Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Zimmerobics
- techniques
- 1st person narrative
- "I know I am lucky and grateful and I didn't mean to be ungrateful."
- settings
- Retirement home
- "It's just that a sheltered house meant the end of everything".
- mood reflected in weather
- "It was a filthy day outside and the room was filled with shadows".
- Humour
- "There was Edna with her tongue sticking out".
- "It really suits you" said a woman whose navy blue one definitely didnt suit her".
- "I hope she doesn't need to go to the toilet in a hurry".
- "We looked like jellybabies in our tracksuits".
- Themes
- A loss of lust for life
- "Its so much bother to shove the thing in front of me I can't be bothered".
- "I'd rather sit and daydream out the window".
- secret longing for company
- "I wish shed' just sit down and talk to me".
- "I became drawn into the conversation and it wasn't that bad."
- Feel good ending
- "There I was at the end . .clapping my hands . . .in perfect time to the music