Flashcards
Themes of Tally's Blood
Cards in this deck (21)
- 11. War"Nobody really wants a war"
- 22. War"A lot of the young guys that come into the shop. To hear them talk you’d think they cannie wait".
- 33. War"it’s got nothing to do with us, Massimo. We’re Italian, we just live here. It’s not our country".
- 44. Love- Massimo + Rosinella
- Bridget + Franco
- Hughie + Lucia
- Family Love - 55. LoveMassimo + Rosinella
"Smiles with great affection, squeezes her cheek between his thumb and forefinger". - 66. LoveMassimo + Rosinella
"That’s ma heart, Rosie. And he’s beating just for you". - 77. LoveBridget + Franco
“I wouldn’t want you to regret it”. - 88. LoveBridget + Franco
“But I love Franco, Mrs Pedreschi. I need him”. - 99. LoveHughie + Lucia
“ginger-sister" and "ginger-brother.” - 1010. LoveHughie + Lucia
"we want to be together forever, our hearts united – like two lovebirds, up a tree in spring". - 1111. LoveHughie + Lucia
"You love that much you don't want her to love anyone else. You love her that much, nobody else gets loving her". - 1212. Nationalism + National Identity“Listen, hen, you’re Italian, that makes you special”.
- 1313. Nationalism + National Identity"But it’s alright for me. I’m an Italian”.
- 1414. Nationalism + National Identity"Nobody loves their families like the Italians”.
- 1515. Nationalism + National Identity“play around with them, so long as you marry your own kind”.
- 1616. Nationalism + National Identity“OK, so Scotch people let their lassies go anywhere, do anything they like because they don’t care as much.”
- 1717. Nationalism + National Identity"I always thought I was lucky. I had two countries. Now I feel I’ve got nowhere".
- 1818. Nationalism + National Identity"I was born here. That makes me British".
- 1919. Roles of Men & Women"Rosinella cuts fathers toenails"
- 2020. Working Life"Sure you weren’t too busy serving the shop?"
- 2121. Working Life“Hughie in and out in background with trays from front shop: then with brush and shovel, then mop and pail: working hard”.