Chemistry

• Chemistry - written by Swift
• Chemistry -

  Structure -

  • Cyclical
• Chemistry -

  Summary -

  • Grandfather lives with mother and son (intergenerational relationship)
  • Mother has a relationship with Ralph, who argues with Grandfather
  • Grandfather retreats to his shed, pursuing hobby of Chemistry
  • Grandfather commits suicide - swallowing prussic acid
• Chemistry -

  Context -

  • Science of change - bonds being created and broken (nothing ever lost)
  • Difficulty growing up: difficulty of adolescence and post-war
  • Views on supernatural
• Chemistry -

  Quotes -

  Relationships:

  • ‘The voyages were trouble free’
  • ’It was grandfathers house’
  • ’You don’t make curry anymore, the way you did for Alec, the way Vera taught you’
  • ’Anything can change’

  Maturing:

  • ‘He’s only 10 what can he know’