The Ghost Road chapter 6
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- The Ghost Road chapter 6
- The description of Kath shows her as childish and innocent page 86
- She hasn't developed in a women mentally
- She's trapped because she's a women and because she's ill
- Hints to her being mentally ill
- 'Ramsgate had been bombed heavily, a great many civilians mainly women and children, killed.' Page 87
- Civilians struggling
- Ignored
- Rivers narrative sidelined
- Civilians struggling
- 'Even in faded sepia it was possible to tell what an exceptionally beautiful child she'd been' Page 89
- Past tense, she is no longer beautiful
- Wasted life
- Past tense, she is no longer beautiful
- 'the black wings spread, and the insect sailed out, a dark speck on the blue air' Page 91
- Metaphor for Kath
- Barker suggests Dodgeson wanted Kath
- 'He never stammered much when he was talking to girls' Page 90
- Barker suggests Dodgson felt comfortable round girls
- Problematic portrayal
- Barker suggests Dodgson felt comfortable round girls
- Marriage was Kath's only way out but she never got married Page 92
- Feminism
- 'Small children are not like adults, he insisted. What terrifies them may seem trivial to us' Page 96
- Applies to soldiers as well
- Page 98 shows how River's and Prior have a father son bond
- Page 100 shows how the homosexual society was mainly made up of the upperclass
- Page 102 'No the battle was mad. The football was sane'
- In war football is seen as insane whilst battle is sane
- Page 104 of Abraham and his son
- Reflect Rivers and Prior
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- Reflect Rivers and Prior
- The description of Kath shows her as childish and innocent page 86
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