Slessor Poetry
Visually conveys the image of despondence, it articulates the idea of passing time; creating a haunting memory of lost potential and the unsettling human experience of lingering regret.
Wild Grapes
What is our protagonist's full name?
Christopher John Francis Boone
What is the address of the Kerrigan house?
3 Highview Crescent, Coolaroo
What is the name of the Protagonist?
Ahmed
What is Orwell's main argument regarding the relationship between sports and nationalism?
Orwell argues that sports often exacerbate nationalistic sentiments, leading to hostility and a competitive spirit that can overshadow the values of fair play and sportsmanship.
Reflects Slessor's larger intention of writing about spaces between and after conflict - paradoxical for a war poem, suggesting that the loss and destruction is more keenly felt after, rather than during, the conflict
Beach Burial
What is the number of the first chapter in the book?
2
The name of the Kerrigan's neighbour from Lebanon (with correct spelling!)
Farouk
As soon as he gets home he likes to walk slow into the cemetery. . . rows of neglected graves. Conveys the motif of ______________
Death
How does Orwell describe the behavior of fans during competitive sports?
Orwell describes fans as often hostile and aggressive, revealing a tribal mentality that emphasises loyalty to one’s own team or nation over fair competition.
The insertion or religious connotative language in "sacramental", "Paradise" and the play on the words in "Have graved another Testament" and the farcical, disturbing image of "A scarlet Grace for holy meat"
Vesper Song
What does Christopher name his dog at the end of the novel?
Sandy
"We could just chat for hours." - Which two people is this quote referring to?
Dale & Wayne
Which colour is a symbol continued throughout the text? What does this colour symbolise?
The colour red - in Australia (Passion, nature, beauty) in Iraq (blood, war, violence)
What role does he believe sports play in shaping public attitudes towards conflict?
Orwell believes that sports can serve as a microcosm of conflict, encouraging an aggressive mentality that can spill over into real-life attitudes toward war and competition between nations.
Representing human experiences of urban living and challenges our assumptions about city life and invites us to reflect personally on images that we may previously have negative associations with.
William Street
What makes it a Super Good Day?
5 red cars
Where does Sal Kerrigan work part-time?
Sunbeam
Identify at least two themes from the text.
identity, belonging, and the complexities of place, etc
"At the international level sport is frankly mimic warfare." Is an example of what language technique?
Metaphor
Written in dramatic monologue form, and uses an allusion and extended metaphor of the narrator as the protagonist of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels and imagery of imprisonment to dwell on the pain and discomfort of human experience.
Gulliver
Name the Sherlock Holmes story that Christopher says is his favourite.
Hound of the Baskervilles
Where did Mr and Mrs Kerrigan first meet?
Greyhound races
Who is Ahmed's best friend in Australia?
Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence." Is an example of what technique?
Hyperbole, asyndeton