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Hiimnoam64 Posted 11 years ago
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Could someone help me understand a couple of lines from ''Look back in anger''
Hi, i was wandering if someone could explain to me what Jimmy (the play's protagonist) is trying to say in the next lines:
'' As for my mother, all she could think about was the fact that she had allied herself to a man who seemed to be on the wrong side in all things. My mother was all for being associated with minorities, provided they were the smart, fashionable ones''
If I understood correctly, his father being ''on the wrong side in all things'' meant he always made the wrong choices/rooted for the wrong side. If so how does the next line, that his mother etc. is connected?
Also, another question, a little further he says ''Every time I sat on the edge of his bed, to listen to him talking or reading to me, I had to fight back my tears. At the end of those twelve months, I was a veteran'', does he mean he was extremely experienced with holding back tears i.e. became emotionally numb?
'' As for my mother, all she could think about was the fact that she had allied herself to a man who seemed to be on the wrong side in all things. My mother was all for being associated with minorities, provided they were the smart, fashionable ones''
If I understood correctly, his father being ''on the wrong side in all things'' meant he always made the wrong choices/rooted for the wrong side. If so how does the next line, that his mother etc. is connected?
Also, another question, a little further he says ''Every time I sat on the edge of his bed, to listen to him talking or reading to me, I had to fight back my tears. At the end of those twelve months, I was a veteran'', does he mean he was extremely experienced with holding back tears i.e. became emotionally numb?
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hiimnoam64 a man who seemed to be on the wrong side in all things. " That refers to the poor people who cannot afford the best homes in a town. Many of these people are minorities.
- hiimnoam64 a man who seemed to be on the wrong side in all things.
- " That refers to the poor people who cannot afford the best homes in a town.
- Many of these people are minorities.
- e.
- became emotionally numb?
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hiimnoam64a man who seemed to be on the wrong side in all things.Perhaps she's referring to the expression "living on the wrong side of the tracks." That refers to the poor people who cannot afford the best homes in a town. Many of these people are minorities.
hiimnoam64At the end of those twelve months, I was a veteran'', does he me
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