Key Quotations (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards

Smell in third week of June unlocks Stephen's memory

Adult Stephen reflects on childhood with mature insight

Place unchanged but perspective transforms understanding

Keith 'knows about things' - establishes authority/hierarchy

Keith declares 'It's my mother. She's a German spy.'

'We're going to watch your mother. And follow her.'

Shows how language/misspelling constructs childhood reality

Capitalised terms showing wartime's oppressive suspended time

Class divisions embedded deeply in Keith's identity/status

Fragmentary flashes mirroring how memory actually works