Livingstone
What are the staff members at Livingstone called?
What are Decos.
This institution is where pregnant Gutter children such as Elimina are sent.
What is Miss Charlottes Home for Troubled Girls
These people live in the Gutter surviving off of cheques from the government in exchange for a larger debt.
What are Subs
This place is where Sossi people who hid during the war live.
What is The Hill
This character was the headmaster of Livingstone
Who is Mr Gregors
What is David's specialty job?
What is woodworking/carpentry.
This character who wished to be called a different name became Eliminas friend.
Who is Tilly
People in the Gutter have very limited access to this essential resource.
What is good healthcare
This dominant narrative portrays one side as heroes and the other as enemies.
What is the Mainland government.
Many authority figures help maintain this unequal system.
What is oppression?
Livingstone represents this major theme of oppression and control.
What is systemic discrimination
Riverside highlights the unequal distribution of this within society.
What are resources and opportunities?
The conditions in the Gutter reveal this major theme.
What is social injustice?
Postcolonial criticism encourages readers to question whose version of the war is being told.
Who are the colonizers
Authority figures often justify their actions by claiming they are maintaining this
What is power
The treatment of students at Livingstone represents this postcolonial concept that seperates the opressed from the opressor.
What is othering
Residents of Riverside often face prejudice because of this.
What is social status/background?
The Gutter demonstrates the consequences of this government's policies.
What is discrimination and exclusion?
The Sossi perspective suggests they were viewed in this unfair way.
What is as inferior or less human
Their actions reflect this postcolonial idea of power over marginalized groups.
What is colonial domination?
Livingstone attempts to erase this aspect of the children's identities, and inflict their values.
What is Sossi heritage
Riverside serves as a symbol of this social issue.
What is segregation/inequality?
The Gutter can be viewed as a symbol of what happens when society denies people this.
What is equality and human rights?
Understanding both sides of the Great War helps reveal this theme.
What is historical bias/perspective?
The authority figures' treatment of the Sossi and gutter children demonstrates this abuse of power.
What is institutional oppression?