Aunt Julia

• Aunt julia spoke Gaelic very loud and very fast 


  repetition - shows her unintelligibility and her exuberance
• I could not answer her - I could not understand her.


  repetition - establishes one of the main themes of frustration and barriers in communication
• she wore men's boots when she wore any


  imagery - portrays her to be masculine tough and sense of strong connection to nature
• paddling with the treadle of the spinninghweel


  "paddling" - onomatopoeia. illustrates the sense of traditional Scottish culture
• hers was the only house 


  shows she is unique
• listening to crickets being friendly 


  personification - suggests he finds comfort in nature showing his connection with aunt Julia
• she was winds pouring wetly 


  alliteration - shows the wild weather and her connected personality to it
• by the time I had learnt a little, she lay silenced in the absolute black of a sandy grave at Luskentyre 


  shows a sense of regret. "silenced" - unlike her which emphasises shock
• but i hear her still, welcoming me with a seagull's voice


  loud, distinct and aggravating voice. in Gaelic culture it is very common for people to believe that when a pure soul passes, they reincarnate as a seagull
• getting angry, getting angry with so many questions unanswered


  repetition - shows his frustration