Who Said
"Now go to your room, and pray. Pray, you wretched boy for a forgiveness you do not deserve"
Joseph Strorm
"then all his _______ drained away, and his face went ________ grey"
"Colour" and "Blotchy"
"Dreams were funny things, and there was no accounting for them"
Chapter 1
"My voice must have carried, for silence fell on the whole room like a clap"
Simile
What does blasphemed mean?
To show contempt/disrespect for God, to go against God's rules/ways
"You're out of order this time"
Inspector
“Any government that could pass creatures like that is _______ and ________”
"Corrupt" and "Immoral"
"Instead, they seemed at first glance to be just two ordinary men with beards - though unusually dirty, and with very ragged clothes."
Chapter 4
"the teeth looking like a savage animal’s”
Simile
What does rectitude mean?
Morally correct way of thinking.
"It would be best if you forgot it altogether"
Uncle Axel
“It’s my official duty to protect them from harm by ______ and ________”
"Fools" and "Bigots"
"Instead, this room has several drawings of horses, which I thought very fine."
Chapter 1
"as he swept it down the knife flashed in the light of the rising sun"
Visual imagery
What does depredations mean?
Attacking or plundering
"This place, then, would be Waknuk?"
Spider-man
“Pray, you ________ boy for a _________ you do not deserve, but which God, in His mercy, may yet grant you.”
"wretched" and "forgiveness"
"This was a time when I passed out of a placid period into one where things kept on happening."
Chapter 4
"faded the pink and gold with preaching, and produced a sad, grey wraith of wifehood who died, unprotesting, a year after her second son was born.¨
Symbolism, Contrast
What does pedant mean?
A person excessively concerned with minor details and rules
"We'll keep it secret, and never talk about it again?"
Mrs Wender
"It must have been a _____________ instinct which had made us keep the thing to ourselves, for we'd no _______ feeling of danger”
"self-preserving", "active"
"Respect for God was frequently on his lips, and fear of the devil constantly in his heart"
Chapter 2
"God never made horses the sizes of these. The Government can't have approved them."
Absolute word, italics (for emphasis)
What does "Tribulation" mean?
Waknuk believes it is God's punishment to the Old People for not being faithful/obedient enough
We know it's the result of nuclear weapons