“Tickets please” Essay Example

his come-uppance and Lawrence uses a blend of simple and complex sentences neatly running together to create rhythm and help the reader get the feel of the fight. He creates tension and suspense that builds to a crescendo as JT is set upon by the girls and vainly tries to retaliate. He uses alliteration in "he sprang and seized her" to try and display the panic that is setting into the situation and gives JT short sentences whereas the girls are given longer descriptive passages encompassing noun phrases.The rhythm of the verb phrases suggest movement, speed and aggression and again provides animal imagery "their blood was now thoroughly up" suggests an animal that has been tormented until it can take no more and is finally retaliating. "He was their sport now" suggests possession and ownership of the "prey" that JT has become and he has been hunted and captured by the pack of rampaging females.

The use of "their own back" indicates revenge on the part of this band of women and suggests that nothing is going to stop them now they have started on their quest.Strange wild creatures" is an emotive use of words and provides imagery of how these women have come out of themselves individually and are now hypnotised by the "power of the pack" driven on by the safety and assurity that this conjoined effort provides. As JT becomes more entangled in the females entrapment he becomes more defensive and Lawrence's use of "seized, ducked, lay and struggle" all provide the reader with the vision of him becoming more at the mercy of his captor. The panic and futility of his

situation is embraced and one can empathise with him as " he struggled in a wild frenzy of fury and terror, almost mad with terror".

As the women continue their onslaught and "rush at him check quote" JT tries to evade them by ducking and cringing away from them but this just spurs the pack on even more and they become even more incensed. Once JT finally falls to the ground the women kneel on him and pause for breath in their triumph. "Their faces were flushed, their hair wild, their eyes were all glittering strangely" allows insight into how intense the situation has become and how, at the pinnacle of the fight the pack is now untied in victory.As Annie speaks to him in " terrifying, cold triumph" one gets the image that it is a hollow victory and JT tries to rise up and resume some control. However, the girls use "unnatural strength and power" forcing him down and the only way that he can calm their adrenaline and their flush of success is by choosing the victor.

JT chooses Annie in malice, but she outwardly rejects him to save face amongst her fellow captors, the vengeful vindictive violence has all been in vain as no one has won the situation and the girls retreat quite sheepishly having displayed their ruthless natures to the world.