Brooklyn Cop

Brooklyn Cop Analysis and Evaluation Worksheet Stanza One 1. Look at lines 1 4. Do you unconvincingk that this is a stereotypical image of a policeman? Choose two quotes, and explain why they make you come up this way. (3) Stereotypical built like a gorilla = he is considerable and strong / .. but less timid = brave Non-stereotypical two hieroglyphs in his reflection that mean trouble = he is looking for trouble (1 snitch for each quote and linked opinion) 2. Quote the line that shows that the divide betwixt civilization and violence is only ever paper- edit. (1) he walks the sidewalk and the thin tissue paper over violence (1 patsy) 1. What technique is this? 1) Metaphor (1 mark) 3. Consider what you postulate about the copper color at home. Quote a line that shows the distinction between his personality at work, and that at home. Explain your answer fully, including how you bump about the character. (3) Whilst at work, he is fearless and savage. But he loves his wif e and is afraid that he energy be killed in the line of responsibleness (1 mark) .. when he said see you babe to his wife, he hoped it, he in truth hoped it (1 mark). This makes us feel tough for him beca expenditure his love for his wife means he is vulnerable. (1 mark) 4. The poet changes from saying the cop is like a gorilla to being a gorilla.Explain fully how the techniques have changed, and why you think the poet does this. (2) The poet uses a allegory at the start of the poetry, but towards the end of stanza one he changes the equivalence to being a metaphor (1 mark). This strengthens the image and emphasises the savage, bestial and primitive personality of the cop. (1 mark) Stanza Two 1. Think about the place names in the song what material body of area is he policing? (2) The poet mentions Phoebes Whamburger and Louies authority these sound like they might be mafia diners or places where gangsters might hang out. (2 marks for any suitable ideas with evidence) 2.Explain how the word plunge is effective. allow comment on connotation and denotation of the word as salubrious as the structure. (3) Plunge means to fall quickly (1 mark). It has connotations of falling, uncontrollably, perhaps from a great height into something terrible (1 mark). . The poem highlights the word so that the material structure of the poem approximately mirrors the idea of falling through the thin tissue into violence. (1 mark). 3. How does stanza two remind us of the al-Qaidas of the poem? (1) Stanza two reiterates the theme of violence, and shows how quickly the cop could be thrust from safety into chaos. 1 mark for anything describing how violence is always present in the cops world) Stanza three 1. What do you notice about the structure of this stanza? (1) The whole stanza is written as a rhetorical question. (1 mark) 2. Explain the significance of gorilla with a nightstick (2) The cop is described as a gorilla, which has connotations of being primitive a nd savage. It is earthshaking that he has chosen a nightstick, because stereotypical police would have a gun. The Brooklyn Cop has a nightstick, perhaps because he enjoys being able to use it to violently beat up criminals. 1 mark) The poet may also doom it to be a phallic symbol, to emphasise the masculinity of the cop. (1 mark) 3. Show how the poet tries to scramble us to sympathise with the cop (4) MacCaig tries to get us to feel sorry for the cop by reminding us that his home is a place he might, this time, never get back to. This is perhaps the only place he is happy and safe and so we sympathise with his dangerous life. (2 marks) The poet also asks who would be him, which makes the reader consider how hard it would be to live the life the cop does. (2 marks) (1 mark for each quote,1 mark for each reasonable explanation)Stanza Four 1. Who is the poet referring to as victims, and why do you think they are referred to as such? (2) The poet refers to criminals who are caught b y the cop as victims (1 mark), perhaps because the cop serves his own kind of violent justice. (1 mark) Overall 1. Why do you think the Brooklyn Cop form anonymous? (1) I think that not knowing his name emphasises how separate he is from society, and makes the readers sympathise more with him (1 mark) 2. How flourishing do you think this poem is in conveying a complex picture of the cop? (4) MacCaig is successful because he presents us with a realistic character.On one hand, he is almost a comic book superhero he is built like a gorilla huge and strong, as he bravely walks the sidewalks and the thin tissue over violence to keep us safe. On the other hand, he has a vicious, violent streak. He likes brutalising people, and the line two hieroglyphs in his face that mean trouble suggests he seeks out fights. Yet at the aforesaid(prenominal) time, he is tender with his wife, calling her honey and his fear that his home is a place he might, this time, never get back to tells us that he is vulnerable. (two marks each for suitable quote plus explanation)