How does Hill convey Kingshaw’s rising terror in this extract? – I’m the King of the Castle
Pages 30-31
In the extract, Kingshaw is being attacked by a crow and the author’s aim is to get the reader to feel pressurized and nervous along with the boy.
Kingshaw also seems very nervous before he even sees the crow, as Hill wrote “he ought not to damage anymore. He ought to go back”. This also has an effect on the reader because they want to connect with Kingshaw and they can already feel that the child is nervous. In these two pages, the author repeats the words “scarlet mouth” more than once. Because of this we can deduce that the crow is aggressive and powerful, as red is seen as a dominant colour, and the colour of the inside of his beak can …show more content…
Hill also uses extremely powerful adjectives in short sentences such as “enormous, black wings”, which give us an impression that the crow is very large and dangerous. Hill also uses many short sentences like “he ought to go back” and “he ran”, which makes the reader feel anxious about what the boy’s next actions are going to be and what the bird is going to do next. We can detect from this that Kingshaw is an extremely nervous boy and that he is scared about most things. The writer also uses a rhetorical question in the text to emphasise Kingshaw’s thoughts “What could a bird do?” This also shows that the child was trying to calm himself down, which further more shows us that the child was worried and leads us to believe that there is something wrong and that increases suspense. The extract also increases terror as the animal is described in a lot of detail, for example, it says “small glinting eyes”. This short sentence makes us believe that the bird is evil and …show more content…
It increases the pressure because we start wondering if he is going to get hurt and it gets the reader on the edge. By saying “get on the grass, get on the grass” this shows that he was mentally unstable and he was panicking. We can also see that he was lacking control over his emotions and was all over the place. Hill also uses a metaphor in the two paragraphs and it’s “battalion of crows”. This makes us think of the military and leads us to imagine that Kingshaw is being hunted and attacked by an army of birds, which increases terror because we are unsure if the child is going to get hurt or not. The bird also makes many terrifying sounds such as “hoarse caaw” and “screech”, which are unpleasant sounds which are typically referred to pain or danger. This is also a factor of terror in this extract because it makes us feel like we are being attacked by a bunch of birds and we worry for the boy. Kingshaw also makes noises which can worry us, such as “thudding of his footsteps”. From this, we can deduct that the child is having trouble getting
Pages 30-31
In the extract, Kingshaw is being attacked by a crow and the author’s aim is to get the reader to feel pressurized and nervous along with the boy.
Kingshaw also seems very nervous before he even sees the crow, as Hill wrote “he ought not to damage anymore. He ought to go back”. This also has an effect on the reader because they want to connect with Kingshaw and they can already feel that the child is nervous. In these two pages, the author repeats the words “scarlet mouth” more than once. Because of this we can deduce that the crow is aggressive and powerful, as red is seen as a dominant colour, and the colour of the inside of his beak can …show more content…
Hill also uses extremely powerful adjectives in short sentences such as “enormous, black wings”, which give us an impression that the crow is very large and dangerous. Hill also uses many short sentences like “he ought to go back” and “he ran”, which makes the reader feel anxious about what the boy’s next actions are going to be and what the bird is going to do next. We can detect from this that Kingshaw is an extremely nervous boy and that he is scared about most things. The writer also uses a rhetorical question in the text to emphasise Kingshaw’s thoughts “What could a bird do?” This also shows that the child was trying to calm himself down, which further more shows us that the child was worried and leads us to believe that there is something wrong and that increases suspense. The extract also increases terror as the animal is described in a lot of detail, for example, it says “small glinting eyes”. This short sentence makes us believe that the bird is evil and …show more content…
It increases the pressure because we start wondering if he is going to get hurt and it gets the reader on the edge. By saying “get on the grass, get on the grass” this shows that he was mentally unstable and he was panicking. We can also see that he was lacking control over his emotions and was all over the place. Hill also uses a metaphor in the two paragraphs and it’s “battalion of crows”. This makes us think of the military and leads us to imagine that Kingshaw is being hunted and attacked by an army of birds, which increases terror because we are unsure if the child is going to get hurt or not. The bird also makes many terrifying sounds such as “hoarse caaw” and “screech”, which are unpleasant sounds which are typically referred to pain or danger. This is also a factor of terror in this extract because it makes us feel like we are being attacked by a bunch of birds and we worry for the boy. Kingshaw also makes noises which can worry us, such as “thudding of his footsteps”. From this, we can deduct that the child is having trouble getting