Unseen Commentary from Gweilo Essays

Unseen Commentary from Gweilo Essays Unseen Commentary from Gweilo Essay Unseen Commentary from Gweilo Essay Essay Topic: Literature This extract (pg 130- 132) gives us an insight on one of Martins interesting but bizarre adventures. In this extract, we see Martin meets a narrow minded man called Nagasaki Jim. In this commentary, I will be explaining how Martin Booth uses literally technique to slowly reveal this scene and to describe it. The extract opens with a strong impactful sentence You lo go dis place (Nagasaki Jim). Martin Booth uses this short sentence to present a small hint to audience about the near future. We (the audience) know that Martin is a very adventurous. Knowing this, we make out that Martin will go into Nagasakis place and something dreadful may happen. However, we, the audience dont know what is going to happen. By doing, this Martin Booth creates tension. Half-way thought page 130, we see dialogue between Nagasaki Jim and Martin Hello, he said pleasantlyWhats your nameWould you like to see my gun. In this dialogue, we see Nagasaki Jim trying to seduce Martin into coming into his room. To show this Martin Booth uses positive diction such as pleasantly and nice. This builds suspicion in the mind of the audience. It makes us question ourselves why Nagasaki Jim is doing this and is what he is going to do now. The description during the dialogue, of how Martin was cautious shows us that even though Martin is a daring boy, he does sense that Nagasaki may do something. The simile My seventh puerile sense was tingling like a high-tension cable emphasizes the feeling of something dangerous going to happen. By comparing his childish feeling to a high-tension cable gives me the impression for the first time in the book that Martin may back-off because of his fears and leave. Negative diction such as cautiously and phrases such as Ill wait here again highlights the fear that Martin is currently is experiencing. The quote The metal was warm and smooth and smelt of gun lubricating oil suggests that Martin loves the gun. It is probably the only why Martin has stayed in Nagasakis place. The author uses positive sensory warm and smooth (touch) and smelt of lubricating oil (smell) to show this to use. Warm and smooth make the gun seem like a cuddly item (i.e. like a teddy bear) when in fact a gun is a horrible item which is used to kill people. The audience is shocked and devastated when Nagasaki says Show me your winkle. The tension and pressure is finally broken. From this line we, the audience figure that Nagasaki is a very narrow minded man. The simile followed by the quote above I was not as green as I was cabbage-looking shows that Martin knows what is happening. Thought the simile, Martin tries to say that he is not dumb however the words (cabbage-looking) used by the author gives us an impression that Martin is naà ¯Ã‚ ¿Ã‚ ½ve. The author reminds us that Martin is still a young boy. Nagasaki Jim hanged himself is a shock, sudden impact for the audience. The comma gives a short and sharp end to the chapter. This line makes us the audience feel sorry for him, even thought he did all does bad things.