Captain Scott

Genre

Diary/memoir, first-person non-fiction

Person

First person ("I", "we")

Tense

Past tense, but written in the moment (no hindsight)

Reflective or immediate

Immediate - real-time record, not looking back

Audience

Originally private record, possibly for his wife

Purpose

To document events accurately and process loss

Context

Written during his final days returning from the South Pole, 1912

Tone shift

observational to hostile to restrained and devastated

Structure

Long flowing description building to short clipped sentences

Key technique 1 Pe___

Personification of nature as hostile/violent

Key technique 2 Juxt__

Juxtaposition of peace and danger

Key technique 3 Under__

Understatement to convey stoicism

Key technique 4 eup__

Euphemism to avoid stating death directly

Theme 1 du__

Duty and self-sacrifice

Theme 2 sil__

Silence and emotional restraint

Theme 3 Nat__

Nature as a violent, indifferent force