homework questions

How does Greene present Brighton to the reader? Does it seem, already, to have any close or necessary association with the events narrated? (We know the novel is called Brighton Rock but do not yet know if this has any significance other than what is obvious, i.e. that Brighton, as a famous seaside resort, is associated with sticks of rock in the popular imagination.)

What have we learned about the characters of Pinkie and of Ida in this part of the novel?

So far in the novel we have learnt that Ida is secular and has loose morals. She doesn’t believe in god and sleeps around with lots of different men. It is evident that Ida has an optimistic view of life, this could be due to the fact that she isn’t catholic and is likely to sin and cant ask for forgiveness.

The novel is narrated in the third person but the narrative viewpoint is not neutral or objective; we see things usually as they appear to Pinkie or Ida, although the first chapter is narrated very much as events appear to Hale. In what ways does Greene achieve this?

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