Summarise all your observations from Ex. 5-7,p,175 and say what the effect of these features of the poem is.

The thief sees him/herself as an outsider - criminals often do - and opposes the world. He/she despises his/her own lifestyle. He/shc gets thrill, excitement, another surge of adrenaline from people’s misfortune, feels he/she has the right to “punish” them. The clues to the character are words like “alone” - a snowman is not a substitute for a friend, “boredom” - there is nothing to fill his/her time (lines 22-23), “I could eat myself” - being prepared to do harm to him/ herself to overcome boredom.

The poem is in a way sympathetic, as people “like the thief’ need help from society, so that the have a chance to integrate with it.