game of polo

para 1

p - Levine emphasises that before the race began, she doubted whether it would be a worthwhile endeavour – the village and its inhabitants seemed to be uninteresting, perhaps reflecting her desire to only pick the best and most exotic offerings for her travel writing

e - “an eternity”

a - The hyperbole demonstrates her impatience and suggests her boredom.

e - ‘Whacky races’

a - The reference to western culture communicates her inability to understand their culture, which further demonstrates her desire to only pick the most exotic places as she unable to understand their culture.

para 2

p - However, once the races do begin Levine emphasises their excitement and anarchy

e - "Formula One without rules, or a city-centre rush hour gone anarchic,”.

a - the metaphor emphasises the chaotic atmosphere and the high energy during the event.

e - ‘Roaring’ ‘Revving’

a - the onomatopoeia coveys the intensity and excitement of the situation. It makes the reader understand and feel involved in the race and the overwhelming environment.

para 3

p - However, the intensity and anarchy of the race perhaps overwhelms the Western Levine, who begins to present the inhabitants as uncivilised and infantile

•e - ‘Survival of the fittest’

a - The zoomorphism implies how the locals are acting like animals and out of control, and how the race is starting to overwhelm her.

e - ‘Language growing more colourful’

a - the accumulation of ‘growing’ conveys how she is slowly becoming more overwhelmed by the setting and the metaphor of ‘colourful’ portrays how the environment is becoming more and more out of control.

para 4

p - Though Levine seemed to enjoy, she does often compare the races unfavourably to Western counterparts

e - ‘Clouds of fumes and dust’

a - Levine uses cartoonish imagery to emphasise the intensity of the situation and her preference towards western lifestyle as it is cleaner and more controlled.

e - ‘Dive into the ditch’

a - the plosive of the letter ‘d’ creates an atmosphere of an aggressive, overwhelming setting, in which suggests her favouritism towards the more controlled western counterpoints.