From Bwyond the Sky and Earth: a Jorney into Bhutan by Jamie zeppa

text types

memoir that grew out of an essay se wrote about her early days in the country

purpose: shares her personal experience

title name: hyperbolic creates a sense of adventure

themes/ emotions

• weaternistion

• first impressions

• boredome

• respect

• admiration

• factual tone

• informative

• development of her emotions bored to admirations

atitudes towards the beginning

• very descriptive about bhutan

• sense of surprise

• lack of enthusiasm

• bored of mountains

• feels trapped by mountains

atitudes towards the middle

• switches to amore narrative detail

• discusses the town itself

• discusses her friends in thinmpu

• her friends juxtapose her as they are excited and enthusiastic so she ‘stays cose to them’

atitudes towards the end

• awe

• admirations

• discusses its history and its people as remarkable

key quotes to describe interest or portrayal of thoughts and feelings

“i watch mountains rise to meet the moon”

“on the other side of mountains are mountains, more mountains and more mountains again”

“ i share breakfast of instant coffee, powdered milk, plasticky white bread and flavorless jam'“

“ i stay close to them, hoping to pick up some of their enthusiasm”

“ it doesn’t even have a traffic light” short sentence

“these signs of cultural infiltration are few, but they are startling against the Bhutanese-ness of everything”

“ Thimpu will look like new york to you when you come back after a year in the east” use of dialogue

“very handsome people”

“best built race I ever saw” dialogue

“ has his back slapped, his hair pulled and his fac rubbed with wet dough” listing

“im full of admiration for this small country that has managed to look after itself so well” declarative