Hitcher

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GCSE English Note on Hitcher , created by elliedawngibson on 07/04/2014.
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What is it about? Man Picks up a Hitch Hiker, Murders him and throws him out of the car 

Attitude/Tone of Poem Sick PeculiarCalm yet Disturbing Stressful  

Language Quotes to Analise "Blowing in the wind." calm vocabulary & describing such as innocent action but this juxtaposed with the distressing nature of the poem. 

Language Quotes to Analise "I've been tired, under the weather." mysterious, uneasy feeling created this contrasts with the relaxed vocab of the hiker. 

Language Quotes to Analise kei

Language Quotes to Analise "And I didn't even swerve." almost proud of himself. This shows that the small things please him at this point in his life and shows that maybe he was 'under the weather' maybe mentally or physically. 

Language Quotes to Analise "He'd Said he liked the breeze// to run its fingers through his hair" Its suggests an impersonal tone & that now he is dead he has been dehumanised. The enjambement suggests that there is more behind the death but also this mimics the rise and fall of your hand as you put your hand out of the window, as you move along & feel the breeze. 

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