Explorers Or Boys Messing Around-Non Fictional Transactional

Question 1

Presented as Infantile to ridicule
“also known as Q” -2points
‘Bottoms kicked’ -3 points

Answer 1

• Refers to himself as mr Q, alluding to the fictional character James bond, where this fictional imagery suggests a sense of naivety towards reality and portrays him as infantile.
• also ironic as the character is successful within his field, whereas the explorers appear not to be, so the allusion to James Bond further proves their naivety, and suggests their childish ignorance towards their actions
• use of juvenile lexis to describe how ms vestey believes they should have their ‘bottoms kicked’, suggesting that the explorers situation is similar to that of young children who will be punished by their parents.
• creates a sense of humour that is patronizing towards them, where writer purposely situates this line near the end of the play to conclude their infantile nature and reinforce it to the readers
• It is also comical in how Ms vestey- the wife of one explorer appears to be saying, where as a wife she should be of similar status to her husband, yet she is threatening to reprimand them, where this disorderly imagery further ridicules the men and displays the sense of chaos that they have created

Question 2

Presents them as incompetent to antagonize
‘Explorers of boys messing around?’-3
‘Despite their experience’-2
-use of expert opinion-2

Answer 2

• Title is provocative and questions their intellect through the use of rhetorical question
• where use of specific language choice of juxtaposing terms of sophisticated explorer, who is worthy of admiration is paired with the mention of a ‘boy’ who has connotations of inexperience
• is implied in the title to place doubt in the readers mind and set the satirical tone for the rest of the play to antagonize them
• after three paragraphs of a VOLTA discussing the explorers successes, the writer immediately uses the contrasting preposition ‘despite’ to dismiss everything that they have done,
• where this phrase is concluded as a short sentence to imply how all of their achievements held no value
• writer then begins to uses expert opinion to discredit and criticize them to suggest the extent of how undermined their reputation is, where experts are appearing to be questioning the wisdom behind the explorers statement of ‘excellent’ flying conditions, through the use of inverted commas, implying a sense of sarcasm.
• use of experts also establishes writers own credibility, which prompts readers to establish trust with them, and thus make them more likely to succumb to writers messages throughout the play

Question 3

Displays their selfish and reckless nature

• ‘royal navy’’raf‘’British coastgurds’-2
• ‘plunged’ and ‘plucked’-2

Answer 3

• implements listing to reinforce the extent of help that was required and the abundance of resources that were wasted,
• which is strategically incorporated through the use of three to emphasize this message
• ‘plunged’ and ‘plucked’ action verbs suggest the speed and urgency with which the explores acted on their impulses , which is emphasized by the plosive sound of p
• emotive language also suggests the carelessness and lack of thought through their actions, which will make the reader feel more frustration towards them

Question 4

Ludicrous with their actions
‘Ended with farce’-2
-‘almost led to tragedy’-2

-‘-into such a hostile environment-2

Answer 4

• writer incorporates the lexical field of theatre to describe their dramatic pursuits
• mentions how expedition had ended in ‘farce’, suggesting that it was ridiculous, where the word choice of farce, suggests that it was highly comical, which ultimately ridicules the explorers endeavours
• writer also mentions how it had almost led to a ‘tragedy’ where this hyperbole suggests that their ridiculous actions could have caused consequences as severe as death,
• but also the suggestion of the lexical field of theatre implies that the explorers were merely acting for attention
• writer also mocks the situation that they were in, where they had taken a small helicopter ‘-into such a hostile environment’, where the use of this parenthetical clause slows the reading pace and allows readers to pay more attention and to ponder upon the simple wisdom behind their thought process.
• this idea of juxtaposing the inadequacy of their equipment with the environment that they were entering emphasizes their idiocry