Brooklyn Cop Flashcards

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Built like a gorilla but less timid

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  • simile creating the impression of the
    policeman’s bulky, strong looking appearance
  • he stands out but is not shy at all like a gorilla would be
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Thick-fleshed

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  • WC has connotations of tough, strong + fearless
  • making us think he is thick skinned and can handle
    anything
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Steak-coloured

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  • word choice compares the man to a piece of meat

- connotations of raw, aggressive, violence + blood

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Hieroglyphs

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  • metaphor making us imagine scars, frown lines in his
    face or his eyes
  • being hard to read just as hiroglyphs are , indicating
    trouble/violence
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Trouble

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  • WC has connotations of menacing

- helping us imagine this policeman is dangerous

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Thin tissue over violence

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  • juxtaposition + contrast with thick-fleshed indicating that
    violence could erupt at any time and he’s stopping it
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See you babe he hoped it, he truly hoped it.

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  • contrast between ‘babe’ and he ‘truly hoped it’
    suggesting his love for his wife
  • use of direct speech shows the desperation
  • repetition of ‘hoped It’ emphasising the real danger of
    his environment
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He is a gorilla

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  • metaphor making us imagine his appearance +

personality

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‘Hiya, honey’

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  • WC emphasising how pleased he is and his

gratitude for being home safe with his wife

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No cliché

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  • WC expressing that his emotions are genuine

and meaningful for being back with his wife

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tissue tear

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  • alliteration showing the violence and a painful action
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plunge

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  • WC making us think of a sudden movement

suggesting how fast the violence could happen

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WHAT clubbings, WHAT gunshots

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  • repetition suggests uncertainty of the violence
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Phoebe’s Whamburger and Louie’s Place

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  • onomatopoeia of ‘wham’ has connotations of a punch
    from a comic book
  • American connotations setting the scene - dangerous
    local community in NYC
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Who would be him

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  • rhetorical question showing McCaig is starting to

slightly sympathise with the policeman

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nightstick

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  • WC
  • symbol of threat, vulnerability because he only has a
    tiny wee baton to defend himself
  • basic compared to the gun
  • he has to not be afraid
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And who would be who to have to be his victims?

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  • rhetorical question considering two points
    > what people would want to mess with him
    > he would show his violence
  • suggesting if someone gets on the wrong side of him
    they will be his victim emphasising his violent + brutal
    nature + his last resort is to respond with violence