larry

• Larry

  • Iconic hero
  • Admired by the people of Frenchtown
  • “Dazzling movie star teeth ….Crowd applauded”
• Dazzling


  Children are mesmerised by his glamour, appears god-like
• Dazzling appearance


  Can be seen as a blinding light, manipulating his appearance to deceive
• Movie star

  Popular and special, recognised by the people
• “movie“ “applauded”


  • cinematic theme, acting, fantasy? (Not real/a facade)
• “Tap danced with machine gun speed“


  Natural talent
• “Machine gun“


  Connotations of violence and war
• Machine gun speed

  May foreshadow Larry's second side to being lethal
• Lexicon of war used to connate the battle between Francis and Larry