Studied by 19 people
Passage to Africa
Largely chronological with a side for reflection/explanation
Shift from face to smile as author explains context
Repeat of face/smile throughout extract
Themes of vulnerability, difficulty, hardship
Emotive language connects with reader’s humanity
Explorer’s Daughter
Hunting, ethics, natural world
Largely chronological, some digressions
Opens with cinematic description of the scene
Largely debate between usefulness of narwhals to the Inuit and the ethics of hunting
Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan
Shift from being unimpressed by Bhutan to admiring it
Last stanzas are just a dump of factual information
Writing extensively about someone/thing implies that she is interested in it
H is for Hawk
Chronological personal memory
Man, box, hawk 1, emotion, error, hawk 2, realisation, request
Unknown conclusion, cliffhanger and heightened emotions
Vulnerability, hawks
Chinese Cinderella
Contrast - father’s imperatives vs daughter’s rhetorical questions and doubts
Status - father very high, daughter less than chauffeur
Irony - father sends her to do medicine, we know she becomes a writer
Revolutionary reference from quote
Power dynamic - everything is father’s decision
A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat
References to F1, Wacky Races - familiarity with audience
Pre-race, race, crash, aftermath
3 different races - donkeys, spectators, journalist
Humorous reflection of possible consequences
Travel writing for adult travel fans to inform and entertain
Chronological with growing tension and false ending
Explorers or Boys Messing About
Adapted from a news article
Trying to make the taxpayer annoyed with these people
Wife seems like the saviour
Contrast of scramble - professional vs amateur
Infantilising to the pair
Highlights extent of required response
