"Chemistry" by Graham Swift

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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.
Rowan Bendle
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Rowan Bendle
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Resumo de Recurso

"Chemistry" by Graham Swift
  1. Characters
    1. Themes
      1. Relationships and Different Generations
        1. Loyalty and Betrayal
          1. "Things don't end"
            1. Hidden and invisible things.
            2. Plot Points
              1. A young boy lives with his grandfather and mother. His father tragically died in an accident many years ago, which he always believed was at the bottom of the Irish Sea.
                1. His mother starts a relationship with another man by the name of Ralph, who eventually ends up in a quarrel with the boy's grandfather.
                  1. The grandfather retreats to his garden shed where he spends time in his experiments of chemical experiments and model making, the boy often joins him.
                    1. The boy has a dream of his dead father and overtime makes plans to throw Prussic acid in Ralph's face so that his mother doesn't love him anymore.
                      1. Shortly after, the grandfather drinks Prussic acid. killing himself.
                        1. After the funeral, the boy thinks he sees his grandfather in the park where they once sailed a boat together.
                          1. The story written from the point of view of a narrator, which is the young boy after he has grown up.
                          2. Key Quotes

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