The Darkness Out There quotations

a t w t o s t w a w w a

After they were twelve or so the witches and wolves went away

After they were twelve or so the witches and wolves went away

• shows loss of innocence and growing up

• symbolises the narrator becoming less naive and realising there are harsher, real-world issues to be scared about

t e b, s o g t

two enormous blokes, sort of gypsy types

two enormous blokes, sort of gypsy types

• vague tone shows her prejudice

s p y o h t l a t k t n u t m

Some people you only have to look at to know they’re not up to much

Some people you only have to look at to know they’re not up to much

• Dismissive and generalising

• Shows her prejudice against Kerry based on appearance

t f t

Tit for tat

Tit for tat

• Mrs Rutter is callous

• She left the soldier to die to avenge her husband, showing she is ruthless and not just the sweet old lady everyone thought she was

t b s c t t f

the boy’s spoon clattered to the floor

the boy’s spoon clattered to the floor

• Kerry is stunned when he realises what Mrs Rutter is really like

• Exposes the harm of relying on first impressions

y c g p a w s r

you could get people all wrong she realised

you could get people all wrong she realised

• Internal monologue shows her epiphany

• Shows loss of innocence

• exposes how first impressions can be wrong

e i n a i a o n

everything is not as it appears, oh no

everything is not as it appears, oh no

• Reflective tone shows how she knows she was too naive and trusting in the past

• She now realises that first impressions can be wrong and people are not always as they seem