Rowan Bendle
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A Mind-map summarising all of the key points to Graham Swift's short story "Chemistry" which is included in the AQA "Telling Tales" GCSE anthology.

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"Chemistry" by Graham Swift

"Chemistry" by GrahamSwiftCharactersThemesPlot PointsKey QuotesRelationships andDifferentGenerationsLoyalty and Betrayal"Things don't end"Hidden and invisiblethings.A young boy lives with his grandfather and mother. His father tragically died in an accidentmany years ago, which he always believed was at the bottom of the Irish Sea.His mother starts a relationship with another man by the name of Ralph, who eventuallyends up in a quarrel with the boy's grandfather.The grandfather retreats to his garden shed where he spends time in his experiments ofchemical experiments and model making, the boy often joins him.The boy has a dream of his dead father and overtime makes plans tothrow Prussic acid in Ralph's face so that his mother doesn't lovehim anymore.Shortly after, the grandfather drinks Prussic acid. killing himself.After the funeral, the boy thinks he sees his grandfather in the park where they oncesailed a boat together.The story written from the point of view of a narrator, which is the young boy after hehas grown up.Double click this nodeto edit the textClick and drag this buttonto create a new node