My Boy Jack by David Haig (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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What Kipling views as supreme test of true manhood
What Kipling views as supreme test of true manhood
Military service and enlistment
What honour becomes linked with for Kipling
What honour becomes linked with for Kipling
Frontline sacrifice and wartime service
Jack's personal aspirations
Jack's personal aspirations
Attending art school and pursuing creative freedom
What Jack's enlistment partly represents
What Jack's enlistment partly represents
Act of rebellion against father's suffocating control
British exceptionalism definition
British exceptionalism definition
Belief Britain and its empire were superior to other nations
Jingoistic rhetoric definition
Jingoistic rhetoric definition
Aggressive, bellicose patriotic language supporting war
Battle where Jack disappears
Battle where Jack disappears
Battle of Loos
How Carrie Kipling copes with grief
How Carrie Kipling copes with grief
Quiet resilience and strength
Kipling's wartime propaganda role
Kipling's wartime propaganda role
Writing verses and materials glorifying sacrifice
Central irony in the play
Central irony in the play
Contrast between public heroism and private devastation