Brighton Rock Flashcards
(31 cards)
What happens in Part 1, Chapter 1 of Brighton Rock?
(Hale focaliser- evokes pity & empathy for victim) Hale is murdered after meeting Ida; Pinkie is initially characterised as 2D criminal figure, “grey inhuman seventeen year-old eyes”, evokes fear from readers
What happens in Part 1, Chapter 2 of Brighton Rock?
Pinkie goes to Snow’s to try and retrieve the card which Spicer left there, pretending to be Hale & mistakenly attempting to cover for the crime; he ends up meeting Rose & realising she’s “good with faces”, arranges to go out with her & realises he must silence her, they’re both Roman Catholics
What happens in Part 1, Chapter 3 of Brighton Rock?
Ida is established as the unofficial, unconventional/non-traditional ‘detective’ figure, female & governed by intuition rather than intellect/knowledge; goes to Hale’s funeral & to interview Molly “she liked a funeral- as other people liked a ghost story” “Ida’s mind worked with the simplicity and regularity of a sky sign”
What happens in Part 2, Chapter 1 of Brighton Rock?
Pinkie & Rose go out together to a dance, he threatens her with vitriol; threatens Brewer with razor
What happens in Part 2, Chapter 2 of Brighton Rock?
Pinkie goes to the Cosmopolitan to speak with Colleoni; his aspirations are ignited: Cosmopolitan as a setting in relation to him represents his ambitions of wealth & ascending societal hierarchy; “he was going to show the world. He was ready for more deaths.” feels alienated & humiliated, belittled & treated condescendingly by Colleoni die to age & class, indignant & Machiavellian attitude
What happens in Part 3, Chapter 1 of Brighton Rock?
Ida goes to interview Jim Tate and Rose, reads coroner’s report- “she threatened him with her ruthless vitality”, Greene saturates narration with oxymorons & war-related terminology, characterises her as destructive force, powerful
What happens in Part 3, Chapter 2 of the novel?
Spicer focaliser, Rose calls & tells him about Ida asking questions; decides he should leave gang & retire to Nottingham; photo gets taken
(careless victim, partially responsible)
What happens in Part 3, Chapter 3 of the novel?
Pinkie & Rose go out & she recognises Spicer’s photo
What happens in Part 3, Chapter 4 of the novel?
Pinkie returns & hears about Ida’s questions, decides he must kill Spicer
What happens in Part 4, Chapter 1 of the novel?
Racecourse scene- Pinkie gets attacked by Colleoni’s mob & Spicer gets attacked by Pinkie’s men but survives; Pinkie goes to Rose for help “eternal suffering had meant nothing to him- now it meant the agony of the slash of razor blades infinitely prolonged”; consults Prewitt about marriage
What happens in Part 4, Chapter 2 of the novel?
Ida tries to ‘save’ Rose
What happens in Part 4, Chapter 3 of the novel?
Pinkie has killed Spicer, sees Rose being interrogated by Ida
What happens in Part 5, Chapter 1 of the novel?
Sylvie tries to have sex with Pinkie (3D character, first proper insight into his sexual trauma & past/upbringing, motives for entering a life of crime & character context provided, empathy?)
What happens in Part 5, Chapter 2 of the novel?
Pinkie decides to marry Rose & proposes idea to her
What happens in Part 5, Chapter 3 of the novel?
Pinkie & Rose return to Nelson Place to ask her parents for permission- setting= exposed “nobody could say he hadn’t done right to leave this place, to committ any crime..”; described with semantic field of conflict- children running around with toy guns, Paradise Piece “as if it had been torn apart with bomb burts”
What happens in Part 5, Chapter 4 of the novel?
Ida indulges in sex & gluttony at the Cosmopolitan
What happens in Part 5, Chapter 5 of the novel?
Cubitt suspects Pinkie of Spicer’s death, Pinkie instructs him to leave the gang
What happens in Part 5, Chapter 6 of the novel?
Ida decides she should talk to a member of Pinkie’s gang
What happens in Part 6, Chapter 1 of the novel?
Cubitt goes to Cosmopolitan seeking job back from Colleoni, tells Ida about marriage & Hale’s murder
What happens in Part 6, Chapter 2 of the novel?
Pinkie and Rose get married, try and go to Cosmopolitan, end up at Frank’s, they have sex, Pinkie’s dream (past), realises Rose has always known about Hale
What happens in Part 7, Chapter 1 of the novel?
Rose flaunts her marriage at Snow’s, Ida pretends to be her mum and warns her
What happens in Part 7, Chapter 2 of the novel?
Pinkie consults Dallow for advice, begins to think Rose knows too much
What happens in Pary 7, Chapter 3 of the novel?
Pinkie warns Prewitt about Ida, suggesting a ‘holiday’
What happens in Part 7, Chapter 4 of the novel?
Pinkie starts to resent Rose changing his life & dreads future
