The Ghost Road Themes
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- The Ghost Road Themes
- Ceremony/ Ritual
- Hospital treatment
- Rivers treatment of Moffet (chpt 2 and 4)
- Nijru’s treatment for Namboko
- Eddystone
- Skull House - Celebrates Death
- Mara losing her virginity pg 157
- The Head Hunt after the Chief dies (pg 158)
- Eddystone
- Eddystone
- Skull House - Celebrates Death
- Mara losing her virginity pg 157
- The Head Hunt after the Chief dies (pg 158)
- War
- Billy’s father dressed in his best suit sending his son off (chpt 3)
- Gas Drills pg 180
- Hospital treatment
- Death/Ghosts
- Katherine’s future (chpt 6)
- Johnny’s death (chpt 5)
- Moffet’s attempted suicide (chpt 4)
- Billy’s attitude towards England - feels it’s full of ghosts (chpt 5)
- Billy’s diary entries - structure is a countdown to death
- “rows of crosses in the mission graveyard” - (pg 125) reflective of the unknown soldiers
- Ceremony/ Ritual
- Hospital treatment
- Rivers treatment of Moffet (chpt 2 and 4)
- Nijru’s treatment for Namboko
- War
- Billy’s father dressed in his best suit sending his son off (chpt 3)
- Gas Drills pg 180
- Hospital treatment
- Ceremony/ Ritual
- Hallet’s death (pg 275)
- Memories/ Childhood/ Innocence
- River’s childhood memories (chats 2,4,6)
- Kath remains very childlike - innocent (chpt 6)
- Katherine’s future (chpt 6)
- Changes in Sarah and Billy’s appearances - death of innocence (chpt 5)
- Death/Ghosts
- Johnny’s death (chpt 5)
- Moffet’s attempted suicide (chpt 4)
- Billy’s attitude towards England - feels it’s full of ghosts (chpt 5)
- Billy’s diary entries - structure is a countdown to death
- “rows of crosses in the mission graveyard” - (pg 125) reflective of the unknown soldiers
- Hallet’s death (pg 275)
- Death/Ghosts
- Potts and Hallet - young naive and want to be part of war (pg 147)
- Bubbles mentioned throughout - metaphor for memories
- Relationships/Sex and Sexuality
- Reference to the Pemberton Billing (chpt 6)
- Billy
- Manning (chpt 6) - hints as his sexuality
- Sarah (chpt 5)
- Nellie (Chpt 3)
- His treatment of Lindsey
- Father and Son relationship with Rivers (chpt 6)
- Behaviour towards regiment (pg 147)
- Tries to surprise sexual fantasy (pg 147)
- Masculine vs feminine
- Kath (dependent) juxtaposes Ada (independent)
- Nellie (chpt 3) takes advantageof war through prostitution
- Suffragette movement (chpt 5)
- Moffat ashamed he never went to war (masculine trait which he doesn’t have) (chpt 2)
- Women only get a choice on Eddystoneof when they die (pg 187)
- War/Time/ Home vs Front
- Louie living with her parents (chpt 1)
- Sarah works in a factory
- Masculine vs feminine
- Kath (dependent) juxtaposes Ada (independent)
- Nellie (chpt 3) takes advantageof war through prostitution
- Suffragette movement (chpt 5)
- Moffat ashamed he never went to war (masculine trait which he doesn’t have) (chpt 2)
- Women only get a choice on Eddystoneof when they die (pg 187)
- Masculine vs feminine
- War has become the normality - a game of football is insane (chpt 6)
- Might’s treatment take times to work (chpt 4)
- Billy’s diary entries countdown to the end of war
- Billy mocks the hierarchy of war (pg 108) Marxist view
- Headhunting
- Gas Drills
- Social Class
- Billy’s position and mockery of the hierachy of the army
- Billy mocks the hierarchy of war (pg 108) Marxist view
- His position meant he could have found someone better than Sarah
- Significantrole in France
- Behaviour towards regiment (pg 147)
- Social expectations Victorian ideas remain at home
- Billy’s position and mockery of the hierachy of the army
- Ceremony/ Ritual
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