Crow Country Analysis Flashcards

A set of flashcards covering literary techniques, key quotes, and thematic elements from the novel Crow Country as presented in the lecture notes.

What literary technique is used in the description 'the boulder stood glowing… It was as warm as a living creature; she could almost feel it breathe'?

Personification

Which three adjectives form a tricolon to describe the ancient carvings Sadie finds on the stone?

Indistinct, powerful, and immeasurably ancient.

What specific phrase is used through repetition to convey the land's awareness?

"Country remembers. Crow remembers."

What analogy does Jimmy use to explain the significance of the sacred site to those who might not understand its importance?

He compares desecrating the site to setting a church on fire.

What visual imagery is used to describe the Crow's grief in Sadie's dream?

Tears etching a "terrible silver trail" from each of his bright eyes.

In the dialogue regarding the breaking of 'the Law', what is the stated consequence?

There must be punishment.

What metaphor is used to describe the 'thickening, churning mass' of hundreds of black crows in the sky?

A "black whirlpool in the sky."

How does Walter describe the dual nature of Waa?

A messenger from Waa, the Crow; a spirit shaped like a man.

According to the text, what are the three temporal states of 'The Dreaming'?

It is now, it is always, and it is forever.

What simile is used to describe how blame and bitterness move through the years?

They trickle through the years "like poison" and bleed through "like the pattern of the wallpaper."

What simile is used to describe how stories build up a residue on the land?

"Like layers of dried yellow silt, with the bones of the past thrusting through."

What concept of Aboriginal spirituality is expressed by the phrase 'Everything's alive, not just people, not just animals; every rock, every tree'?

The idea that the entire environment is living and connected.

What literary technique is used in the description of a sapling having 'leafy fingers caressing her hair'?

Personification

What two worlds or forces are compared using a simile to show their resistance to each other in Sadie's mind?

Two magnets pushing against each other.