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The Cement Garden
Author
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Has two children, Gregory and William
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Themes in the Book
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Illness
The whole of part one of the book describes the illness of the mother. At the end of part one, mother dies.
Love
For parents, for eachother as siblings, Julie and her boyfriend
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Feelings
Worries about illness mother, sadness regarding the deaths of the parents, feelings for eachother (as brother and sisters and sexual feelings)
Main Characters
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Tom (6 years old), Sue (12 years old) & Julie (17 years old) - Jacks's siblings
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Symbols in the Book
Connotation
example p. 116 "I felt sick". Jack wasn't actually sick, he didn't feel good being where he was.
Metaphors
example p. 79 "The house seemed to have fallen asleep.", the house becomes a metaphor for the trauma suffered by the children
Simile
example: p. 19 "It annoyed him once to see Tom walking straight up the side of the rockery, using the path like a short flight of stairs".
Tense
past tense
examples: p. 31 "She went on, even when I was away at school", p. 79 "When mother died...".
present tense
examples: p. 49 "Because there were no visitors, there was no one to ask us what was wrong with her...", p. 125 "Leaning across the table I caught hold of Tom's bib and pulled him toward me."
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