Comments on: Language Techniques in H is for Hawk https://nightingale.becomingcelia.com/2019/07/language-techniques-in-h-is-for-hawk.html I sang during the night in early June Fri, 04 Jun 2021 15:34:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.12 By: Poppy https://nightingale.becomingcelia.com/2019/07/language-techniques-in-h-is-for-hawk.html#comment-104 Fri, 04 Jun 2021 15:34:48 +0000 https://nightingale.becomingcelia.com/2019/07/16/language-techniques-in-h-is-for-hawk/#comment-104 In reply to Sarah Bulcott (English teacher).

Hey I tried to email you but it bounced back. I’m doing an exam on English non fiction anthology texts next week, which H is for Hawk is in. The text only goes up to the bit where Helen asks for the previous hawk. I was just wondering what could sort of points could I make about how Macdonald uses language and structure to engage the reader. I’ve come up with one about how she creates tension but I cannot seem to think of anymore. I would greatly appreciate any help.

Kind regards
Poppy

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]]> By: Sarah Bulcott (English teacher) https://nightingale.becomingcelia.com/2019/07/language-techniques-in-h-is-for-hawk.html#comment-96 Sat, 17 Apr 2021 15:40:06 +0000 https://nightingale.becomingcelia.com/2019/07/16/language-techniques-in-h-is-for-hawk/#comment-96 This was incredibly helpful. I also want to provide some context so the readers can further understand where MacDonald was coming from.
It was set in a stage of grief; MacDonald had lost her dad, whom she was close with, very suddenly, and so it comes as no surprise to the reader she dealt with her grief in a way that best felt comfortable to her – buying a hawk. This may sound unusual, but it was something she was interested in for a long time, and she said ‘sometimes grief manifests itself in a way you don’t understand’. This means she didn’t realise she was doing it, but she distracts herself from the grief as much as she can. MacDonald alludes to her grief in the passage: ‘that there was something behind it that was very important’, lines 69-70. The last paragraph clarifies the fact that this hawk is important, for other reasons.
I hope this helped!
Feel free to email me at s.bulcott@gmail.com

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