greenland essay Flashcards
quotes for landscape
“the frozen womb” link to “an umbilical cord to friends and family in a remote rural settlement”
“For Greenland’s people, the sea ice is everything”
“The impact of melting sea ice on the Greenlandic way of life cannot be underestimated”
“Greenland’s wold is shrinking”
quotes for danger
“When it fails to freeze in winter it becomes an obstacle to the community, to society in many ways”
“Greenland has a compresses and angular coastline designed to break the ankles and the resolve of potential settlers”
“Many of the ice fishermen were teaching their children to float if they fell through the water”
“The frozen sea is now a threat”
“Greenland remains an unforgiving place where community and self-sacrifice remain strong but nobody knows what dangers lie on the path ahead”
quotes for dogs
“my son”
“explosion of grief”
“at 12 i would have rather died than leave them”
“We became heroes that night. Putting our dogs first. The Greenlandic way”
quotes for mental health
“homesick when home”
“many of these islanders are in mourning for a disappearing way of life”
“the impact of climate change on mental health is a looming public health crisis”
“domino effect of self-harm”
“across a landscape gripped by an unprecedented heatwave, the locals spoke about the beauty of winter with a sad longing”
“ecological grief”
“there are no local words for climate crisis”
“We became heroes that night. Putting our dogs first. The Greenlandic way”
hero connotations of admirable and good role model which suggests that the man and his dad seen as saviours after rescuing dogs. “the greenlandic way” suggests the importance of sled dogs to greenland as if climate change persists in Greenland and people cant look after their dogs due to poverty then they will lose key part of culture.
“frozen womb” link to “an umbilical cord to friends and family in remote rural settlements”
the word “womb” connotations of love and protection which suggests the affection both for and from the land of Greenland which emphasises the importance of land to greenlanders. McDougall reinforces this idea through use of extended metaphor “an umbilical…settlements” . This metaphor of G landscape develops motherly image and implies the vitality of greenland to greenlanders as they believe the land is as important as ones own mother.
“sled dogs are as much of the landscape as the liechen and the sea”
word choice “as much” connotations of something necessary which suggests that sled dogs are an extremely vital aspect of G culture. The words “land” and “sea” both suggest that sled dogs are just as valuable to G as their basic necessities of life
a lady who has worked in this field for over three decades “domino effect of self-harm”
“d e” has connotations of something unstoppable or never ending which suggests that mental health issues in G will continue to go on and on. This is a very frightening issue as the word “harm” suggests the tremendous pain that G are feeling about the destruction of their land and culture
“Greenland’s world is shrinking”
word “shrinking” has connotations of getting smaller or reducing in size which suggests that everything in existence that matters to G is disappearing before their eyes. The use of a short sentence and a one sentence paragraph emphasises the enormity of the realisation of how badly G is being affected by climate change.
“the impact of climate change on mental health is a looming public health crisis”
word “looming” has connotations of something uncomfortable or always around which suggests that the concern G feel for their country is constantly there. the word “crisis” suggests the huge scale of mental health issues in G and how these issues could grow if nothing is done to prevent climate change
“there are no local words for climate crisis”
The use of a short sentence and a one sentence paragraph emphasises the importance of the writers final statement. The word choice “no local words” suggests that the writer is limited with the language he can use to describe how G are feeling because they themselves don’t have the vocabulary to describe the anxiety they feel about climate change.
“many of the fishermen were teaching their children to float if they fell through the water”
The word “many” has connotations of a large amount or quite a few which suggests that lots of G are aware of the dangers of the melting ice and the threat that it poses. The word choice “teaching their children” suggests that this is a safety instruction that all G’s have been taught as it has been passed down from generations long ago.
“The frozen sea is now a threat”
The word “threat” has connotations of harm or unsafe which suggests that the sea has now become too risky for the G to go near. The word “now” suggests that before the sea wasn’t so dangerous but now that climate change has destroyed Greenland’s landscape, the sea has become another barrier that is seriously affecting G way of life.
“when it fails to freeze in winter it becomes an obstacle to the community, to society in many ways”
the word “obstacle” has connotations of a difficult situation or challenge which suggests that when the sea ice doesn’t freeze, G are unable to go anywhere or do anything. The words “society” and “community” suggest that no one is alone in this circumstance as all G’s are facing the same punishments that climate change is giving them
“many of these islanders are in mourning for a disappearing way of life”
the word “mourning” has connotations of bereavement and grief which suggests that G’s believe that their land and culture is as good as dead. the word choice “disappearing way of life” suggests G’s longing for the way their land used to be as the word “disappearing” suggests that their entire culture and land is vanishing at an alarming rate
