H Is For Hawk

Question 1

What is it about?

Answer 1

MacDonald’s father died. She was really sad and so to distract herself she bought herself a goshawk. But when the employee gives her the hawk, its the wrong one

Question 2

Context

Answer 2

Falconry is the training of a large bird or prey

Question 3

Purpose

Answer 3

Writer became an experienced falconer. Whilst writing non-fiction it is also imaginative and creative. She wanted a new hobby and distract herself from the death of her father.

Question 4

Structure

Answer 4

• short sentences = worried
• 1 line paragraph = feels like she is not recounting the event = almost narrative like a story

Question 5

Important quotes

Answer 5

• “another hinge untied. Concentration. Infinite caution”
• “air turned syrupy and slow”
• “heart jumps sideways. She is a conjuring trick. A reptile. A fallen angel.”
• “this was not my hawk”