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Wednesday, 29 February 2012

"Why, Honey?" Anlysis

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  1. Themes:
    - Manipulation
    - Control
    - Dishonesty
    - Broken Family
    - Danger
    - Fear
    - Secretive
    - Development
    - Responsibility
    - Coming of Age

    Settings:
    - Home
    - School
    - Work
    - Woods
    - Car
    - Shops

    Characters
    - Mother – kind hearted, worried, fearful, wanting her son to go back to how he was.
    - Son – teenager, secretive, led astray, rebel, about to graduate from high school
    - Workers – who worked with the son
    - Neighbours – saw the son doing dangerous behaviour ect

    Symbols/Motif
    - Danger
    - Violence
    - Concerned Mother
    - Stressful mother/son relationship
    - Abnormal Behaviour

    Questions:
    - Why is the mother so scared of her son?
    - Was he really dangerous?
    - What is Carver saying about politics?

    Other
    - ‘Kneel down is what I say, Kneel down is what I say, he said, that’s the first reason why.’ Page 126
    - Speech plea from mother to her son – Page 126
    - Uses him, his, he – this makes the relationship less personal.
    - Never at all the use of names, only when talking about the neighbours and workers.
    - In a letter form, hasn’t happened in any other stories in Will you please be quiet please?

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