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PLAN
1 - Beauty
2 - Necessity + danger of hunt
3 - Western reader viewpoint
“spectral play of colour”
Beautiful imagery + literary style = admiration of landscape + respect for creature
“turning butter-gold”
romanticised imager
“gold” positive connotations = awe of landscape
“man and whale”
juxtaposition = author sees the equal (evokes empathy for intuits when they have to kill them)
“essential” + “rich in minerals”
how key narwhals are to inhuit survival
“valuable” + “crucial”
implies no waste + vital to survival
Herbert’s depicted necessity = understand her internal conflict (new perspective for western audience)
“flimsy kayak” + “easily be capsized and drowned”
Hunter’s vulnerability = suspense for reader + danger
Herbert shows, despite beauty of narwhals, lives at risk so must be necessary
“How can you possibly eat seal?”
recognition of western viewpoint = necessity
- she considered westernised negative portrayal yet still justifies inuit ways
“only one annual supply ship”
relates their situation to audience = pathos as listner understands
“absolute necessity in Thule”
autobiography = honest with internal conflict, personal connection with reader
1st hand experience = trust in judgement
trust = vital for educating about Inuit ways
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