Characters and Relationships (HSC SSCE English Standard): Flashcards
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How characters defined in Cold Enough for Snow
How characters defined in Cold Enough for Snow
By how they perceive world & what they choose not to say
Narrator's 'curatorial sensibility'
Narrator's 'curatorial sensibility'
Carefully selects & arranges experiences like gallery exhibits
Type of narrator used in novella
Type of narrator used in novella
Unreliable narrator
Mother's emigration journey
Mother's emigration journey
From rural China, worked HK factories, settled in Australia
Mother's defining character trait
Mother's defining character trait
Stoic restraint
Mother's phrase about companionship
Mother's phrase about companionship
Happy in each other's company & have no need for words
Central paradox of mother-daughter relationship
Central paradox of mother-daughter relationship
Physical proximity but emotional distance/chasms
Daughter's love language vs mother's
Daughter's love language vs mother's
Curatorial effort (doing) vs wordless coexistence (being)
Mother's 'subtle rebellions' examples
Mother's 'subtle rebellions' examples
No hiking boots, vanishes at inn, refuses planned activities
Uncle's romance significance
Uncle's romance significance
Contested memory - denied by mother & sister