spies chapter 2 summary
1) Example of paradox: ’everything as it was- and everything has changed
2) House no. 14
3) The train is the sound that takes Stephen back.
4) The narrator talks about himself in third person to therefore create a nostalgic tone throughout the novel as he constantly looks back on his fond memories. Throughout the novel one of the major themes in time which also allows us as a reader to understand in more detail the time travel of one character from child to adult frequent. As one of the main themes is time Frayn tries to create a war time period- to do this he zeitgeists using things such as smell and sound. Frayn also uses first person narrative to transport us back to the present, this helps to separate the young Stephen from the older one which brings us further to explore the nostalgic tone when he talks about his past again.
5) The use of a semantic field creates an importance to a certain topic/subject: ‘perfection’ : ‘tidy, glittering, spotless, perfect, carefully, neatly’
The use of a paradox shows that the narrator could not remember and thing aren’t clear to him allowing the reader to also be confused with Stephen making us read into the nostalgic tone more
The use of personification on how nothing has changed creates imagery in our mind to create a better understanding of how the narrator feels
The use of colour code remind us that Stephen is inferior to Keith this is used during when Frayn explains the colour of uniforms
The use of ellipsis allows us to come to terms with there is a lot more to discover. It creates gaps in the text and show us the frustration the narrator has when having to think about his past
6) Keith’s father spends most of his time working at home and takes a massive attention to detail within everything almost presenting an idea that everything has to be perfect and in order. It is made clear to us throughout chapter 2 that Keith and his father do not have a strong relationship as Keith’s father mostly ignores him. He
2) House no. 14
3) The train is the sound that takes Stephen back.
4) The narrator talks about himself in third person to therefore create a nostalgic tone throughout the novel as he constantly looks back on his fond memories. Throughout the novel one of the major themes in time which also allows us as a reader to understand in more detail the time travel of one character from child to adult frequent. As one of the main themes is time Frayn tries to create a war time period- to do this he zeitgeists using things such as smell and sound. Frayn also uses first person narrative to transport us back to the present, this helps to separate the young Stephen from the older one which brings us further to explore the nostalgic tone when he talks about his past again.
5) The use of a semantic field creates an importance to a certain topic/subject: ‘perfection’ : ‘tidy, glittering, spotless, perfect, carefully, neatly’
The use of a paradox shows that the narrator could not remember and thing aren’t clear to him allowing the reader to also be confused with Stephen making us read into the nostalgic tone more
The use of personification on how nothing has changed creates imagery in our mind to create a better understanding of how the narrator feels
The use of colour code remind us that Stephen is inferior to Keith this is used during when Frayn explains the colour of uniforms
The use of ellipsis allows us to come to terms with there is a lot more to discover. It creates gaps in the text and show us the frustration the narrator has when having to think about his past
6) Keith’s father spends most of his time working at home and takes a massive attention to detail within everything almost presenting an idea that everything has to be perfect and in order. It is made clear to us throughout chapter 2 that Keith and his father do not have a strong relationship as Keith’s father mostly ignores him. He