Commentary on Lorna Sage, Bad Blood (2000)
This passage revolves around a young girl's life, how it has changed
and what it has become. It is ironically, how a friendship has evolved
into something that the two girls who are exposed in this passage have
never thought it would become. Sage introduces us to what we can
conclude to be herself in the first paragraph of this passage, whilst
introducing us to her dear friend (or shall we say greatest enemy?) in
the second paragraph.
The relationship between Gail and the narrator is one of typical young
girl's relationships with another girl. Sage develops the relationship
between these two young girls from two very contradicting ways; Hate
to Love. As the narrator mentions;
"…now she was my sworn enemy."
This quote makes it quite obvious how the narrator felt about Gail.
When you use the word sworn enemy, it emphasizes the amount of hatred
you have towards that person, which makes it crystal clear to us how
the relationship between Gail and the narrator was. Yet, ironically,
this all changes, within no more than 2 words from that quote, when
the narrator opens up the relationship between her and Gail when she
says;
"(she even had a funny name, like me)"
In this quote, the narrator starts to open up to Gail, accepting her,
as she starts to compare her to herself. That is where the
relationship actually began. Although they started off bullying each
other and beating each other up, as shown when Sage says;
"Once she'd thoroughly trounced me in public…"
this quote, also, is pretty much right to the point, very straight
forward, the narrator speaks openly and sort of what proud of being
trounced, of being whitewashed by Gail, because it let to som...
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...e way we can understand this passage, for example,
would you enjoy a passage that was all about two girls (or even two
guys, let us not be sexist!) that was all about bullying and all about
racism and socialism and so on? This passage, with the emphasis of the
narrators' feelings into it, shows us exactly how real friendships
turn out to be, and it is true, this passage does reflect on the real
way strong relationships are actually made! (I would know, it's
happened to me!) but for me, this passage was really a play back to my
old life. I've gone through exactly what Sage, or the narrator has
gone through, and turned out with a friendship stronger than ever!
When you're young, without a doubt you ought to feel jealousy towards
a certain person in your grade/year, for some reason or another, which
will, believe it or not, lead to a really strong friendship.
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It is easier to grasp a meaning of this line further along in the book.
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Commentary on Lorna Sage’s Bad Blood This passage, consisting of three paragraphs, out of Lorna Sage’s Bad Blood, is presented by an all-knowing first-person narrator. It revolves around a young girl’s, the narrator’s, school life and childhood experiences. It follows the evolution of a friendship between the narrator and her dear friend, or shall we say her “sworn enemy”(l 11), who is first introduced in the second paragraph, “Gail…had hair in ringlets, green-hazel eyes and pale, clear, slightly olive skin stretched tight and shiny over her muscles…” (ll 11-13). The narrator first encounters Gail by having “fierce contests in the yard, duels almost…” (l 8) against her.
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