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The Police Station & Ed's Entry - Quotations

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The Police Station and Ed's Entry - Quotations

Key quotations from Part One:

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Humorous exchanges with police

  • Christopher’s refusal to take off his watch, communicated by the blunt, single-word response, “No”, creates humour.
  • Christopher references to his grandmother who has “senile dementia” and thinks Christopher is “someone on television”.
    • This is another example of Stephens using a serious medical condition in an irreverent way, for comic effect.
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"Key to the front door"

  • That Christopher has this shows that Christopher has to let himself into his own house when no parents are at home: later in this scene, we will learn that Christopher’s mother is dead.
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Ed & Christopher's relationship

  • “Holds his hand out... touch fingers”.
  • Engages with Christopher’s interest in astronomy: “Could you... Is that right?”)
  • Offers Christopher reassurance (“It’s OK… I know”).
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Ed's irritation

  • “Keep your nose out of other people’s business”.
  • “It’s a bloody dog… I said leave it for God’s sake.”

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4Themes

5Recap: Main Quotes

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