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Questions:

Vit fakta: After Dale returns from the Hangovers he is very pissed and doesn’t see Kayleigh sitting in the stairs, and he yells stuff Kayleigh shouldn't hear and makes his mother sob. The following day he asks if it was his fault Kayleigh didn’t sleep well and wet her bed. Anna replies that it’s everybody’s fault and nobody’s. (127-129) What does she mean by that and is Dale to blame for her bad night?

Röd känsla: Cooper calls Anna’s mother and pretends to be Anna, she then tries to get the family’s post code from her by saying that she hasn’t gotten any letters and wants to double-check the zip code. Luckily she fails to extract the zip code. (125-126) How do you think the family felt when they heard about what she did, after all she has broken the law.

Svart negativt: The family is having problems keeping up their facade, as Minnie Cooper is getting closer and closer, for example nearly following Anna home, almost getting their zip code and Mrs. Sudden spotting Dale in Haworth.   How long do you think they will manage to keep up this facade, and ultimately, will it be worth it after going through huge amounts of problems to set up the new identities?

Gul positivt: Dale and his family live a life in fear of being discovered and always have to look behind their shoulders. If they get discovered they will go to back to living in shame and harassment. Dale also has a very hard time in school as a subject to bullying.   What makes them keep going and is the reason they get up in the morning and keep trying? What is the bright side?

Grön nya idéer: Dale was spotted by his neighbor Mrs. Sugden in Haworth. She immediately told Minnie Cooper. Dale and his family had worried about an eventual recognition, but worried about it being suspicious if he called in sick. (134-135, 143-146) How could they have avoided the situation, without raising suspicion?

Blå organisation och tänkande: Cooper calls Anna’s mother and pretends to be Anna, to try to get the family’s zip code.(125-126) Are her actions ok? Is it okay for a journalist to lie, so she can help others(the victims’s families)? Do you think she regrets it afterwards, or does she believe in using every mean to do her job?

Words:

1. quiche -en sorts paj

2. gurning -att göra groteska miner

3. filly -ungsto

4. blastocyst-blastocyst(ett utvecklingsstadie för däggdjursembryon) 

5. moorland -hed

6. scuppered -kullkastad

7. dosh -slang för pengar 

8. parsonage -prästgård

9. laudanum -smärtstillande som innehåller bl a morfin

10. refectory -matsal

11. hobble -stappla

12. preposterous -orimliga

13. subdued -dämpad

14. mauve -lila/gredelin

15. sashays -svassar

16. ruefully -ynkligt

17. besotted -bedårad

18. intermittent -periodisk

19. looming -hotande/nalkandes

20. tinselled -dekorerat med glitter och dylikt, t ex juldekorationer

Sentences:

The old man was gurning in the car window, it has completely horrendous. 

Have you got any dosh? I’m broke and I need to borrow some.

Her life had been totally scuppered, there was no one she could trust anymore.

The refectory served only the best and freshest food.

The quiche was delicious, did you have salmon and ham in it?

The gun was subdued, so nobody heard the shot.

His face was besotting, you just couldn’t resist it.

They were making preposterous claims, there was no way they were true.

He hobbled towards me, before he fell down and bled out.

She sashayed towards me and I couldn’t take my eyes away.