The Explorer Doughter

The Explorers Daughter Background Kari Herbert, whose father was a polar explorer, lived as a child with her family in northwestern Greenland in the Arctic. She was so fascinated by the place she returned there later as an adult to keep open about it. The book from which this extract is taken is partly a memoir (a form of autobiography) and partly a travel book, giving the reader information about this strange and beautiful place, its people and its savages.She found that the counselling of life of the Inughuit people was changing under the impact of the modern world, entirely that they still retained aspects of their conventional way of life, for instance melting for food and driving teams of dogs. A major part of the passage is an line of a hunt for narwhal whales. Hunting is a very emotive issue and many conservationists conclude that whales should be protected. Kari Herberts feelings are divided on this topic. She sympathises with both the narwhal and the hunters, who fa ce incredible danger.They hunt in kayaks flimsy fireoes in water so cold that they would die quickly if their kayak overturned. What can I say about language? This passage has many purposes. The writer uses language in differing ways to fulfil these. She uses description to convey the beauty of the setting, gives us information about the Inughuit and the narwhal, dramatises the hunt, and gives us an insight into her admit thoughts and feelings. Complete the following table to help you sort out these various strands. Kari Herbert sympathises with both hunter and hunted, and this tensity is shown in this passage.Complete the following table to highlight this aspect of the passage Pharagraph by Pharagerph split 1 spectral play of colour. This sentence shows a esthesis of immediate aroma. It is an imagery so give a strong sense of place and setting. .. butter-gold.. This text shows a sense of wealth .. shifting light. is Poetical Paragraph 2 dead of winter This is a metaphor weaker setting the tone is ominous and there is the sense of place and danger Paragraph 3 dead of winter is a metaphor to show a weaker setting. The undivided of paragraph 3 has an ominous tone.It shows a sense of place and danger. Paragraph 4 The whole of paragraph 4 has a shift in tone from paragraph 3 it is more factual, illuminating and for example shows this by using technical words. It is also the biggest paragraph. In the context you find out that the corporation really relies on the hunting and how dangerous it is. Paragraph 5 .. clustered.. The word clustered is a knock-down(a) connotation, it means that the women are scared so they huddle together and try to comfort each other. It was homogeneous watching a cast, waterborne game with the hunters spread like a net around the honest.This sentence is imagery. It has added adverbs to show how scared the women were and how much their husbands are important in their life. Paragraph 6 lightly picked up his harpoon thou ght and care, focus on the actual hunt and the text also switches gumption to the hunters. two heads and one bladder not high-tech technology, limited, she respects them because they are using a harpoon, she is openhearted to the narwhal and the hunters, dramatic. .. urge to show how strongly she wanted the narwhal to survive o dive, to leave, to survive one-third Paragraph 7 The dilemma stayed This shows that shes not that sure who to be sympathetic for, the narwhal or the hunters but her sympathy gets switched back to the hunters un this paragraph. How can you possibly eat seal? is a view point of fraternity this shows that the modern person thinks that this is a crime. -she builds up her argument, these are the points of her argument use every part of the animal so theres no waste/leftover imported goods can only ever account for do not kill for sport