A Journey To Bhutan Flashcards
First line - mountain climbing up, again and again
Sense of disorientation - mountains all around - metaphors suggest something vast and imposing - emphasizes enormity of landscape and how small she feels
Repetition of again and again - symbolize truly how vast and the emotional journey she’s about to undertake - daunting at first. Feels like an outsider observing then belonging.
All and only - reiterate the scope of the terrain, goes on and on it’s never ending. Perhaps the world only creates a sense of negativity, perhaps there’s not much to Bhutan to get excited about.
Plastic, tin roofs, windows with glass
Dismissive language - functional words listed - monotonous rhythm created sense of disappointment - perhaps she expected Bhutan to be ontouched by modernity. Marks her initial struggle to reconcile her romanticized expectations with reality.
Semantic field of inorganic items
Turning point at the end - beautiful aerostafic faces
Descriptive detail - portrays them as aesthetically striking and adjective gentle - friendly, potentially helps her anxiety. By the end her descriptions - emotional and expressive.
Contracts sharply with her detached and overwhelming observations - shifted from outsider looking in to someone who appreciates culture.
Grace, beauty, dignity - taken back by them - respect them. Instead of focusing on on material aspects she’s showing her reflections personally.
Marks turning point - abrupt lists to descriptions which flow smoothly
Positive perception of the people - man speaks politely has impeccable English
So in awe that she can’t even find a word to describe them, listing - most dignity, unselfconscious, good Humaira grave
None of them sum up how impressed she is. Starting to appreciate them
