The darkness out there- Mrs Rutter

The darkness out there- Mrs Rutter

1. 'Tea my duck'- considerate tone, innocent, good first impressions

2. 'cluttered will old calanders and pictures torn from newspapers'- old, lonely, remenising on the past. her way of reconnecting with her past

3. 'There was a smell of cabbage'-

4. 'big-eyed flop-eared rabbits' and 'beribboned kittens'- implies her harmless, sweet, affectionate side

5. 'Bedraggled garden'- doesnt spend much time on her home, elderly

6. 'In Belgium, and he never came back'- her husband died in war

7. 'Smell of damp and mouse'- negative, implying a nasty side to her

8. 'We went back inside'- 'The boy and girl sat quite still'- the children found out Mrs Rutters secret about leaving an innocent man to die.

   • the shock the children feel causes a total contrast on the thought they had at the begining of the story about Mrs Rutter