Crooks

    Cards (8)

    • Imperative language 

      Deliberately isolates himself
    • crooks bunk
      “ Crooks bunk was a long box filled with straw “ 

      Animalistic
    • “And he had books too; a tattered dictionary and a mauled copy of the California civil code for 1905”
      Alliteration, animal imagery and metaphor
    • “Nice fella too. Got a crooked back where the horse hit him “ 

      Reflects his living area
    • “I see hundreds of men… with … that same damn thing in their heads.”
      Hyperbole - the dream no one escapes
    • “ … if you … guys want a hand to work for nothing - just his keep …”

      Ellipsis - to show his hesitation in offering help
    • “A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody.”

      Metaphor
    • “I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick.”
      metaphor - ‘sick’ and hyperbole
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