A passage to Africa Flashcards
‘A thousand’
Use of numbers. Emphasises scale of impact of war
‘Like a ghost’,’Ghoulish’
Irony. Inhabitants are in state of half death
Journalists ‘On the hunt’
Like animals, preying on people’s suffering
‘Like they craving for a drug’
Simile. Finds it addictive
‘Ayaan’,’Habiba’
Use of names emphasises people as individuals
Death was ‘Frictionless’
No resistance. Passive acceptance
‘Struggling’
Pathos. Desperately clinging to life
‘Twin evils’
Imagery. Hunger & disease represented as monstrous entities that suck the life from people.
‘Hungry, lean, scared & betrayed’
Emotive adjectives. Creates pity
‘Ha I a had died’
Short sentence. Emphasises how quickly death occurred
‘Yes, revulsion’
Short sentence. Directly addresses readers. Being honest about his response
Repetition of ‘To be in a feeding centre’
Anophora. Encourages reader to imagine self in scenario
