The Railway Children (chapter 7) 53md

The railway children Chapter 7

The Terrible Secret

Synopsis Bobbie discovers the reason for her father’s disappearance when she reads the newspaper article. Deeply upset, she refuses to believe that he is a spy and is imprisoned. Her mother attempts to explain that her father has been falsely accused for selling government secrets to another country. Bobbie believes in her father’s innocence and decides to write to the old gentleman to

character Characters in a novel are the vehicles by which the author conveys to us his or her view of the world. Keys points to note: We learn about individual characters from their own words and actions , from what other characters say about them and the way others act towards them. Characters help to advance the plot. Believable characters must grow and change in response to their experiences in the novel.

Characters Roberta(Bobbie)

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Determined She did not give up in finding a way to help secure her father’s release from prison. She was persistent even when her mother had given up.

Clever She secretly wrote a letter to her friend, the old gentleman asking his help to clear her father’s name.

Perks(A railway porter)

 Friendly

He gave a heap of newspapers that engers left at the railway station for Bobbie.

Mother

Thinking positively She never give up to clear his husband name even though it was hard

Father He was wrongly accused of being a Russian spy and was sentenced to 5 years in prison.

Settings The setting of a novel encomes a number of different, but linked elements: time-day or night, summer or winter, the historical period(an actual date) Place-inside or outside , country or city , specific town and country , real or fictional Social-the minor characters who take little part in advancing the plot , but whose presence contributes to the realism of the novel Mood and atmosphereeerie,dangerous,menacing,tense,threatening,relaxing,no staligic,happy,light_hearted etc.

Settings Place--The Railway Station and The White house

Social--Edwardian type of clothes

Vocabulary

Spy—someone whose job is to find out secret information about a country or an organization Terrible—used for emphasizing the degree to which something bad is true Waiting room—a room where people wait for a train Tea-time—the time in the late afternoon or early evening when you have tea and a light meal in the UK.

Start to 1st question …………. 1. Mother told Roberta the whole story. What is the story about? Two men came to catch Father. They found some letter in his desk. They said he was a spy. Father was sent to jail for 5 years. 2) What does the phase “and it was like a terrible dream” mean? It means Bobbie learns that her father was a spy and will be prison for 5 years.

3)Where did the magazines came from? The magazines came from the people who left on trains or in the waiting room. 4) What is the meaning of waiting room?

The meaning of waiting room is a room where people wait for a train. 5)What was the content of a letter that Bobbie wrote? Bobbie asked the old gentleman to help her for find out the name of the real spy.

6)Why Bobbie does not tell Peter and Phyllis the worrying truth about their father?

Bobbie does not tell Peter and Phyllis the worrying truth about their father because Bobbie is responsible and don’t want them to be sad and worry. 7)“He is good and honest and he’s done nothing wrong ? ” Which character said this? Mother said .

8)Where does Bobbie see the news about her father. Bobbie see the news on the cover of an old newspaper from the heap.

9)Which literary devices is use in below sentences? “The words seemed to jump at her”

Personification

10)Bobbie writes a letter to who for help to clear her father’s name?

The old gentleman

The End