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"All the little loved ones" Quotations
Cards in this deck (8)
- 1"I love my kids. My husband too..."•expresses love for kids in opening statement-> she puts kids before all else -> excellent parental figure
- 2"When he asks the question... its like he's speaking an ancient, forgotten language."husband char ADD
- 3"I don't want to be asked either question, the conversation must be kept moving, hopping across the surface of our lives like a smooth flat stone."ADD
- 4"I am feeling it, the rush of blood, the sensation of, yes, swooning. It comes in waves. Does it show?"•list of sensations -> chaos and unfamiliarity of infatuation -> lack of attraction towards husband
•doesn't want husband to see the guilt of unfaithfulness -> doesn't want to hurt him -> still cares yet cannot control lust
•uncontrolable lust>commited love - 5"We had no room for it. Nor, for that matter, a great deal of passion."•relationship viewed by friends as perfect due to lacking heartbreak/angst -> yet it lacked luster -> she realises this uncompatibility all the more stronger now
•idealistic view painted up until this confession -> shows how blind young love is - 6"The stomache, too, longs for more than simply to be filled. A bad meal can be worse than no meal at all."•husband cooks -> attempt to please her/ romantic tone -> invested in relationship
symbolism of meal ->
•mind prefers tasty food -> narrator prefers an exciting love life - 7"...we stand just close... to feel that fluttering hollowness, like hunger"•hunger takes over all other thoughts -> narrators lust for the man is all she can think about when touching him -> by extension shows the willpower it takes her to not have the affair
- 8"All i have to do is rock on my heels, rock a shade too far and we will all fall down. Two husbands, two wives and all the little loved ones."•rock/tree/fall/all -> allusion to Rock-a-bye Baby -> destruction of marriages, etc (hers and other fathers family)
•"all little loved ones" -> children biggest concern -> refers to title -> narrative has come full circle just like narrators dilemma circles
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- Flashcards on "All the little loved ones" key quotes, created by Elisabet Tammjarv on 02/12/2018.
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