Fill in the gap: "We have ＿＿＿＿＿ and worth" Tufty, Ch 33

Answer: "We have dignity and worth"

Fill in the gap: "Maureen would say his shed was a ＿＿＿＿＿" Narrator, Ch 31

Answer: "Maureen would say his shed was a pigsty "

Fill in the gap: "You ＿＿＿＿＿ him. He's all I have" Mr Devlin, Ch 37

Answer: "You stole him. He's all I have"

Fill in the gap: "Sometimes all the things he has to do make Leon so ＿＿＿＿＿ and angry" Narrator, Ch 5

Answer: "Sometimes all the things he has to do make Leon so tired and angry"

Key quote: "Some days Leon doesn't go to school at all, just stays at home with Jake while their mom sleeps" Narrator, Ch 4

Analysis The flat, reporting tone lets the neglect speak for itself. Leon is looking after his baby brother instead of being looked after himself.

Key quote: "if he'd done a better job in the past, he wouldn't be in this position now" Narrator, Ch 36

Analysis Leon has taken the break-up of his family on himself. His guilt shows how neglected children often blame themselves for what adults have done.

Key quote: "You've split them up and in my books that's a sin" Maureen, Ch 12

Analysis Maureen names the racism in a care system that finds an adoptive home for baby Jake but not for Leon. Calling it a "sin" turns that injustice into a moral wrong.

Key quote: "Big. Brother" Leon, Ch 2

Analysis The full stops give the two words the weight of a title. Being a big brother is the identity Leon holds onto when everything else is taken away.

Key quote: "Leon likes the sound of Tufty's voice and the feel of Tufty's hands on his shoulder" Narrator, Ch 31

Analysis The sensory detail shows how starved of male affection Leon has been. Tufty offers him the belonging his own family cannot.

Key quote: "I can't look after you properly, you know that, don't you?" Carol, Ch 41

Analysis Carol's question asks Leon to accept the loss himself. It is the one goodbye he is given directly, so it is the one he can begin to understand.

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My Name is Leon (AQA GCSE English Literature): Flashcards

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Fill in the gap: "We have ＿＿＿＿＿ and worth"
Tufty, Ch 33

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Fill in the gap: "We have ＿＿＿＿＿ and worth"
Tufty, Ch 33
Answer: "We have dignity and worth"
Fill in the gap: "Maureen would say his shed was a ＿＿＿＿＿"
Narrator, Ch 31
Answer: "Maureen would say his shed was a pigsty"
Fill in the gap: "You ＿＿＿＿＿ him. He's all I have"
Mr Devlin, Ch 37
Answer: "You stole him. He's all I have"
Fill in the gap: "Sometimes all the things he has to do make Leon so ＿＿＿＿＿ and angry"
Narrator, Ch 5
Answer: "Sometimes all the things he has to do make Leon so tired and angry"
Key quote: "Some days Leon doesn't go to school at all, just stays at home with Jake while their mom sleeps"
Narrator, Ch 4
Analysis
The flat, reporting tone lets the neglect speak for itself. Leon is looking after his baby brother instead of being looked after himself.
Key quote: "if he'd done a better job in the past, he wouldn't be in this position now"
Narrator, Ch 36
Analysis
Leon has taken the break-up of his family on himself. His guilt shows how neglected children often blame themselves for what adults have done.
Key quote: "You've split them up and in my books that's a sin"
Maureen, Ch 12
Analysis
Maureen names the racism in a care system that finds an adoptive home for baby Jake but not for Leon. Calling it a "sin" turns that injustice into a moral wrong.
Key quote: "Big. Brother"
Leon, Ch 2
Analysis
The full stops give the two words the weight of a title. Being a big brother is the identity Leon holds onto when everything else is taken away.
Key quote: "Leon likes the sound of Tufty's voice and the feel of Tufty's hands on his shoulder"
Narrator, Ch 31
Analysis
The sensory detail shows how starved of male affection Leon has been. Tufty offers him the belonging his own family cannot.
Key quote: "I can't look after you properly, you know that, don't you?"
Carol, Ch 41
Analysis
Carol's question asks Leon to accept the loss himself. It is the one goodbye he is given directly, so it is the one he can begin to understand.

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