PM- Buying Winkles (Quotes)

“But even in rain I was happy”

(Buying Winkles)

• A positive tone with vivid imagery.

• She’s seen enjoying the adventure and the responsibility.

• She enjoys these regularly occurring adventures, potentially as a break from the brutal tenements.

“I envied each soul in the hot interior”

(Buying Winkles)

• The usage of adjectives (hot) immerses us into the bar clearly.

• Glimpse of financial struggle as we see Paula Meehan envying those who seemed to have “basic” amenities like heating.

“The sweetest extra wrinkle that brought the sea to me”

(Buying Winkles)

• The hyperbole shows the child’s gratitude towards the extra winkle; further showing the struggle but also the gratitude that comes with it.

• “Sweetest” insinuates that the element of surprise made the winkle extra sweet, that good things are often by surprise.

“I’d bear the newspaper twists bulging fat with winkles proudly home, like torches”

(Buying Winkles)

• The gamification of the errand is shown again as the child feels they’ve completed their mission.

• “Like torches”, the simile demonstrates that the tenements are the darkness that needs to be lit up by the torches