Brookyln Cop Flashcards
“Built like a gorilla”
Simile - Compared to a wild and powerful animal
Connotations to King Kong
Stereotypical Image
“less timid”
Suggests he is brave but brutal
“thick-fleshed, steak-coloured”
word choice of flesh and steak compares the man to a piece of meat
Connotations of blood and violence
“with two hieroglyphs in his face”
Face and eyes are hard to read like stone also has no emotions
“walks the sidewalk and the thin tissue over violence”
Metaphor: the difference between civilisation and violence is paper thin it could become violent at any moment
“see you babe” “hiya honey”
Tender human like
“hoped it, he truly hoped it”
Repetition-human like, he might not return home
“no cliché”
‘cliche’ over used & meaningless
To him it isn’t as he doesn’t get to say it often he really means it(tender side) talking about Hiya Honey
“he is a gorilla”
metaphor - reforces the image and emphases the savage primitive nature of the cop.
“should the tissue tear, should plunge through”
Alliteration - ‘tissue tear’ thin line to violence
Word choice of plunge suggests falling quickly uncontrollable into violence
“Gorilla with a nightstick”
‘nightstick’ bottom reinforces his vulnerability basic and direct physical violent
“who have to be his victims?”
.’victims’ are the criminals to the officer
