Journal of a disappointed man

Question 1

Dissapointed man
narrator vs subjects

Answer 1

• first person narrator observing men
  difference in class/educational background:
• language used: complex language e.g. ‘paraphernalia’ vs the ‘monosyllables’
• they are working (manual labour) and narrator ‘discovered these men’, watching

Question 2

Dissapointed man
key themes

Answer 2

• masculinity
• emotional distance

Question 3

Dissapointed man
masculinity

Answer 3

• men described as traditionally and physically masculine
• ‘powerful men’
• ‘ruminative and silent’
• ‘monsters’
• criticising masculinity but also being condescending

Question 4

distance

Answer 4

• the men won’t talk to him, or each other
• ending the narrator is left alone
• no intimacy

Question 5

structure + form

Answer 5

• 12 quatrains
• some enjambment ‘swinging/over the water’ - form reflecting the motion of the equipment
• caesura ‘I cannot say what.’ emphasising that he cannot go on/say more