The story
what's the name of the town in ireland where connell and marianne both grow up?
Carricklea
connell goes through a really rough depressive period. what's the event that triggers it?
his friend rob dies by suicide
"he brought goodness with him like an atmosphere", who thinks this and who are they thinking about?
marianne thinks this about connell
what sport does Connel play?
marianne keeps ending up in a relationships where she gets treated badly. rooney links it back to her childhood what happened there?
her dad was abusive and her brother alan is bad to her. she grew up thinking she didn't deserve to be treated well
"she just wanted someone to tell her what to do, and connell had always been willing to do that", what does this say about marianne as a person?
that she struggles to trust herself and kind of gives control away to other people.
at the very end of the book connell gets into a writing programme. what city is it in and what does marianne say about it?
new york, he gets into an mfa writing programme there. marianne tells him to go even though it means they'll be apart.
connell and marianne kind of heal each other in a way .what do you think rooney is saying about love and mental health in this book?
feeling truly seen by someone is healing on its own. their relationship makes both of them feel like they actually matter to someone.
"it was culture as class performance, literature fetishised for its ability to take a provincial kid... and make him acceptable to educated people", what is connell actually saying here?
he's saying that at trinity loving books and art is just a way of seeming posh. it's not about actually caring about literature it's about fitting in with a certain class.