Small Island quotes- Hortense Flashcards
(24 cards)
What does Hortense say about the sun in the beginning of the novel?
1)”feel the sun’s heat on my face gradually change from roasting to caressing”
What does Hortense long to hear in England?
1)”Pushing my finger to hear the ding-a-ling, ding-a-ling… but when I pressed this doorbell I did not hear a ring. No ding-a-ling, ding-a-ling.”
What does Hortense describe Queenie’s house as?
The house I could see was shabby. Mark you, shabby in a grand sort of way.
What was at the foot of the steps to Queenie’s house?
-.”Avoiding a small lump of dog’s business that rested in some litter and leaves”
What did Queenie do to Hortense at the door after she asked for Gilbert?
.”She then shut the door in my face.”
What does Hortense say about her and Gilbert’s room?
1)”Just this?Just this?”
What does Hortense say about her skin?
1)”My father was a light complexion as light as his; warm honey. It was not the bitter chocolate hue of Alberta and her mother”
2)”With such a countenance there was a chance of a golden life for I.”
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What is the reason Hortense thinks a pupil is more trustworthy?
This light-skinned, green-eyed boy had looked the most trustworthy pupil”
What does Hortense say about the white woman at the school?
”Those white woman whose superiority encircled them”
What does Hortense say that illustrates economic issues in Jamaica post-war?
People stopped talking of the shortage of rice and, oh, those miserable days when the condensed milk ran out”
What did Gilbert tell Hortense about England?
1)”everyone walked on a blanket of gold.”
2).“He told me opportunity ripened in England as abundant as fruit on Jamaican trees”
What does Hortense say about England?
1) “England became my destiny”
2) .”I would soon be living in England and able to rise far above these people, higher than any disdain could ever take me”
What quotes By Hortense illustrate her state of realisation?
”I never dreamed England would be like this. So cheerless.”
Quotes about the birdsong and the blanket given to Hortense?
1).”Determined, I held my breath but still I could hear no birdsong”
2).”The bright caribbean colours of the blanket the old woman had given me…Miraculous – it was then I heard a bird sing. “
3).”’Where did you get that thing?’ she said, pointing at my blanket. ‘ It’s so bright. (Queenie)
What quotes show how Hortense wanted to make their room at Nevern St nice?
1)”And he cannot even see how I tidy up this wretched little room. How i make up the bed with the pretty bedspread”
How does Queenie look at Hortense’s clothing?
1)mrs bligh stare on me as if something was
wrong with my apparel”
What does hortense say about speaking proper English in England?
1)Since arriving in this country, had determined to speak in an English manner”
2)To speak English properly as the high-class, I resolved to listen to the language at its finest.Everyday my wireless was tuned to the most exemplary English in the known world.The BBC”
What does Hortense say to Gilbert when they reach the school?
1)” ‘You can leave me now…There is no need for you to darken up the place’”
2)” i Then informed him that a teacher such as I was not someone to be treated in the same way as a person n a low-class job”
What was Hortense told about being a teacher?
1” ‘ You can’t teach in this country. You’re not qualified to teach here in England’ ”
2.”Suddenly everything was dark. I was staring on a ladder, a mop and a broom”
What does Hortense say about the bus?
.”she held her hands as if on a steering-wheel saying, ‘ You can pretend you are the driver of the bus from here”
What happens to Hortense after the children say “youre black to her”
“Reverent as the devout before an altar, she gasped, astonished at buckingham palace”
but after the children saying she’s black she “stiff and composed she replied “ i have seen it in books”
What does Hortense say about England?
” i have found that this is a very cold country”
What does Hortense ask Gilbert about their new home?
“Will there be a bell at the door of our new house”
What does Hortense say about the new house?
“Just this”- now is a good thing
