Small Things Like These
by Claire Keegan

Small Things Like These: Flashbacks 1 key example

Key Examples in Small Things Like These

Chapter 6
Explanation and Analysis—One Sunday Years Ago:

Chapter 6 organizes itself around Furlong’s flashback, in which he thinks back on his visits to Mrs. Wilson’s years ago:

One Sunday, years ago, while Mrs. Wilson was still living, Furlong had gone out to the house. He was not too long married at the time—Kathleen was still in the pram. It was Furlong’s habit, on fine Sundays, to get on the bicycle after dinner and go for a visit. As it turned out, Mrs. Wilson was not at home that afternoon but Ned was in the kitchen with a bottle of stout, having a smoke at the fire.