Exploring Transitions by Character in Tom Brennan Immediate Family 
Exploring Transitions by Character in Tom Brennan Brennan Family (Immediate)
Character
Transition being Explored
Quotation/page no./analysis of language or technique
Tom Brennan
Living with grandmother in new town of Coghill after leaving Mumbilli.
struggles with house rules and expectations such as saying grace and sharing grandmother’s cooking(KG) images of saints and prayers at
Gran’s house
going to Mass (Pp1568)
‘But we weren’t home. We were here.
Here in my grandmother’s dark, stuffy dining room, her gallery of saints watching us’. P5
‘...all of me was stuck, stuck in a place I didn’t want to bebut that made me think of
Daniel...he would give anything to be here, even at Gran’s’. P67
‘...in my ‘new’ room. I named it’ the cave’ because it was so brown and dark’.P13. Gran’s house was empty. The lights were off and the curtains drawn. It was creepy; our place in Mumbilli was noisy and open.
P48
Gran was stinking out the kitchen cooking lamb’s fry again. There was no way that I would ever eat that stuff. A few bowls of cereal was going to be dinner for the fourth night in a row. Not that I minded. I wasn’t hungry and nothing tasted good anyway. P 62
Attending new school, St Benedict’s
Catholic College, Coghill (Bennies)
‘I’m here too. I’m stuck in this shithole too.’ P36
I understood where she (Kylie) was coming from. It’s like don’t ask me now.
Don’t ask me to to let go of my breath because I don’t have the energy to clean up the mess. It’s just easier to keep holding it.’ P30
New Football team including new
"So I accepted his challenge and coach, new players and the way they turned it up" transitions of feelings play. towards the team and their style of play- having fun rather than winning. pg- 210
Not confident around Chrissy quote Confident around Chrissy
Start of Confidence When Chrissy said
"You know, we should do this every Tuesday night,” I felt
even
Character
Transition being Explored
Quotation/page no./analysis of language or technique
Tom Brennan
Living with grandmother in new town of Coghill after leaving Mumbilli.
struggles with house rules and expectations such as saying grace and sharing grandmother’s cooking(KG) images of saints and prayers at
Gran’s house
going to Mass (Pp1568)
‘But we weren’t home. We were here.
Here in my grandmother’s dark, stuffy dining room, her gallery of saints watching us’. P5
‘...all of me was stuck, stuck in a place I didn’t want to bebut that made me think of
Daniel...he would give anything to be here, even at Gran’s’. P67
‘...in my ‘new’ room. I named it’ the cave’ because it was so brown and dark’.P13. Gran’s house was empty. The lights were off and the curtains drawn. It was creepy; our place in Mumbilli was noisy and open.
P48
Gran was stinking out the kitchen cooking lamb’s fry again. There was no way that I would ever eat that stuff. A few bowls of cereal was going to be dinner for the fourth night in a row. Not that I minded. I wasn’t hungry and nothing tasted good anyway. P 62
Attending new school, St Benedict’s
Catholic College, Coghill (Bennies)
‘I’m here too. I’m stuck in this shithole too.’ P36
I understood where she (Kylie) was coming from. It’s like don’t ask me now.
Don’t ask me to to let go of my breath because I don’t have the energy to clean up the mess. It’s just easier to keep holding it.’ P30
New Football team including new
"So I accepted his challenge and coach, new players and the way they turned it up" transitions of feelings play. towards the team and their style of play- having fun rather than winning. pg- 210
Not confident around Chrissy quote Confident around Chrissy
Start of Confidence When Chrissy said
"You know, we should do this every Tuesday night,” I felt
even