HOTEL ROOM 12 FLOOR

• “lit windows”


  * Contrast to the darkness - shows good vs evil theme.

  * Darkness (connotations of violence vs artificial light).

  (connotations of life, knowledge and progress) raises question about how we hse technology to combat darkness and humanitys instinctive destructive desires.
• “blood glazed”


  * Copious amount of blood - covering sidewalk.

  * ‘glazed’ suggests thick blood coating the pavement - connotations of glazed donuts ir double glazed windows.
• ”this morning”


  * Sense of time - light and hopefulness.
• “watched”


  * Passive - he is not taking part in what he sees
• “a helicopter”


  * Symbol of technology that society is based on.
• “Shot”


  * Connotations of violence and crime.
• “glittering”


  * Light shining off them also suggests wealth and beauty.
• “canyons and gulches”


  * Wild West - comparing skyscrapers to landscape of the West.

  * Contrast neutral/natural with urban.
• “million”


  * Strength in numbers.
• “harsh screaming”


  * ‘harsh’ suggests fear or panic. linked to the poorer side of society.
• “never”


  * Enjambment focuses on negativity of never.
• “like a damaged insect”


  * Similie - annoying and broken and unpleasant connotations. Suggests insignificant in comparison to buildings.

  * Associated with wealth - comment on society damaged by pursuit of technology and material wealth.
• “jumbo sized dentist drill”


  * Connotations of fear and pain.

  * Metaphor - criticises American view of bigger is better.

  * Comment on inequality of society - tool used to prevent decay but symbol of social divide.
• “ups and acrosses”


  * Word Choice ‘acrosses’ - window frame in the form of the cross - reference to religion, further reference to good vs evil.

  * Like a crossword puzzle - suggests New York is puzzling and mysterious.
• “wildest of warwhoops”


  * Link to Wild West - shows chaos of outside.

  * ‘warwhoops’ suggestion of violence and aggresion.

  * ‘wildest’ suggestion of uncivilised, brutal culture (association with Native Americans).
• “uluating”


  * onomatopoeia - intensifies feeling that something bad is happening.
• “the broken bones”


  * Synecdoche - bomes represent the people - emphasises the violence against them and the shattered lives they lead.
• “on the roof”


  * Emphasis on height - ignores harsh reality of ‘life on the ground’
• “no stockades can keep the midnight out”


  * Ends on Pessimistic Tone - resistance is futile darkness and evil will always be around.

  * ‘stockades’ - barriers (unable to prevent spread of ‘midnight’).