For Macdonald, the salutary effect of the task was partly the task itself: Falconry is a demanding discipline that gave her days structure and goals. A goshawk, a beautiful but merciless killing machine, is not going to do that. It’s not your usual tale of healing human-animal communion, like those countless interchangeable memoirs of how dogs “saved” various authors’ lives and taught them how to be better people. Helen Macdonald’s celebrated 2014 memoir, H Is for Hawk, describes her efforts to address her grief at the death of her beloved father by taming a goshawk. Overwhelming: 'the man pulls an enormous, enormous hawk' The repetition of enormous shows how she is excited but yet overwhelmed - she in awe.Slate has relationships with various online retailers.īut note that deals can expire and all prices are subject to change.Īll prices were up to date at the time of publication. She does this by using a precise choice of vocabulary, original imagery (figurative language) and the variety of sentence structures. The writer communicates very vividly on an experience that was important in her life. What is the language like in H is for Hawk? Language is inventive and intense. Why did Helen Macdonald buy a hawk? In an attempt to cope with her grief, she decided to buy and train one of the most difficult and aggressive bird - the goshawk. It further emphasises her desperation for the smaller bird - she cannot explain in words the compassion she feels for the other bird, which is why she is stuttering. Could I?' The ellipses gives a awkward/hesitant feeling. Awkward: 'Do you think there's any chance I could take that one instead. She is trying to convince herself that it is her bird - and not the larger one. Compassion: 'This is my hawk (italics)' The use of italics helps to emphasise the compassion she feels for the younger/smaller bird.
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