Her First Ball

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GCSE English Mind Map on Her First Ball, created by kitty.kat.k on 06/04/2014.
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Her First Ball
  1. Fairy tale
    1. Superficial
      1. Opening
        1. 'waltzing lamp-posts'
          1. Constrasts to later message
            1. connotes Cinderella
              1. 'first partner was the cab'
          2. Leila's Nature
            1. Inexperienced
              1. 'wisps'
                1. Delicacy/Innocence
                  1. double 's'
                  2. Preserve moment
                    1. 'only the beginning of her last ball'
                    2. Childlike
                      1. 'more pork'
                        1. Sudden, extreme emotions
                          1. 'die'
                          2. 'rush'
                            1. Dynamic
                              1. Unable to control emotions
                            2. 'frosted spoon...iced too!'
                              1. Exclamation
                                1. Image of a girl
                            3. Excitement
                              1. 'hard...to be indifferent to the others!'
                                1. Exclamation
                                2. 'she tried'
                                  1. Repeated twice
                                    1. Struggle to remain composed
                                    2. 'float'
                                      1. Dream-like
                                      2. personified flags
                                        1. 'talking' 'quivering'
                                          1. Reflection of Leila
                                      3. Old Man
                                        1. Contrasts
                                          1. Conversation
                                            1. Sensitive
                                              1. 'your first dance isn't it?'
                                              2. Realistic
                                                1. 'before long you'll be sitting up there'
                                              3. Apperance
                                                1. 'dusty with French chalk'
                                                  1. Evokes school
                                                    1. Reality
                                                    2. Diminishes beauty of the night
                                                  2. Movement
                                                    1. 'walked'
                                                      1. Ponderous/cautious
                                                      2. <>'seized' 'flying'
                                                        1. Confident/energetic
                                                    2. Mesage
                                                      1. 'Black ebony' (fan)
                                                        1. 'Wisps'
                                                          1. fragile
                                                            1. Foreshadow inevitable decay
                                                              1. Ironic-used to preserve
                                                          2. forshadowed
                                                            1. Stilted conversations
                                                              1. 'oh quite!'
                                                                1. Empty exclamation
                                                                  1. Ball is commonplace
                                                                2. 'tiny pause'
                                                              2. 'floated away like a flower that is tossed into a pool'
                                                                1. blossomed
                                                                  1. Beauty
                                                                    1. Will decay
                                                                    2. Adult-hood
                                                                      1. Independent
                                                                        1. Not Ready
                                                                          1. 'begged'
                                                                            1. 'sobbed'
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