Beyond the sky and the earth: a journey into Bhutan

GAP

G-autobiographical-memoir, travel writing

A-educated, well travelled, interested in travelling

P- entertain, show his views on Bhutan

Tones

Tone 1: Admiration,awe

Tone 2: disgust, disspationate

Tone 3: Exoticising, admiration

Tone 1

Quote 1

'Mountains all around, climbing up to peaks, rolling into valleys, again and again. Bhutan is all and only mountains.'

-Lack of determiners immediacy of landscape.

-Dreamlike sentence structure flow of list- almost stream of consciousness. Shows awestruck.

-Repeated adverbs 'again' emphasises drama, extraordinary natural beauty and remoteness.

Quote 2

'on the other side of mountains are mountains, more mountains and more mountains again.'

Repetition- significance of the writers in compassion to Bhutan

Quote 3

'Instant coffee','powdered milk','plasticky white','bread','flavourless','non-sense','home-on-the-farm'

Mortifying adj emphasise quotations reality of life in compassion to Bhutan's almost phantasy-magorical grandeur

Tone 2

Quote 1

'Indian-Bourbon Biscuits','coconut crunchies',' orange cream biscuit','acid washed jeans','Willie Nelson's greatest hits','a Rambo poster in a bar'

Asyndetic listing pulls up specific details-gives impression of a cacophony of cultural influences-a sense of energy -busyness and mess

Quote 2

' hideously coloured','cultural infiltration'

Alien-ness unfamiliarity and uniqueness encapsulated by noun phrases- semantically linked to Invasion war/espionate

Quote 3

' "Thimphu will look like New York to you when you come back after a year in the east" he said'

Direct speech of local natives emphasises her alien unfamiliarity.

Tone 3

Quote 1

'Handsome','best','sturdily','beautiful','gentle','voluminous','taller','darker',' complexions'

Semantic field of physical beauty shows his appreciation and impressed by exoticness

Quote 2

'Most-dignity','unselfconsciousness','good humour','grace-but'

Parenthetical dashes contain almost devotional affection towards Bhutanese.

Quote 3

'I am full of admiration for this small country that has managed to look after itself so well'

After well researched to Starrucca analysis of Bhutan recent history of which of which one would expect in such autobiographical travel writing return at the end to personal reflection foreground her self + subjective experience, extraordinary positive at the heart of time complex, and all inspiring place