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Written by Bernhard Mac Laverty
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Crilly
The constellation of characters in the novel Cal
Skeffington
Shamie Mc Cluskey
The policeMarcella Morton
Mrs. Morton withLucy, Marcella’s daughter.
loves
her
Mother in law
father
IRA members
afraid of
helps them
Cal Mc Cluskey
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ContentCal’s life Lovestory
C. and S. contact Cal and need him as a driver
Cal wants out of the IRA
Threat in the letterbox
Cal sells wood at theMorton’s farm
Cal is beaten up
Falls in love withMarcella in the library
hopes to get in touch with Marcella
• Out of work• Catholic• likes playing the guitar• likes going to the library• drives for the IRA
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Cal lives in a cottageof the farm
Shamie becomes sickand is taken to hospital
Shamie’s house is burned down
Cal helps C. to attack a shop
Cal is offered a job On the farm → harvester
Marcella persuades Calto borrow a book
Marcella helps Cal to furnish the cottage.She falls in love, too.
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Crilly
Skeffington
Changes in the constellation of characters
Mrs. Morton withLucy, Marcella’s daughter.
Sarah Wehle
What do we learn about the conflict in Northern Ireland?
• »Nothing would happen in the daylight. They would not have the courage to be seen« (p.28)
• Cal is beaten up by three guys in the evening. (p.38)
• When Cal is in the bathroom: »What if someone were to burst into the bathroom now? How easy a target he would be, stark naked, blinded, groping with outstretched arms for a towel.« (p. 41)
• »A siren heehaved its way through the town at speed. An old man looked up, then bent over his book again.« (p. 64)
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Sarah Wehle
Why is the novel worth reading?
• human interest story
• lovestory
• the reader learns a lot about the problems in Northern Ireland and especially the problems the people and youngsters are faced with
• new is the connection of a love story with a youngster’s involvement into a terrorist group.
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