The Explorer Doughter

The Explorers Daughter Background Kari Herbert, whose father was a polar explorer, lived as a child with her family in northwest Greenland in the Arctic. She was so fascinated by the air she returned there later as an adult to write to the highest degree it. The book from which this extract is taken is partly a memoir (a path of autobiography) and partly a travel book, giving the reader information closely this strange and beautiful place, its hoi polloi and its animals.She found that the way of life of the Inughuit people was changing under the impact of the modern world, how forever that they still well-kept formulations of their traditional way of life, for instance run for food and driving teams of dogs. A major part of the passage is an account of a hunt for narwal whales. Hunting is a very emotive issue and many conservationists ask that whales should be protected. Kari Herberts feelings are divided on this topic. She sympathises with both the narwal and the hunters, w ho face incredible danger.They hunt in kayaks flimsy canoes in pee so cold that they would die quickly if their kayak overturned. What can I say about lyric? 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 own thoughts and feelings. Complete the quest table to help you sort out these various strands. Kari Herbert sympathises with both hunter and hunted, and this tension is shown in this passage.Complete the following table to highlight this aspect of the passage Pharagraph by Pharagerph dissever 1 spectral play of colour. This fourth dimension shows a sense of immediate aroma. It is an imagery so give a strong sense of place and setting. .. butter-gold.. This text shows a sense of riches .. shifting light. is Poetical Paragraph 2 dead of winter This is a parab le weaker setting the t unrivalled 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 whole 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 to a greater extent factual, informative and for example shows this by using technical words. It is also the biggest paragraph. In the context you find out that the community really relies on the hunting and how dangerous it is. Paragraph 5 .. clustered.. The word clustered is a goodish connotation, it means that the women are scared so they huddle together and exertion to comfort each other. It was like watching a cast, waterborne back up with the hunters spread like a net around the sound.This strong belief 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 gently picked up his harpoon thought and care, focus on the actual hunt and the text also switches back to the hunters. two heads and one bladder not high-tech technology, limited, she respects them because they are using a harpoon, she is sympathetic to the narwhal and the hunters, dramatic. .. urge to show how strongly she wanted the narwhal to survive o dive, to leave, to survive triad 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 society 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