“Brooklyn Cop” Critical Essay By Jacqueline Douglas “Brooklyn Cop” by Norman MacCaig is a poem that describes a character in lots of detail by using effective sounds, imagery and word choice. The aim of this essay is to show how cops are really treated. I will do this by underlining the poet’s techniques and word choice throughout the poem. The poem starts by describing a cop who patrols a violent area. The poem goes on to explain little about his life at home.
A gutless fucking wonder!’ When Blacky explains to his father about the storm, Bob insults him rather than swallow his pride and takes his son’s advice on board. The relationship that is shared between Blacky and his father has negatively impacted Blacky’s self-esteem so much that it has led to him not having faith in his own father and to expect no support. During the novel, the desertion that Bob shows toward his son leads Blacky to be more independent, and he learns to expect no support from his father, as he cannot rely on Bob to look after him. The grand final, and Dumby Red’s funeral are examples of when Gary seeks his father’s input,
Creating a grave and planting a tree requires the same action, digging a hole. The first stanza of the poem introduces a person, the narrator, digging “hole, laying you into it, carefully packing the soil”. This refers to both planting a tree, and burying a man. The weather is dark and cold which introduces a sad and harsh tone to the poem. The narrator than continues describes a tradition in Sicily, where planting of a tree represents the birth of a child, because the earth has "one more life to bear".
Nobody likes the war and nobody wants to fight but for some reason the world had a problem and it needed to be fixed. The war has its positives but there are a lot more negatives such as, the draft, people leaving their family, death, etc... The point that rash tries to prove about the war in this essay, is when the farmer talks about losing his own boy in the war. “He fought for Mr. Lincoln do he?” the boy asked “not no more” the farmer replies. Whether the farmer is an antagonist or protagonist in this story, Rash still portrays him to be sad and pissed that his son died in the
"I gave him enough wire to patch up his pen" (226, 3). Sartoris father was now on trial, and as Sartoris watches, he feared for the family and his father, not for himself. And he feels grief and despair "the smell and sense just a little of fear because mostly of despair and grief" (226, 1). The author uses the term despair a number of times. This denotes hopelessness, and shows us that Sartoris sees that there is nothing he can do about the situation.
As Professor Don H.Doyle says on the book that: “This is the story of birth and development of a rural American community, from its origins at the turn of the nineteenth century to the years that followed the Civil War. It vividly portrays the sights and sounds of the prairie, the lives of the Indians and pioneers, the relations between farming men and women, and the ways the settlers adjusted to the advent of railroads and commercial agriculture.” Faragher divided Sugar Creek: Life on the Illinois Prairie into five sections. The “Howling Wilderness” examines the dispossession of the Algonquian speaking Indians and settlement of Anglo-Americans on the frontier. “The Country of Plenty to Eat” focuses on the creation of a distinctive rural landscape in Illinois. Social relationships between men and women were discussed in “Lords of the Soil, Tenants of the Hearth” and the community life in the west and the transition to commercial agriculture were described in “All is Changed.” Faragher used the narrative of Robert Pulliam, who was born in Virginia and migrated to Illinois with his parents before settling on Sugar Creek.
He would go out in the rain with his father to gather as many crops as they could to keep their family from going hungry. Jody's sense of responsibility helped him to deal with the fawn's interference with his family's survival. When the fawn started nibbling on the sweet potato vines, Jody worked twice as hard and fast to make up for the loss. Jody would gather extra crops so there would be enough food for his whole family, including Flag. Jody also built a pen for Flag to keep him from ruining the crops.
WALKING WITH THE DEVIL 1 Walking With The Devil WALKING WITH THE DEVIL 2 Michael Quinn, in his book, Walking With the Devil, provides a vivid portrayal of the code of silence within the police sub-culture. He not only gives profound and impacting examples of the dire consequences which can ensue because of the police and their loyalty to the code, but provides the reader with the understanding that individuals working within the scope of law enforcement can move beyond and prove to be a leader by example and by breaking the code. Mr. Quinn comes from a long line family members, of whom, have worked within law enforcement. His father, in particular, was a police officer for over forty years and one must assume that Mr. Quinn gained valuable insight and was given a prime example of what it takes to be a productive and effective officer. It seems, as evidenced through his writing, that he whole-heartedly believes the police code of silence to be a detriment, not only to criminals, but to the officers themselves.
The abuse he receives from his father is seen in these poems shown through the perspective of Billy as he recounts his past when he gets bashed by his father when he breaks the window. A strong sense of not belonging is shown. As Billy has difficulty belonging to his family his abusive relationship with his father is deeply disconnecting the pair. He meets the train driver Ernie he finally meets a father figure who he can connect with. Another example of this concept can be shown through the novel Shane where he has trouble fitting with his family as his beliefs differ from what his parents believe in.
The pair arrived at a farm where they have jobs lined up harvesting wheat. Trouble starts to brew when the rancher's belligerent son Curley, starts picking on Lennie. Curley's a sadistic little guy who hates big guys. He uses the power of his position to intimidate and humiliate those who are at his mercy due to their circumstances. There