1. Revision

2. Mr Watts Known as ‘Pop-Eye’ at the start of the novel Wears a red clown nose Only white man on the island Teaches the children after all the teachers have left on ‘the last boat’ He introduces Matilda to Great Expectations He is married to Grace and their child died sending her into a deep depression His house is the only building that is not destroyed when the rambos come for the second time He plans to escape the island with Matilda He is beaten, shot, chopped up and fed to pigs – he is sacrificed

3. Matilda is the narrator of the story and we see everything through her eyes She is 13 years old at the start of the novel Her mother rejects the ‘white world’ but her absent father (who works in Australia for the ‘white man’) embraces it She is a very strong character who grows throughout the novel She is fascinated by Great Expectations and the character of Pip She escapes the island by accident after witnessing the traumatic deaths of Mr Watts and her mother She meets Mr Watts’ first wife and finds he is not what she thought he was

4. Dolores Matilda’s mother hates everything that ‘the white man’ stands for believes the ‘white man’ took her husband away from her and she is angry (or did her ‘strong’ personality drive him away?) is highly religious but is a hypocrite She is suspicious of Mr Watts She causes the village to be destroyed she is very proud and will NOT give in to anyone She sees everything in very simple and very moral (in her opinion) terms - she refuses to be questioned She is raped, chopped up and fed to pigs in this act, she redeems herself and shows great courage as she protects Matilda

5. Grace Mr Watts’ wife She is the reason Mr Watts came to Bougainville Mr Watts pulls her around on a trolley played the Queen of Sheba Lost a child Suffered with extreme grief We learn about her by the things she wrote on the attic walls Dies without much mention

6. Bougainville Is part of the Solomon Islands Has a tropical climate Rich, fertile land it is rich in copper which was mined and is a valuable resource hence the wars a war torn country Suffered two major civil wars in 1975 and 1990 Setting for Mister Pip

7. Redskins Papua New Guinea (PNG) military force they were armed with military weapons; wore uniforms believed that Bougainville belonged to Papua New Guinea and should not be independent Committed many atrocities on their own people

8. Rebels Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA or Rebels) they had no guns and used basic weapon; no official uniform they believed that Bougainville should be independent from Papua New Guinea Committed many atrocities on their own people It became difficult to tell the difference between the Redskins and the Rebels.

9.  Conflict  Loss  Education  Escape  Horror of war  Brutality  Loss of innocence  Religion

10.  The redskins and the rambos/rebels  Dolores and Mr Watts  Matilda’s internal conflict  Mr Watts – a ‘white’ man in a ‘black’ world  Religion and education

11.  Dolores ‘loses’ her husband to the ‘white’ man and does not want to lose her daughter too  Loss of teachers and formal education  The loss of possessions  The loss of their way of life  The loss of children from the village and the death of Grace and Mr Watts’ child  The death of Mr Watts  The death of Dolores

12.  The impact of Great Expectations on the village and on Matilda  Education verses religion  The lack of formal education of the women that come to ‘teach’ the children in the school  The lack of understanding/education of the rebels and redskins  Grace – Matilda learns a different side to her  Matilda’s life after Bougainville

13.  The children and babies that died due to the lack of treatment for malaria – they escaped the suffering  Great Expectations  Mr Watts’ plan to escape from the island  The last boat  The inability to escape – death of Dolores and Mr Watts  Matilda’s accidental escape  Matilda’s life in London & return to Bougainville

14.  Black the dog  Burning of possessions  Helicopters throwing people out over the sea  Daniel and his grandmother  Death of Mr Watts  Death of Dolores

15.  Dolores’ treatment of Matilda  Of life: death of baby Sarah  Black the dog, Sam  Violence and punishment  War crimes  Murder: Daniel & his grandmother, Mr Watts, Dolores

16.  Witnessing the horror of war  Daniel and his grandmother  Death of Mr Watts and Dolores  Meeting June Watts  Foundling Hospital

17.  God verses education  Religion used for hypocrisy  Religion used as abuse  Sacrifice  Fear  Resentment

18.  Use PEZEL  P - Point – make it brief and relate to the question  E – Evidence – pick an appropriate quotation aim for 5 words or less  Z – zoom into the quote and select a single word/device to analyse  E/A – Explanation/Analysis – write about the effect of language, structure or form  L – Link – link what you have said back to the question

19.  Link the themes, ideas, attitudes etc... Explored in the extract to the rest of the text  There is less need to analyse language/structure/form here unless it is relevant  Pick three ‘moments’ in the text to interpret and explain in relation to the question’s focus  You must use supporting evidence/quotation

20.  Analyse the words Jones uses and relate it to the question  Zoom in and comment on the effect they have on you, on Matilda, etc...  Consider words used to show feelings – identify them in your quotation and talk about the effect of individual words  Devices: repetition, anaphora, simile, metaphor, nature, military terms, assonance, consonance, sibilance, symbol, pathos...

21.  Slow progressive build up – flies; dragon- flies; dogs  Matilda loses track of time as the Redskins burn her calendar  This is important as it reflects how cut off the villagers are from the outside world  Use of Mr Watts’ story over 6 nights  Pg. 172 murder/rape to pg. 222 end of novel = swift: escape, New Zealand, London, Rochester, Kent, return to Bougainville

22.  First person narrative – gives us only Matilda’s viewpoint – Matilda is a witness to the truth – she ‘observes’  Jones uses a ‘blunt’ tone – it is very matter of fact and Matilda expresses no emotion nor does she pass judgement  The novel follows a chronological order  A record of the events in Matilda’s life  Bildungsroman  Intertextuality