B rooklyn by Colm Tóibín

2. Brooklyn by ColmTóibín • PART ONE: • Summarise events in part one: • ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Write key words to describe how each country is viewed in the novel:

4. IRELAND • Write a paragraph about how Ireland is viewed using the following quotations: • ‘I hear everything’ p 5 • ‘And we are worked off our feet every Sunday here. Sure, there’s nothing else open.’ p 5 • ‘I went into that shop once,’ Rose said, ‘on my way home from mass and she served Mary Delahunt before me.’ p15 • ‘the Byrnes had only one room downstairs’ p7 • ‘You could be called the Courtnacuddy Bus.’ p17 • ‘Not for one moment would she give them the smallest hint of how she felt.’

5. Ireland is a provincial country where everyone knows everyone else, from foreign priests to local busybodies. We see this when Miss Kelly asserts her authority over the shop, ‘anyone who is anyone, comes into the shop and I hear everything.’ It is this analysis that Eilis looks to escape from. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. ENGLAND • Write a paragraph about how England is viewed using the following quotations: • ‘People from the town who moved to England missed Enniscorthy.’ p 24 • ‘Ordinary work for ordinary money.’ p24 • ‘Jack asked for a table almost apologetically.’ p 34 • ‘If you do your job, then they (the English) appreciate that.’ p 34 • ‘You get shouted at a bit on the street.’ p34

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8. AMERICA • Write a paragraph about how America is viewed using the following quotations: • ‘There’s work for anyone who’s willing to work.’ p 22 • ‘People who went to America missed home. Instead, they were happy there and proud.’ p 24 • ‘People who went to America could become rich.’ p 24 • ‘Even going to work in a shop in Brooklyn…had an element of romance.’ p 32

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10. Compare Eilis to Rose. What’s similar/different? Rose Eilis

11. LANGUAGE • ‘Oh, you’re right there, Miss Kelly,’ the woman with the perm said as she filled her string bag with groceries. ‘And there’s no use in complaining, is there? Sure don’t we need people to sweep the streets?’ • The language is informal and conversational. Sentence phrasing is based on the Irish language.

12. DIARY ENTRY FOR EILIS • Write the following diary entries for Eilis: • After her first day of work for Miss Kelly. • Following Fr. Flood’s visit. • On the boat to America.

13. What do you think the future holds for both Rose and Eilis? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

14. ‘The theme of Part One is loss.’ How far do you agree with this statement? Explain you answer. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________