Personal flaws Cat Flashcards
‘She draws in, hunches her shoulders, raises her arms with fists clenched, shuts her eyes’
Asyndetic list of dynamic verb phrases, simile. Maggie is finally alone and reveals her insecurities. Reduced to a helpless child.
‘Fat old body’ BD-BM
double pre-modifying descriptive adjectives. Similar to BD’s description yet used in negative way
‘Give me a drink… Give me my crutch.’ B
Imperative. B doesn’t care about the power structure of the family and therefore doesn’t care what the family think of him
‘He wheezes and and pants and sniffs through his nervous speech’ BD
Polysyndetic tripling of dynamic verbs- BD’s health is his weakness- falling into failure
‘Mae will you let me talk please?’ G
Question, modal verb ‘will’ Gooper has to ask Mae to let him talk showing her assertive personality
‘I’m taking a short trip to echo spring’ B
Common noun ‘trip’ irony- Brick likens getting drunk to travelling- takes him away from reality