CIDER WITH ROSIE

Cider with Rosie presentation

Cider with Rosie is a memoir of a childhood by Laurie Lee. He shares with us what it was like to grow up without a father, his relationships with his mother, sisters, friends, turning into a man, sexual awakening with Rosie, innocence and naivety and what it was like when he finally lost these characteristic that made him the sweet boy.

In the first chapter Lee gives a three year olds perception and misconceptions: small in relation to objects around him, for example when he got lost in the grass, on the families’ arrival to their new home, “I had never been so close to grass before. It towered above me and all around me, each blade tattooed with tiger-skins of sunlight”. The sense of adventure is communicated through Lee’s use of metaphors and similes.

One of Lee’s major influences was that of his mother, a whole chapter is devoted to her. He trusted a...