1-First meeting of Larry.2-Table Tennis match. 3-Larry returns to Frenchtown.4-Sexual assault.5-Francis finds Larry.
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Key event 1- First quote..
"Dazzling,movie star teeth"-Noticed by everyone. Natural authority.Smile makes people trust him.He's charismatic. Almost too good to be true.
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Key event 1- Second quote..
"A touch of Fred Astaire in his walk"-Shows Larry is good at what he does.
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Key event 2- First quote..
"Suddenly inscrutable, mysterious"-Eyes unreadable, show he could be hiding something.Francis fears Larry is toying with him.
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Key event 2- Second quote..
"His final gift to me"-Although Larry tried to do a nice thing for Francis, he didn't realise Francis wouldn't feel like a champion. Foreshadows Larry's death.
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Key event 3- First quote..
"A bright pied piper for their children"-Real pied piper led children to death.Pied piper hypnotic. Shows Larry has hidden agenda (foreshadows sexual assault).
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Key event 3- Second quote..
"Something different about him"-War changed him."dark hints" about past hinted at sexual assault. War makes him more dangerous and callous about it.
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Key event 3- Third quote..
"His slenderness was knife-like now, lethal"-Dangerous,intimidating,scary. Foreshadows assault.Knife=weapon that causes damage.
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Key event 4- First quote..
"They were Larry's words, not mine"-Hypnotic-pied piper. Shows Francis has internal struggle between Larry and Nicole.
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Key event 4- Second quote..
"A ghostly silhouette"-Shows Larry will always be a ghost in Nicole and Francis' lives
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Key event 4- Third quote..
"whistling softly"-Larry has no conscience. Suggests he's sexually assaulted before.
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Key event 5- First quote..
"He seems fragile now"-Aged because of war, frail, injured, tired, weak.Lost what made him special-dancing.
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Key event 5- Second quote..
"He flinches as if reeling at an unexpected blow"-Larry doesn't care that he was caught out, just his reputation.
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Key event 5- Third quote..
"Does that one sin of mine wipe away all the good things"-Believes actions are justified. No regret.Cormier showing that even the bad people can do good things.
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Key event 5- Fourth quote..
"Go Francis. Leave me here. Leave everything here"-Tries to give Francis a future and remove guilt, echos table tennis match.
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Key event 5- Fifth quote..
"Pistol shot cracked through the air"-Commits suicide, takes Francis' feeling of revenge away. Francis at metaphorical crossroads (railway station) between Larry and Nicole
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Card 2
Front
Key event 1- First quote..
Back
"Dazzling,movie star teeth"-Noticed by everyone. Natural authority.Smile makes people trust him.He's charismatic. Almost too good to be true.
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