Trevor In Wormsley
In Wormsley Common Underground station of London, nine years after World War Two.
The main event took place around the August bank holiday from Friday to Monday.
Cultural setting: In London, nine years after World War II, large populations of Europe lived in destruction and poverty.
Main Character Analyses:
Trevor:(Protagonist, round,dynamic)
As new member of the gang, Trevor had a upper class name and a father who was respected architect. These aspect could be easily made fun of in the gang. After T’s father lost his job during this chaotic post WWII period era, the family was force to move the poorer sector.T. had a taciturn and serious attitude during most of his time with the gang. His understanding of formal value and beauty was somewhat …show more content…
said. 'There'd be no fun if I hated him.' The last burning note illuminated his brooding face. 'All this hate and love,' he said, 'it's soft, it's hooey. There's only things, Blackie,' and he looked round the room crowded with the unfamiliar shadows of half things, broken things, former …show more content…
Mike indicate of mood in the story.
Imagery/ simile :
(112.4)".... Stuck up like a jagged tooth and carried on further to walls relics of its neighbor...."
(114.50)"T. Raised his eyes, as gray and disturbed as the drab August day."
(114.30)Simile: It was as through an impromptu court were about to form and to try some case of deviation.
(114.31)'It's got a staircase two hundred years old like a corkscrew. Nothing holds it up.'
Irony:
(122.157) “Do you know what my horoscope said yesterday? "Abstain from any dealings in first half of week. Danger of serious crash."
(118.93) “ and destruction after all is a form of creation. A kind of imagination had seen this house as it had now become.”
Its also ironic that Mr. Thomas was called Old misery when the new generation were raised in true misery after the war.
Symbol:
The house symbolized the old secure, lavish way of living. Growing up in a chaotic, destroyed world, the boys could not comprehend the goodness and prosperity in the previous generation. Property is their norm, starvation chaos and uncertainty accompanied their childhood. The house which is ancient, beautiful and stable is destroyed by the boys from inside out. They are detached from the formal
The main event took place around the August bank holiday from Friday to Monday.
Cultural setting: In London, nine years after World War II, large populations of Europe lived in destruction and poverty.
Main Character Analyses:
Trevor:(Protagonist, round,dynamic)
As new member of the gang, Trevor had a upper class name and a father who was respected architect. These aspect could be easily made fun of in the gang. After T’s father lost his job during this chaotic post WWII period era, the family was force to move the poorer sector.T. had a taciturn and serious attitude during most of his time with the gang. His understanding of formal value and beauty was somewhat …show more content…
said. 'There'd be no fun if I hated him.' The last burning note illuminated his brooding face. 'All this hate and love,' he said, 'it's soft, it's hooey. There's only things, Blackie,' and he looked round the room crowded with the unfamiliar shadows of half things, broken things, former …show more content…
Mike indicate of mood in the story.
Imagery/ simile :
(112.4)".... Stuck up like a jagged tooth and carried on further to walls relics of its neighbor...."
(114.50)"T. Raised his eyes, as gray and disturbed as the drab August day."
(114.30)Simile: It was as through an impromptu court were about to form and to try some case of deviation.
(114.31)'It's got a staircase two hundred years old like a corkscrew. Nothing holds it up.'
Irony:
(122.157) “Do you know what my horoscope said yesterday? "Abstain from any dealings in first half of week. Danger of serious crash."
(118.93) “ and destruction after all is a form of creation. A kind of imagination had seen this house as it had now become.”
Its also ironic that Mr. Thomas was called Old misery when the new generation were raised in true misery after the war.
Symbol:
The house symbolized the old secure, lavish way of living. Growing up in a chaotic, destroyed world, the boys could not comprehend the goodness and prosperity in the previous generation. Property is their norm, starvation chaos and uncertainty accompanied their childhood. The house which is ancient, beautiful and stable is destroyed by the boys from inside out. They are detached from the formal