whistle and i'll come to you

"mad friend"

crazy unusual behaviour - danger

"the tumult of the wind"

creates a dark + suspenseful mood + eerie atmosphere

"someone- another human being"

doesn't want to admit supernatural

"quite alone and exposed, bearing the brunt of winter after winter gales"

element of tension "exposed" supports the idea of the house being isolated and vulnerable. Susceptibility highlighted in "bearing" which implies it is constantly battered

"whose door had been so firmly locked and then, inexplicably, opened"

embedded clause 'inexplicably' hinting at supernatural force

"until i felt i was a small boy"

foreshadows that he is vulnerable + connected to past

"banishing all tranquility"

hints at danger

"short narrow corridor"

links to claustrophobia and vulnerability

"and then, ... powerless to reach me"

long complex sentence show his train of though + how they are scattered because he is scared

" the first thing...the torch"

long sentence - no pause shows he has no protection and can't save himself. fast paced = panicked

"I had the impression ... the lights went out"

long sentence used to portray fear. he cannot register the events and is telling us everything going on through his head - frozen only using eyes "i had" - first person more reliable "tremendous blast of wind" - helps portray tense atmosphere +strength of supernatural

"i stretched"

more connected and involved

"rain and sleet and spray"

negative listing foreshadows gothic elements

"fantasies"

not real creates effect of unknown= tense

"I listened hard. Nothing."

one word sentence = isolation

"despair and fear, frustration and tension"

pair evolves sadness and negativity and then it is driven by anger in the next pair. These represent how the character himself has competing emotions - emphasises the overwrought and hyperbolic nature of the emotions, which are multilayered + complicated

"stronger gusts"

pathetic fallacy: gives reader a sense of insecurity

"wind rage round like a lion"

personification + simile set tension

"trance like state"

possibly dreaming = unreliable

"trying to shut out...years?"

questioning how long this restless creatures anger has been building up for

"but what was 'real'?"

rhetorical question - he is uncertain, illustrates doubt in his mind. The protagonist is presents as fearless at first and now he is afraid as he realises nothing makes sense.

"at first i was alarmed"

short sentence instantly makes the reader think there is a problem

"during the night the wind rose"

short sentence which is contrasted with a long complex sentence build action and drama. prepares the reader for something to happen. as description progresses the sentences become more complex which reflects the build up of the storm and adds to the tension.

"stood there, steady as a lighthouse"

simile - house compared to something sturdy which reassures the reader - triggers false sense of security

"like a ship at sea"

simile - shows that the house is isolated, vulnerable to all the external forces and very small compared to the surroundings. conjures up the image of a small ship being violently attacked by the sea - tossed and battered by storm

"this poor one did not, could not"

someone wants revenge, can't rest = full of anger

"rattling"

sound imagery - denotes that the house is disagreeing with the weather. may intend to reflect narrators heart rate = fear

"no living occupant"

spine chilling

"my brain span all manner wild"

spinning brain conveys confusion, unsetting atmosphere - thoughts all over the place, intense

"no disturbance of the air"

use of touch stimulates mind into feeling the same, Air is really sensitive so the fact that there is no detectable movement seems unnatural

"pitch blackness"

vulnerable - loss of sight

"and the person who had gone by, and who was now it this house with me?"

we question strange presence

"battered by the gale that cam roaring across the open marsh"

"battered" = represents intensity "gale" = wind is vicious OR strength of supernatural forces. Makes us worry because house is dilapidated and might collapse "roaring" - emotive verb = feral animal on the loose OR personifies the wind and makes it seem like it is purposely attacking the house.

"a cry, that familiar cry of desperation and anguish, a cry for help from a child somewhere out on the marsh."

"cry" - repetition - narrator is scared and trying to think logically "familiar" - evoke idea of him having heard the cry before "desperation and anguish" = pain and suffering unwilling to admit that there is something supernatural

"moaning down all the chimneys"

"moaning" - personify wind + describes it as menacing

theme

- isolation - fear - supernatural

"there was no child there. I knew that."

He's trying to think rationally.

"to fetch food and drink and to take the air"

all essentials for survival

"gathering my wits"

calm and collected

"wind boomed and roared"

chaotic atmosphere

"i drummed my fists"

childish action - children symbolise innocent + vulnerability - regressed into small child because he is scared

"no light came on. The torch had broken"

when the light is one Kipps fells that he is protected and that it is a shield against the supernatural. Symbolises light as safety. However when torch breaks he feels that the barrie between him and the unknown has fallen and he is vulnerable