5. Living Photograph PPoint

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Ace Your Literature(Form 4)

The Living Photograph

Jackie Kay


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The Living Photograph(Jackie Kay)

The PoetJackie Kay was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1961 to a Scottishmother and a Nigerian father. She was adoted by a white coule at birth

and was brought u in !lasgow, studying at the "oyal Scottish #cademyof $usic and %rama and Stirling &ni'ersity where she read English. Shealso Studied.

(er first no'el, Trumpet , ublished in 199), was awarded the Guardian *iction +rie and was shortlisted for the -nternational -$+# %ublin/iterary #ward. -nsired by the life of musician 0illy iton, the no'eltells the story of Scottish 2a trumeter Joss $oody whose deathre'ealed that he was, in fact, a woman. Kay de'elos the narrati'ethrough the 'oices of $oody3s wife, his adoted son and a 2ournalistfrom a tabloid newsaer.

(er books, Why Don't You Stop Talking 4557, Wish I Was Here 4567,

and Reality, Reality 45157 are collections of short stories, and she hasalso ublished a no'el for children, Strawgirl 4557. (er collection of

oetry for children, Red, Cherry Red 4587 won the 5) /+E +oetry#ward


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Introduction

• The living photographi a!out a grandchildlooking at a

photograph o" hi#herdeparted grandmotherand remem!ering her$%ven though thegrandmother i gone&the photograph keepher alive in thegrandchild' memory$


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tana *

Line *+ ,y grandmother i tall there$

The -ord .there' re"er to the oldphotograph$

Line /+ traight !ack& -hite !roderieanglaie hirtLine 0+ Pleated kirt& 1at hoe& grey !un

2randmother -ear a -hite em!roidedhirt& a pleated kirt and 1at hoe$ 3erhair i tied up in a !un$


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2randmother eye look kind$

Line 4+ A kind& old mile round her eye

Line + 3er !ig hand hold mineLine 5+ -hite hand in !lack hand

2randmother i holding the granchild' -hitehand in her !lack one$ Thi tell u that thegrandchild may !e o" mi6ed parentage$


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Line 7+ 3er harp !lue eye look her o-n

death in the eye$

2randmother ha harp !lue eye andthey eem to look at death -ithout "ear$

Thi reveal that grandmother i gro-ingold and death i unavoida!le$


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• 3a !ecome maller in ie

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Line 8+ It -a true a"ter all9 that look

.-a' : ho- he remem!er her grandmother

ued to !e or the look that a grandmothergive that he -a e6pecting death -a true$

Line ; + ,y tall grandmother !ecame

mall$Line *


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.3er oup "orgot to !oil' : "orget"ul& enile&ign o" dementiahe pae a-ay and goe to a place thati unimagina!le to the perona

Line **+ he -ent to the a-"ul placegrandmother go$

Line */+ ome-here unkno-n&unthinka!le$


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etting

• There i no mention o" place andtime$ The perona look at an oldphotograph taken -ith her

grandmother -hen he -a onlythree year old$ 2oing through an oldphoto al!um could indicate an indoor

or living room etting$ =ut there i noe6preed tatement to validate that$


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Theme

• Love and "ond memorie o" a peron -ho ha paed a-ay$ Italo declare ho- "ond memorie are perpetuated !y an oldphotograph

• The poitive image people create in remem!rance o" adeparted peron

• >oping -ith grie" and lo : one -ay i to hang on to the goodmemorie o" a peron


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,oral ?alue

• @e mut trive "or cloe "amilyrelationhip$

• @e hould love and appreciate our"amily mem!er -hile they are tillalive$

• @e mut not d-ell on the pat toomuch$

• @e hould learn to let go o" the dead$


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e"erence

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