Read the excerpt from chapter 7 of Obasan by Joy
Kogawa.
Which phrases help develop the energetic mood of the
text?
I hurried behind her as she marched ahead to the car.
"What a conference! You should have been with me,
Nomi," she said. "There was so much to learn. I had no
idea how much I still hurt. Just read some of these
papers." She flung open her briefcase and took out a
bundle of conference notes and papers as I searched for
the car keys.
O "took out a bundle" and "searched for"
O "flung open" and "punctuating the air"
O "Just read some of these papers" and "Ever read
this?
O "You should have been with me," and "I had no idea
how much I still hurt."
Ever read this?" she asked, punctuating the air with a
pamphlet entitled "Racial Discrimination by Orders-in-
Council."