirts_”
Practical
What is the theme for “and a keeper of threepennybits in a teapot.”
Savings
What is the theme for “Aunt Julia spoke Gaelic very loud and very fast. By the time I had learned a little, she lay silenced in the absolute black of a sandy grave at Luskentyre. But I hear her still, welcoming me”
Repetition and regret
What is the theme for “with a seagull’s voice across a hundred yards of peatscrapes and lazybeds and getting angry, getting angry with so many questions unanswered.”
Reflective and regret
