Killing the pig - John Montague

Graphic and disturbing
1. Use of noise and sight
  1. Would not go "Singing to the slaughter"
  2. Repeating S as a hissing soumd
  3. Knife personified as " seeks the throat"
Montague calls the pig it rather than it
1. Makes the pig more humane
2. Makes the reader aware of the pigs intelligence
"Final Effort"
1. Sound drown out everthing else
  1. No ignoring the sound
2. Use of powerful metaphors
  1. Compared to the sound of a plane taking off
    1. There's a distinct lack of quotes here child, may want to ook into that. Also your backspace button is annoying. that is all
  2. Screeth of metal being crushed
  3. Harsh C sound
3. Draw attention to its pain
  1. "Piercing"
  2. "Absolute"
Final Stanza
1. Contrast
  1. Normal day on the farm, moment of relief from tension and violence
  2. Grim day on the farm where a animal has to die , the hoor described is just part of daily life
Main Theme
1. Human indiffrence to pain and suffering
Tone
1. Horrifed by thepigs sufferig
2. Sympothy for creature
3. Angery and bitter
4. Acceptance of life

Resource summary

	Created by Johnny Weitbrecht over 6 years ago