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'Grey is the Colour of Hope' - Coggle Diagram
'Grey is the Colour of Hope'
Use of lists
"Natasha is particularly sensitive to the cold, is running a constant temperature and therefore sleeps in woollen socks"
"Letters, tooth powder, clothes and the like"
"...to include your maximum allowance of five books, letters, photographs of your nearest and dearest (whom you won't see for years to come), stamps, envelopes, those treacherous underclothes, a couple of towels....."
personal/possessive pronouns
"yourself"
"my readers"
"your"
words that signal power, control and authority
Striding into the Zone
the surplus lockers were removed
Confiscated.......very first search
Against regulations
On report for them..........forfeit a meeting with a relative
forbidden
complaint
mathematical language to show limitations
Thirty by thirty by seventy centimetres
adjectives that show lack of space and freedom
"At a premium"
small
crammed
a tight squeeze
use of colloquial language (conversational style/direct address)
"those wretched socks"
"(our blankets being what you would call symbolic)"
"Hold it! You're overdoing it a bit, aren't you?"
"Forget about that address book....better just sit down and memorise the most important addresses"
"And why are you taking those red socks? Do you want to find yourself on report for them....?"
"Better not risk it."
"What on earth for?
"Oh, and......"
"Now take a look....Virtually impossible to pick it all up at once, isn't it?"
commands (imperative verb)
Try
Go through
Pick out
Don't forget
Hold it
Forget
Better just sit down and memorise
Put that toothpaste back
Keep the amount of underwear down to a minimum
Take a look
sentences that start positively and end negatively
"Try to picture it for yourself, my readers,.............pick out what you would consider to be the barest essentials to serve you for the next seven years"
"Forget about the address book - that will be confiscated during your very first search."
"Put that toothpaste back, too, it's against regulations."
"Well, of course, doing exercises is not forbidden by the regulations, but there is not time set aside for them, and it's better not to keep the track suit in your locker: it will be confiscated."
"You could try secreting a few more things, but the chances are they will be found and confiscated."