Higher English The Cone Gatherers Theme of Religion/Morality Flashcards
In chapter 10 Roderick has moral reasons for bringing the cake to the cone gatherers
“the cake, the symbol of reconciliation”
“The cake which would protect them from the spite of Duror”
In chapter 10, Roderick goes on a quest but this quest is a religious allegory as he calls it
“a kind of pilgrimage”
In chapter 16 Calum’s death shows the theme of religion as he is described as if he has been crucified
“He hung therefore in twisted fashion, and kept swinging”
In chapter 16, show how LRC’s religious side overcomes her Christian side
“as she wept pity, and purified hope, and joy, welled up in her heart.”
In chapter 16, Roderick wishes to climb the tree to morally redeem the cone gatherers by letting them save him
“They were morally obliged to do it”
Roderick is more moral than his mother in chapter 6, when he defends the cone gatherers
“You told me yourself,’ he muttered intensely, ‘never to be quiet if I saw injustice being done.”
In chapter 16, show how LRC is now moral and religious and begins to care about the cone gatherers when they are in danger
“Fear, anxiety, love, sorrow, regret, and hope…but not anger.”
