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Summary Touch by Hugh Lewin - Analysis
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- English Home Language
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- 12th Grade
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TouchHugh Lewin
1. When I get out
- Shows he is incarcerated, in prison
2. I’m going to ask someone
- Someone = desperate to be touched
3. to touch me
- Has been deprived of loving, tender touch
4. very gently please
- Wants caring engagement & intimately
5. and slowly,
6. touch me
- Has a massive void that needs to be fulfilled
7. I want
8. to learn again
9. how life feels.
- Prison made him forget how to live normally & to be cared for
10. I’ve not been touched
11. for seven years
12. for seven years
- Repetition = emphasis on how long he has been deprived of contact
- Emphasis on desperation
13. I’ve been untouched
- Physically & emotionally
- He is isolated & unable to communicate
14. out of touch
15. and I’ve learnt
16. to know now
17. the meaning of
18. untouchable.
- Not able to be taken
- Indian system hinducast / unclean
- Shunt by society
19. Untouched - not quite
- Physical aspect
- “-” interruption
20. I can count the things
- Dehumanised people who have touched him
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