Family relationships

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"It is eighteen years ago, almost to the day" - Walking Away topic sentence
He remembers the exact day, it is an important memory.
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"The leaves just turning" - Walking Away (B)
Transition between summer and autumn reflects the transition in the son's life.
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"Like a satellite wrenched from its orbit" - Walking Away (B)
Negative simile - a satellite isnt meant to fall out of orbit. Makes the son sound helpless and in danger. Also, perhaps the father has stopped being at the centre of hid sons life (holding him up - reliable)
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"Go drifting away" - Walking Away (B)
Enjambment highlights the way the boy turns to follow the other boys rater than his father.
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"Finds no path were the path should be" - Walking Away (M)
Repetition of 'path' emphasises that the father is desparate for his son to find his way in life and that he sees him as helpless.
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"Eddying away like a winged seed loosened from its parents stem" - Walking Away (M)
'eddying' shows the sns
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Card 2

Front

Transition between summer and autumn reflects the transition in the son's life.

Back

"The leaves just turning" - Walking Away (B)

Card 3

Front

Negative simile - a satellite isnt meant to fall out of orbit. Makes the son sound helpless and in danger. Also, perhaps the father has stopped being at the centre of hid sons life (holding him up - reliable)

Back

Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

Enjambment highlights the way the boy turns to follow the other boys rater than his father.

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

Repetition of 'path' emphasises that the father is desparate for his son to find his way in life and that he sees him as helpless.

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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