Mooses - Ted Hughes

1. With close reference to the text, explain why the persona labels the moose as "goofy"

• "The goofy moose, the walking house frame,"
• House frames are usually large, sturdy and secured in place
• To contradiction supplied by the word "walking" implies an element of uncertainty
• e.g. the moose should not be as it is(goofy)

• "Is lost, In the forest"
• The moose showcases its idiocy by being capable of being lost in its own habitat

• "He bumps, he blunders, he stands."
• The moose is clumsy

• "He tries to think,"
• It is implied that it is difficult for the moose to think

• "He can't find the world! / Where did it go? What does a world look like?"
• The moose asks incredibly stupid questions

• "The moose / crashes on, and crashes into a lake, and stares at / the mountain and cries: 'where do I belong? This is no place!'"
• A forest, lake and mountain perfectly describes a moose's habitat
• Yet, the moose is unaware that he is where he 'belongs'

• "And charges the cackling underbrush"
• The moose takes out its frustrations by attacking inanimate objects

• "He meets another moose. He stares, he thinks: "It's only a mirror!"
• The moose does not recognize another member of its species
• Or worse, the moose is unaware that there are other mooses 

• "And why am I so ugly? And why am I so far away from my feet?"
• The moose questions its own appearance
• Implies that it is unaware of how it should look like