a game of polo with a headless goat

form

travelogue/memoir

audience

culture/travel enthusiasts

sport enthusiasts

purpose

inform + entertain - light-hearted tone

ideas

respect of diff cultures

appreciating change + differences that come w visiting a new culture (created through contrast w UK)

perspective

foreigner

still respects other culture

lines 1-10 annotations (3)

‘Wacky Races’	quotation marks proper noun	irony + humour for writer (western persp.) - unusal name
no problem		contrasts prev dangerous/difficult sounding task
eternity one hour later	temporal refs	tension anticipation

lines 11-20 annotations (4)

‘Coming, coming’	repetition	anticipation puts reader into situation - slightly broken english
lose faith remained confident	juxtaposition	contrast her vs the locals
revved up the engine and began to inch	antithesis	revving up the engine only to move rly slowly = humorous + chaos/unpredictability of situation
Kibla donkey…40kph	factual	research + inform herself on country when visiting somewhere

lines 21-30 annotations (3)

horns tooting, bells ringing	continuous verbs asyndetic	chaos + imagery
standing hanging cheered shouted jostled	lots of active verbs	disorganisation + excitement of situation
Formula One without rules, or a city-centre rush hour gone anarchic	antithesises more common/well known occurances with descriptions of chaos	how she views this from a western perspective

lines 31-40 annotations (4)

(no lane discipline here)	parenthesis	western perspective western audience purpose to inform
quick reflexes…nerves of steel…effective horn	triad	everything that could go wrong level of skill it takes
Yaqoob loved it.	short statement	juxtapose prev long description of cars diving into ditches etc
language growing more colourful	metaphor	amusement in the language he was using colourful reflect array of diff ppl in one place here

lines 41-50 annotations (4)

swerved, lost his footing … tumbled over	triad vivid verbs	vivid image in writers + readers mind - release of tension
The race was over. And then the trouble began.	two short sentences	seems peaceful then quickly juxtaposed by reality
‘officials’	quotation marks	no clear order - part of chaos + fun of travel + adventure
Voices were raised, fists were out and tempers rising	triad	escalation of the situation - shows dangers/other side of adventures like these

lines 51-59 annotations (3)

volatile	adjective	danger of situation
I’m underage!	exclamative	release of humour - unexpected but unsurprising
an inexperienced … donkey race	long sentence + list	concludes piece + sums up everything that has happened - view chaos from larger scale perspective