Originally Flashcards
Train’s description as “Red room” and “Fell through the fields”
The colour red has connotations of passion or anger, perhaps reflecting her own feelings about being forced to leave the city of her birth and early childhood. At the same time, the word choice and alliteration of fell and fields emphasise her feelings of impotence and lack of control in the making of this important decision.
“We came from our own country”
The opening line emphasises that this decision affected her entire family. The deliberate assonance of “our own” reinforces her definite sense of belonging to and possession of a particular place.
“bawling home, home”
The repetition and capitalisation of the word home reinforces the misery and overwhelming sense of loss and separation that she associates with this time.
“Stared at the eyes of a blind toy”
The word choice of blind again exposes her uncertainty and anxiety as they head towards something unknown and unfamiliar.
