Work

1. Contextual Analysis (Genre Crime)
Turf is a fictional book written by John Lucas which is about
a boy called Jay who is fifteen years old and is part of a gang
called BSB (Blake Street Boyz Gang). He constantly spends
time defending his block and thinks he is aware of the
choices he makes. Later on he has to make a massive
decision on using a knife to kill somebody or whether to go
against the gang.
This book is based around the genre of crime. Codes and
conventions that suggests this are, “Take muzzas driving, he
treats the street of London like a rally circuit”. Here the
writer uses alliteration to deliver a clear visual effect on the
audience to be able to understand that he was usually
speeding and breaking the law by doing so. “Looks like he
has a gun in the back of jeans”. This also shows a
possession of firearm involved with the gang which is illegal
and is another crime. “He gives us all hits from an ornate little snuff box full of coke”. This
shows that the gang are dealing with a class a drug which is also illegal. All the factors
suggests the books genre is on crime.
Trouble is also another fictional book written by John Lucas
which is about a boy named Carl who has decided to change
his life for the better by leaving his gang, cutting down theft
and violence. When the riots occurs, he finds out that all his
dramatic life change was not going to be as easy as it seems.
The genre surrounding this book is also of crime and has
codes and conventions which suggest this. “JD Sports has
been broken into”, this suggest burglary and theft which is
against the law. “They were carrying the fight, spreading the
fight”. This suggest the levels of physical violence going on.
I chose to look at these two books because the narrative
and genre is fairly similar to my idea, so i wanted to give
myself a better understanding of specific things that i could
include that would make the genre crime.