I have read up to page 150 of Suite Française.
My favourite parts since the last update are:
Page 78: "soft June wind"
I simply like this because I think it sounds really nice - the syllables just seem to compliment each other into a beautiful poetic phrase. Never mind that it's in the middle of a war.
Page 136: "They felt a terrible kind of joy."
I like this (it's better with the context) because of the oxymoron. How can you have terrible joy? But the characters do. They are frenzied, murderous, sub-human. They kill their own priest! It also seems to relate to what the feeling of rare joy must have felt like during such an awful time as war. Any happiness that you have you know is short lived, and lives among the horror of what is happening around you, even if you can't actually see it.
An entire chapter dedicated to the cat.
This isn't particularly technically challenging, and won't help me when it comes to GCSE English Language exams, but I really like that there is a chapter entirely dedicated to the cat. It's quite cool.
Meg x
Sunday, 30 October 2016
Tuesday, 4 October 2016
Reading Update // 4th October 2016
I have read up to page 17 of Suite Française.
My favourite passages so far are:
Page 4: "In the hot rooms with blacked out windows, children were born and their cries made the women forget the sounds of sirens and war. To the dying, the barrage of gunfire seemed far away ... whisper that washes over those on the brink of death. Children slept peacefully..."
I think this passage is interesting because of the life/death juxtaposition between soldiers dying the war, and children being born. It creates a sense that although the war was happening not so far away, life still went on as always, and the people had to have the courage to continue despite the difficult circumstances.
Page 8: "It was in just this manner that different social classes all ended up on the top deck during a shipwreck."
This quotation is interesting because often in times of tragedy, social classes become insignificant, however it's clear that Madame Péricand believes that social classes should always stay in order. This tells us a lot about her character, namely that she values her status very much, and therefore wishes for it to always remain intact.
The last part that I particularly enjoyed was the introduction of Gabriel Corte on page 15, which is unfortunately a little too long for me to quote. The whole thing is brilliant. He is so obviously obnoxious and self-centred and pretentious, to the point of it being funny. I look forward to seeing how his character develops.
Meg x
My favourite passages so far are:
Page 4: "In the hot rooms with blacked out windows, children were born and their cries made the women forget the sounds of sirens and war. To the dying, the barrage of gunfire seemed far away ... whisper that washes over those on the brink of death. Children slept peacefully..."
I think this passage is interesting because of the life/death juxtaposition between soldiers dying the war, and children being born. It creates a sense that although the war was happening not so far away, life still went on as always, and the people had to have the courage to continue despite the difficult circumstances.
Page 8: "It was in just this manner that different social classes all ended up on the top deck during a shipwreck."
This quotation is interesting because often in times of tragedy, social classes become insignificant, however it's clear that Madame Péricand believes that social classes should always stay in order. This tells us a lot about her character, namely that she values her status very much, and therefore wishes for it to always remain intact.
The last part that I particularly enjoyed was the introduction of Gabriel Corte on page 15, which is unfortunately a little too long for me to quote. The whole thing is brilliant. He is so obviously obnoxious and self-centred and pretentious, to the point of it being funny. I look forward to seeing how his character develops.
Meg x
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