No.2+-+Quotes



No.2 Film Quotes **For each quote: **
 * 1) “All you can do is show compassion to one another. That’s all you can do.”
 * 2) “Denmark aye? So what’s that like?”
 * 3) “Do you drink Kava?” “Ah... I’ll try.”
 * 4) “Door’s open. You guys need to find something else to talk about.”
 * 5) “Hibiscus said she will only come if she can bring her boyfriend.”
 * 6) “How much?” “It doesn’t matter. It’s for your nana, man.”
 * 7) “I don’t know what kind of Islanders these people are. They’ve been living in this town too long.”
 * 8) “I want blood here today. Only blood.”
 * 9) “In the old days Joseph was the head of the family, but I was its heart. So, I’ve decided… that my successor… is Soul.”
 * 10) “Look at all that life.”
 * 11) “Of course Father. Every day I try to do something for my family.”
 * 12) “So what will you be doing tomorrow?” “Unpacking suitcases.”
 * 13) “That door stays shut boy!”
 * 14) “The door’s an excuse. The house is cursed because you guys don’t come around here. It’s cursed because you guys bitch like little kids.”
 * 15) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif';">“This place is boring as hell. Before there used to be laughing and singing and swearing and fighting.”
 * 16) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif';">“What?” “Think outside the square.”
 * 17) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif';">“When I’m gone I want you to run the house just like you do now.”
 * 18) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif';">“When your grandfather and I first came to this country we helped our friends and relatives come too. We didn’t have much, but we had family.”
 * 19) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif';">“Who do you think has got money around here?”
 * 20) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif';">“With you in the house it will always be alive.”
 * 21) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif';">“Would you like to come to our party? I would really like you to come. With me.”
 * 22) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif';">“You don’t even own your own house yet. I did that by the time I was nineteen. We would have paid for these renovations if she has asked.”
 * 23) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif';">“You don’t know how to mix this, we’re not natives.”
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif';">Who said it?
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif';">When? What was happening?
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif';">What does it show you? Explain the significance of it.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif';">Which ones are relevant for the theme or character you could best write about? Try remembering them to use in your essay.

<span style="height: 129.6pt; margin-left: 301.4pt; margin-top: -33.8pt; mso-position-horizontal-relative: text; mso-position-horizontal: absolute; mso-position-vertical-relative: text; mso-position-vertical: absolute; mso-wrap-distance-left: 9pt; mso-wrap-distance-right: 9pt; mso-wrap-style: square; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 187.45pt; z-index: 1;"> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 36pt;">N0.2 Quotes ** __ Family __ ** || // The door's an excuse. The house is cursed because you guys don't come around here. It's cursed because you guys bitch at each other like little kids. It's cursed because Mus's dad died, and it's cursed because your whole generation hates each other's guts. And you say it's about a door. // ||   || **  Family hierarchy  **
 * ** Tyson:  **  || // You've got no idea what I do for the family ////  .  //  ||
 * ** Cat:  **  || // There you go Percy. Well done. This is your boy, you see? That's very good parenting, my brother. //  ||
 * ** Cat:  **  || // Giving this house a bad name, as usual. I can't believe the shame you people bring on the family. //  ||
 * ** Soul:  **
 * ** Percy:  **  || // This house is cursed because my brother and sister just want the old lady to sell it. They want her tucked away in an old folks' home like some ////  papalangi. What you're trying to do for the old lady is good. But you should have known not to invite us.  //  ||
 * ** Soul:  **  || // Every day I try to do something for my family, you know //  ||
 * ** John:  **  || // [to Soul] You've got a cheek, boy. Who do you think you are? You're an embarrassment to this family. You are a disgrace. //  ||
 * ** Nanna:  **  || //  All my life I've wanted to do what's right for this family. When your grandfather and I came to this country, we helped out friends and relatives come too. We didn't have much but we had family. And we had our house. Every house needs different people to do different things. Everybody is important. We need people to sing, to laugh, to dance, to study, to speak, to fight and to lead. We need strong men."  //
 * ** Nanna:  **  || //  In the old days, Joseph was the head of the family but I was its heart.  //  ||
 * ** Nanna:  **  || //  [to Soul] I want you to sing and laugh and dance – and fight. With you in the house, it will be always alive.  //  ||
 * ** Cat:  **  || // I'm your elder. I'll tell you what to do, not your brother. You got that? //  ||
 * ** Nanna:  **  || // While I'm still alive, I'm still your mother. I rule you – you don't rule me. //  ||

** __ Cultural Identity/Cultural Diversity __ ** ** Tyson:  ** ** Soul:  **  || //  Rosemary? Anchovies? Is she making a pizza? //  // Fijians don't make pizza, man // // Where's the steak, man? The lamb chops? // || ** __ Tradition __ ** ** Charlene:  **  || //  You don't know how to mix this. We're not natives. Women aren't supposed to mix kava. They're not even supposed to drink it, especially out of a bucket. //  //  Well, Uncle Percy stole our tanoa. // || <span style="height: 135.85pt; margin-left: 108.8pt; margin-top: -0.15pt; mso-position-horizontal-relative: text; mso-position-horizontal: absolute; mso-position-vertical-relative: text; mso-position-vertical: absolute; mso-wrap-distance-left: 9pt; mso-wrap-distance-right: 9pt; mso-wrap-style: square; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 229.55pt; z-index: 3;"> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">
 * ** Maria:  **  || //  My mother's from Copenhagen, my father's from Bratislava. … We're all a bit like that, aren't we? Fruit salads.  //  ||
 * ** Soul:  **
 * ** Hibiscus:  **  || // I'm not staying here if you kill that pig. It's barbaric! Why can't we just go to the supermarket and get some pork chops like everybody else? //  ||
 * ** Nanna:  **  || // I don't know what kind of Islanders these people are. They have been living in this town for too long. //  ||
 * ** Soul:  **  || //  Peter? What sort of Asian name is that? You've got a Merc – can't even drive.  //  ||
 * ** Percy:  **  || <span style="height: 81.4pt; margin-left: 260.95pt; margin-top: 34.45pt; mso-position-horizontal-relative: text; mso-position-horizontal: absolute; mso-position-vertical-relative: text; mso-position-vertical: absolute; mso-wrap-distance-left: 9pt; mso-wrap-distance-right: 9pt; mso-wrap-style: square; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 133.75pt; z-index: 2;"> // This house is cursed because my brother and sister just want the old lady to sell it. They want her tucked away in an old folks' home like some papalangi. //  ||
 * ** Hibiscus:  **
 * ** Maria:  **  || //  How traditional is it that you have to kill a pig?  //  ||
 * ** John:  **  || //  This isn't about old ways, son. It's about respect.  //  ||
 * ** Nanna:  **  || // That tabua is very sacred. It was given to my father by the king of Levuka. I gave it to my son Michael when Joseph died and now it's yours. //  ||
 * ** Aunty Marama:  **  || //  In Fiji, you shut the door for four days or the evil spirit will know how to get into the house.  //  ||