Ch.11 Flashcards
(5 cards)
1
Q
What phrase from chapter 2 is repeated at beginning of chapter 11?
ch.11
A
- “everything is as it was, and everything has changed.”
2
Q
How does Stephen describe himself looking back on his life?
ch.11
A
- “Stephen Wheatley has become this old man, treading in footsteps of his former self.”
3
Q
How is it clear that Stephen, even as an old man, still self-depricated himself?
ch.11
A
- “my job was never a real job.”
- Still looking up to Keith being better than him, being a lawyer.
4
Q
Irony of Stephen hating Germans throughout the whole book?
ch.11
A
- He is German.
- Changed his name from Stefan to Stephen.
5
Q
How does Stephen describe his Jewish heritage?
A
- “what we were”: what = indocrinated to believe that he is less of a person.
- “We were the Juice in a Juiceless district.” –> people at Trenwennick were Orthodox Greeks.
- Shows racial prejudice of The Close.
