EAL T1

“I didn’t have the courage for suicide.”

Themes: courage, fear
Language: first-person, juxtaposition (courage vs fear)

“It was this, or nothing.”

Themes: courage, inevitability
Language: short sentence

“so! it ends here. Pity!“

Language Feature: short sentence

Theme : Fear

“as I descended, a sense of menace threaten to overwhelmed me “

Theme : fear

language Feature : emotive language

“I felt paralysed… waves of panic swept through me.”

Themes: fear
Language: metaphor (“waves”)

“I couldn’t shake off the fear. I was gripped “

Language Feature : metaphor

Theme: fear

“To stay… would finish me.”

Themes: isolation, survival
Language: short sentence

“scars of six operation stood out,,, wounds in my mind had healed better“

Theme: courage

Language Feature: contrast, metaphor

“There was no going back now.”

Themes: inevitability, courage
Language: statement

“I hung shaking on the rope.”

Themes: fear, vulnerability
Language: imagery

“The silence seemed frighteningly ominous.”

Themes: isolation, fear
Language: adverb

“We could do nothing.”

Themes: isolation, helplessness
Language: short sentence

“I was being pulled off… I had to do something.”

Themes: fear, courage
Language: contrast

“a sharp sense of danger, I enjoyed the feeling “

Themes: courage
Language: contrast

“I was committed.”

Themes: courage, inevitability
Language: short sentence

“confident and pride swept over me“

Themes: courage, fear
Language: emotive language