Brooklyn Cop

Question 1

Built like a gorilla but less timid

Answer 1

• simile creating the impression of the
  policeman’s bulky, strong looking appearance
• he stands out but is not shy at all like a gorilla would be

Question 2

Thick-fleshed

Answer 2

• WC has connotations of tough, strong + fearless
• making us think he is thick skinned and can handle
  anything

Question 3

Steak-coloured

Answer 3

• word choice compares the man to a piece of meat

- connotations of raw, aggressive, violence + blood

Question 4

Hieroglyphs

Answer 4

• metaphor making us imagine scars, frown lines in his
  face or his eyes
• being hard to read just as hiroglyphs are , indicating
  trouble/violence

Question 5

Trouble

Answer 5

• WC has connotations of menacing

- helping us imagine this policeman is dangerous

Question 6

Thin tissue over violence

Answer 6

• juxtaposition + contrast with thick-fleshed indicating that
  violence could erupt at any time and he’s stopping it

Question 7

See you babe he hoped it, he truly hoped it.

Answer 7

• contrast between ‘babe’ and he ‘truly hoped it’
  suggesting his love for his wife
• use of direct speech shows the desperation
• repetition of ‘hoped It’ emphasising the real danger of
  his environment

Question 8

He is a gorilla

Answer 8

• metaphor making us imagine his appearance +

personality

Question 9

‘Hiya, honey’

Answer 9

• WC emphasising how pleased he is and his

gratitude for being home safe with his wife

Question 10

No cliché

Answer 10

• WC expressing that his emotions are genuine

and meaningful for being back with his wife

Question 11

tissue tear

Answer 11

• alliteration showing the violence and a painful action

Question 12

plunge

Answer 12

• WC making us think of a sudden movement

suggesting how fast the violence could happen

Question 13

WHAT clubbings, WHAT gunshots

Answer 13

• repetition suggests uncertainty of the violence

Question 14

Phoebe’s Whamburger and Louie’s Place

Answer 14

• onomatopoeia of ‘wham’ has connotations of a punch
  from a comic book
• American connotations setting the scene - dangerous
  local community in NYC

Question 15

Who would be him

Answer 15

• rhetorical question showing McCaig is starting to

slightly sympathise with the policeman

Question 16

nightstick

Answer 16

• WC
• symbol of threat, vulnerability because he only has a
  tiny wee baton to defend himself
• basic compared to the gun
• he has to not be afraid

Question 17

And who would be who to have to be his victims?

Answer 17

• rhetorical question considering two points
  > what people would want to mess with him
  > he would show his violence
• suggesting if someone gets on the wrong side of him
  they will be his victim emphasising his violent + brutal
  nature + his last resort is to respond with violence