Fill in the gap: "They put ＿＿＿＿＿ on their arms" Harri, June

Answer: "They put chains on their arms"

Fill in the gap: "The baby trees are in a ＿＿＿＿＿" Harri, March

Answer: "The baby trees are in a cage "

Fill in the gap: "X-Fire's breath smells like cigarettes and ＿＿＿＿＿ milk" Harri, March

Answer: "X-Fire's breath smells like cigarettes and chocolate milk"

Fill in the gap: "＿＿＿＿＿ never sleep. They have to keep swimming or they'll die" Harri, June

Answer: " Sharks never sleep. They have to keep swimming or they'll die"

Key quote: "they don't know where you belong so they can't send you back" Harri, April

Analysis Auntie Sonia burns off her fingerprints to hide where she comes from. Identity here is something the state decides, not something a person feels.

Key quote: "They knew the fire would always win" Harri, July

Analysis The community watches the playground burn instead of acting. Resignation has replaced hope, which shows how inequality wears people down.

Key quote: "Germs from Africa are the most deadliest" Harri, March

Analysis Harri repeats racism he has heard without understanding it. The line shows how easily children absorb prejudice from the adults around them.

Key quote: "I saw the blood. His blood. If it can happen to him it can happen to anybody" Harri, June

Analysis The short, broken sentences show how badly the murder has shaken Harri. His innocence gives way to fear.

Key quote: "Violence always came too easy to you, that's the problem" The Pigeon, April

Analysis The pigeon's outsider voice judges how quickly anger turns into violence . It warns the reader about the world Harri is being drawn into.

Key quote: "I just wanted to get away before the dying caught us" Harri, March

Analysis Harri treats death as something he can outrun. The line foreshadows his own murder at the end of the novel.

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Pigeon English (AQA GCSE English Literature): Flashcards

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Fill in the gap: "They put ＿＿＿＿＿ on their arms"
Harri, June

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Fill in the gap: "They put ＿＿＿＿＿ on their arms"
Harri, June
Answer: "They put chains on their arms"
Fill in the gap: "The baby trees are in a ＿＿＿＿＿"
Harri, March
Answer: "The baby trees are in a cage"
Fill in the gap: "X-Fire's breath smells like cigarettes and ＿＿＿＿＿ milk"
Harri, March
Answer: "X-Fire's breath smells like cigarettes and chocolate milk"
Fill in the gap: "＿＿＿＿＿ never sleep. They have to keep swimming or they'll die"
Harri, June
Answer: "Sharks never sleep. They have to keep swimming or they'll die"
Key quote: "they don't know where you belong so they can't send you back"
Harri, April
Analysis
Auntie Sonia burns off her fingerprints to hide where she comes from. Identity here is something the state decides, not something a person feels.
Key quote: "They knew the fire would always win"
Harri, July
Analysis
The community watches the playground burn instead of acting. Resignation has replaced hope, which shows how inequality wears people down.
Key quote: "Germs from Africa are the most deadliest"
Harri, March
Analysis
Harri repeats racism he has heard without understanding it. The line shows how easily children absorb prejudice from the adults around them.
Key quote: "I saw the blood. His blood. If it can happen to him it can happen to anybody"
Harri, June
Analysis
The short, broken sentences show how badly the murder has shaken Harri. His innocence gives way to fear.
Key quote: "Violence always came too easy to you, that's the problem"
The Pigeon, April
Analysis
The pigeon's outsider voice judges how quickly anger turns into violence. It warns the reader about the world Harri is being drawn into.
Key quote: "I just wanted to get away before the dying caught us"
Harri, March
Analysis
Harri treats death as something he can outrun. The line foreshadows his own murder at the end of the novel.

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