Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin - On Lacking The Killer Instinct Flashcards
What did she do when her father was sick
When i fled up the hills
Alliteration
Comedic, pathetic image of greyhound cahisng hare
the morning paper’s prize photograph: two greyhounds tumbling over, absurdly gross
Plain language, simple
Prosaic, storytelling language
Descriptive, clear vivid imagery, dynamic imagery
Exhilarating
Thrill we feel in moments of great crisis - adrenaline
Bright eye full not only of speed and fear but surely in the moment a glad power
Her father also had this glad power
Like my fathers
Ní c. Has a pride for her father
She slows down the narrative, using commas, to make sure we take it in
In nineteen twenty one, nineteen years old, never such gladness, he said
Zoomorphism
The lorry was growling
Admiration for dad
And he was clever
Risked an open kitchen
Waking up was blissful because he was alive
He came out into a blissful dawn
Life or death situation, he only thought of his own survival and put the house at risk
Should he have chances that door?
