Brooklyn Cop Quotes Flashcards
(9 cards)
Built like a gorilla
Similie- Suggests the cop is large and intimidating animalistic and domineering
Less timid
Word choice - suggests lack of courage or confidence which the cop does not lack suggesting he is more frightening
Steak coloured
Word choice- suggests violence and blood by product , suggesting cop is the one who faces danger
Thin tissue over violence
Metaphor- tissue is easily broken and suggests there is a think line between him and his descent into savagery
He hoped it, he truly hoped it
Repetition- soft tender emotion emphasises danger of streets/ his job and he may not make it home
Should the tissue tear
Extended metaphor- suggestion. The cop may descend into savagery, sense of uncertainty
Who would be him
Rhetorical question- emphasises sympathy for the cop and a reflection of his difficult job
Gorilla with a nightstick
Word choice- nightstick suggests violence and uncivilised primitive conotation of weaponry
Who would have to be his victims?
Rhetorical question- emphasises idea that violence is inevitable and someone will suffer as he abuses his position in society
