Beyond the Sky and Earth Flashcards
What does the title tell us?
Hyperbole —> Sense of adventure
“Mountains all around”
Asyndeton —> Shows how mountainous region
“Bhutan is all and only mountains”
Hyperbole and Metaphor —> Solidifies image of Bhutan
“picture a giant child gathering earth”
Humorous imagery —> The dramatic scenery
“five different flights over four days”
Alliteration —> Shows how long it took to arrive from Canada
“I am exhausted, but I cannot sleep”
Complex sentence —> Entranced so much that even if she’s tired, she’s now thrilled to be there
“on the other side of mountains are mountains, more mountains and mountains again”
Repetition —> Shows that the mountains were anticlimactic which connotes back to dissatisfaction of Bhutane
“instant coffee, powdered milk, plasticky white bread”
asyndetic listing –> Drab food contrasts with the beautiful environment
“the winter air is thin and dry and very cold”
Polysyndeton —> The climate presents a unique blend of beauty and difficulty, making it both challenging and formidable.
“population is 20,000, it seems even smaller”
Statistics —> further diminishes Bhutane
Comparative adjective —> Creates claustrophobic feeling
“cracked sidewalks and faded paintworks”
Evokes how she’s back to underwhelming and disappointing conditions of the Bhutane experience
“Beyond, hamlets”
Language related to peasantry —> Portrays Bhutan as backwards which contrasts to the description of the government buildings
“I am full of admiration for this small country that has managed to look after itself so well”
She ends with a bittersweet note and contrasts to her first few thoughts leaving reader with admiration of Bhutan
Personal Pronoun use —> respects Bhutane despite of its drawbacks
Themes of?
Themes of facts v.s. description
Structure?
- Zeppa uses both 1st and 3rd person narrative to structure her memoir (Account/Story/Experience/Journal)
- use of 1st person: to deliver her personal experiences and to reflect them
- use of 3rd person: to convey factual information about Bhutan: the Bhutanese people and their culture is written in third person
- ALSO Zeppa guides the reader through her experience in Bhutan from start to finish