ISSUE | EXPLANATION | EVIDENCE | ||
| 1. Rory’s responsibility of taking care of grandpa | Rory is aware of his responsibility of taking care of his granda despite his young age.
| 1. My granda never forgot to take his pills; because I made sure he took them. 1. Sometimes living with my granda was like having a baby in the house. 2. Did she see me sneak into the bakers’ at the corner for two hot pies? Did she know already that Granda never had my lunch ready? Granda relied on me to bring him his lunch everyday. I had to go home at lunch time. I had to make sure he was taking his pills. 3. My granda had taken care of me all my life. Now, when he was getting old and forgetful and was never quite well, now it was my turn to look after my granda. 4. But if it wasn’t my responsibility, then whose was it? 5. Are you alright Granda? As long as I’m with you.(ch 26) | ||
| 2. Rory treats his grandpa like a young child. | | 1. ‘Now sit down, Granda, and behave yourself.’ 2. The trouble is , he just doesn’t know how to handle my granda like I do. You’ve got to throw the insults right back at him, and my dad can’t do that. Every time my granda insults him, he just keeps apologising to him. (chp 33) | ||
| 3. Rory recognises Granda’s carelessness with fire. | | 1. ‘You were on fire, granda. I put you out.’ It hadn’t been the first time either… granda had set something on fire with that pipe of his. He never put it out properly. He always left it to smoulder. 2. Left electric ring switched on and burned a pot. 3. Granda’s coat is accidentally set on fire when he is in school for Parent’s Day. | ||
| 4. Concept of Family | | 1. There was only Granda and me. Were the two of us enough to make a family? 2. We still had each other (chp 12) 3. He can behave anyway he wants. He’s the best granda in the world. (chp 12) 4. I wanted to tell him that I had done this for both of us, so we could be together, the way we were meant to be. I wanted to tell him that I would anything so we could be together. Anything. (Chp 14). 1. No, Granda, we’re a team. Together. There was no other way. (chp 17) | ||
| 5. Granda’s pride | | 1. I moulded him into the boy he is today. 2. “You’re a great boy Rory…I don’t deserve ye” 3. ‘The only son I’ve got now is you, Rory. You’re the best boy that ever lived. I don’t need anybody else, and neither do you.’ 4. I’m a lucky man, Rory. A lucky, lucky man. What did I do to deserve a boy like you? You’re the most special boy that ever lived. You’ve done all this for me? 5. ‘I’ve not got a son, you’re my son. Nothing, nobody in between, eh? 6. “We’re the news…..(ch25) | ||
| 6. Others’ concern for Rory and his duties | | 1. ‘Rory can’t do everything. ..He’s only a boy…He needs help. (Doctor Nicol) 2. (Darren’s mum) – “It worries my mum, Rory. She says that at your age you should be playing football. You shouldn’t have that mind of….responsibility.” 3. (Val Jessup) – ‘You’re just a boy Rory. You can’t take the responsibility of your grandfather, not any more.’ 4. (Ruby) – ‘it was the boy we were thinking about. Same age as Tyrone.’ | ||
| 7. Granda’s failing memory | Granda was always forgetting where he had put things away. | 1. My Granda was always putting it away ‘somewhere safe’ and then couldn’t remember where. (homework) | ||
| 8. Granda was a hit with Rory’s friends. | Rory’s friends all loved Granda – they thought his exploits were hilarious. | 1. I was kinda proud that my granda was everybody’s Granda. | ||
| 9. Rory’s sacrifice | Rory does not play football even though he is good at the game. | ‘You’re a good little footballer. You should be in the team.’ ‘You were in the team once. ‘You should be in the team Rory. ‘Anyway, you know I can’t get to football practice. How would I get to the games? Who would look after my granda?’ | ||
| 10. Rory’s plight about Rachnadar | Rory knows that the old people’s hospital is the last place for his granada. | 1. My granda will never go into a home. It will kill him. 2. “I’m never going back. I’d rather die of cold and hunger and be free!”(chp 19) | ||
| 11. Rory wants to know about his father. | | 1. ‘I’m wondering what my dad was like, Granda.’ | ||
| 12. Granda does not like Rory’s father (his son) | | 1. ‘He was a spoiled brat of a boy!...I was too old to be his dad….we both spoiled him rotten. Anything he wanted he got, and when he got it, he threw it aside…..he did the same thing with your mother.’ He did it with you too. He couldn’t face responsibility. 2. ‘When he left Rory, I told him never to come back. Told him I washed my hands of him. Never wanted to hear from him again. He was a waste of space. A waste of space!’ | ||
| 13. Friends in their life | 1. Val Jessup 2. Mrs Foley is relieved with the idea of a social worker 3. Tyrone, Sammy and Ruby 4. Rab | - a socialworker, assigned to our case. - ‘I’m glad about that at least. You do need some help.’ - What are you helping us for? – The police would have got you if we hadn’t. - “You’re not criminals, are you? I mean, you’re not going to jump me and steal my cash, are you?” | ||
| 14. Rory’s pact with God | | ‘Listen, Big Man, my name’s Rory. ….want him to wake up.’ (Ch 26) OK, Big Man, I need some help here. I can’t do this on my own. The Big Man works quickly sometimes. I wasn’t alone. I had a dad. He had a son. And it was time he lived up to his responsibilities. (Chp 26) | ||
| 15. Children’s home in Castle Street | Chapter 7 – Setting Granda’s reaction: Both Grandson and Grandfather look out for each other. | - ‘I’m only here till my granda gets out of hospital.’ - ‘No grandson of mine is going to Castle Street. Not when I’m alive.’ | ||
| 16. Rory’s trying times | Chapter 12 | i. The idea of Mrs Foley fostering loomed over me; ii. At Castle Street, Tess had to be watched constantly as I waiterd for her to launch herself at me again; iii. At Rachnadar, my granda retreated further and further into a shell | ||
| 17. Theme | Impact of the new world? Kindness (ch 28) To find what he was looking for (Chp 33) | People then cared about each other. Looked out for each other. Now…nobody cares about anybody but themselves. It’s a horrible world Rory. People are kind Rory. I thought the whole world was going to the dogs, and then you meet kindness like this. It’s a wonderful world, Rory.’ A wonderful world – Passing us like the baton in a relay race. People who didn’t even know us, but who were willing to help anyway. But we’re together . We’ll always be together. And I’ve found a family. | ||
| 18. Running away | THE GREAT ESCAPE (chp 13) THE SECOND ESCAPE ( CHAP 31)- Stone bus shelter Chapter 32 – running for help. | ‘If I were younger I’d run away from here somewhere where they’d never find me.’ Me and my granda were going to run away. - Go to my mum’s caravan….Its dead secluded. Nobody would ever find you there. No Rory, nothing’s changed. I’d rather be here in this cold bus shelter with you than anywhere else in the world. I want us to stay together as long as we can. Is that a deal? “It’s a deal Granda” But I had gone to them. Because I had no choice. | ||
| 19. Reverse Roles | Rory prepares to get his granda out of Rachnadar. | “Where am I going son?”…I looked up at him and a wave of love swept over me. My granda looked like a little boy, as if he were my baby brother, relying on me to make things better, just as I’d always relied on my granda. “I’m getting you out of here.” My granda was like a little boy, allowing himself to be led, without a word, without a question. Safe in the knowledge that I would look after him. | ||
| 20. TV headlines | Val Jessup appears on TV. Darren’s mum on TV TV reporter – chp 26 | ‘We were in no trouble. The authorities were only worried about us both, especially my granda, whose health was a real concern. “Come back son. Bring your granda. He can’t take this. He’s not well. You know that. You’ve got to come back.” - the question is how can an old man and a boy disappear like this? The answer had to be that people are helping them out. The public are very much on their side. Mister McIntosh’s son has been traced to Liverpool. | ||
| 21. Rory’s worry | He is worried that Sammy will be in trouble for helping them. Rory learns a lesson never to judge anyone again. | ‘Why should we? We haven’t kidnapped you. And you’re not escaped convicts. It’s a free country. You can go where you please.” | ||
| 22. Ruby’s fortune telling | | “Will they catch us?” “No, they won’t catch you Rory” “They won’t find you. It is you who will go to them. You won’t have nay choice.” “Never.” “Me and my granda, we’ll always be together , won’t we?” “You will meet people who will help you. And there will be people you can’t trust. You’re looking for something, Rory, and when you find it, everything changes for you. ….And a terrible sadness will come first. ‘Because of that terrible sadness, Rory, you will find the thing you’re looking for.” | ||
| 23. Public responses over the TV national news | Chapter 27 – Public responses about: how the system had let us down; how it was all society’s fault; the breakdown of community, of family, the failure of social workers; everyone was blamed. | 1. If the old man had any sense he’d bring the laddie back home. He’s missing school and goodness knows what terrible things could happen to him. 2. I think it’s wonderful! They don’t want to be split up, so what choice did they have? 3. Leave them be. Let them live and die together. They’ve not done anything wrong. 4. wasting police time…. 5. Ruby’s response: “People are taking sides about you, arguing about the rights and wrongs of your case. That’s good. The more people who know your plight, the better chance of you staying together.” | ||
| 24. Rory’s frustration (chp 30) | He hated his father for not coming up, asking to meet them. | I could have cried with frustration. I had thought I had figured it all out. Go to Liverpool. Let my granda’s son, my father, deal with it ….but now my granda knew my plan there was no way he would go there. | ||
| 25. Rory meets his dad | | “Rory, I’m your dad.” “I was young, Rory, and stupid. Too scared to come back because my dad said he hated me. Didn’t want to see me again. But as soon as I saw the wo of you on the news. I got in touch with the plice. Honest. Just give me a chance to prove I can be a good dad again, a good son. Source : Draft from "Catch Us If You Can" Curriculum Development Division. Hopefully this will benefit all SPM students ... |
Friday, July 8, 2011
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