The Explorers Daughter Flashcards
Narwhal is essential, survival, necessary. Ivory tusks
Language choice - highlights the necessity of the hunt. Despite being in awe romantically the setting we start to realize that Herbert appreciates why it’s so important to hunt them. Emphasizes hunting the creatures.
Scinetic facts - crucial role in survivals. Hunting isn’t a choice but a necessity. Factual objective tone contrasts the poetic descriptions, perhaps a shift in perspective.
Providing a detailed information about the narwhal if utilized, readers understand it’snot about cruelty but about survival
Listing of all the things the ivory tusks provide, juxtaposed with the info that perhaps the tusks aren’t that useful. Trying to justify hunting them by listing essential equipment created by ivory tusks
Evening light turns butter gold, methodically passing each other. Glitter
Butter gold - immediately creates a dreamlike and serene atmosphere making the arctic seem magical. Juxtaposes the hostile and harsh living conditions Romanticized tone continues in the simile
Use of simile suggests grace and fluidity reinforcing the idea that the narwhals ate majestic creatures. Glitter kingdom - fantasy in awe of setting
Highlights how her initial perspective is one of admiration and emotional attachment, making the idea of hunting the narwhals seem unsettling
Every hunter was focused on the job
By the end she respects the hunters, still struggles with emotional wight
Short declarative sentence reflects the hunters patience and precision perhaps suggesting the respect people has for the narwhal.
Vast game - conveys the skill required and unpredictability of the hunt. Shift in her perspective - essential skillful hun and a respected tradition.
Heart - emotional reaction, head rational.
Hunting isn’t an absolute necessity - declarative sentence showcases the finality and the certain and clear truth of survival. She understands the necessity for hunting
Beginning- could with the naked eye see the plumes of spray from the narwhal catching the light in a spectral play of colour. Mysterious tricks of the shifting light…
Noun phrase - creates an almost unearthly feeling, suggesting that these majestic animals are from another world. Narwhal appears mysterious and enigmatic.
Ellipsis - repeated throughout the passage. The writer could be struggling to understand the narwhal because she’s in complete awe - encapsulating a sense of respect and wonder.
Visual imagery - depicts the beauty of the authors experience. The narwhal appears to be so enlusive that even the writer considers if they are real adding to the growing sense of wonder to the text
End - hunting is still and absolute necessity in Thule.
Simple declarative sentence - sentence structure here is an emphatic conclusion to the passage: the writers final thoughts are not consumed the beauty of the animals of the danger of capturing them; instead there is a consideration of the practical concerns
The noun phrase and qualifier - absolute necessity - connotations of a complete, undivided and unreserved need for the hunt, conveying a sense of the fundamental and essential necessity for hunting.
Logos - the author seems to be making a direct appeal to the readers highlighting the integral aspect of the hunt to the way of life in Thule.
Her framing of hunting in this way encourages understanding rather than judgment
Middle - I urged the man in in my head; he was so close, and so brave to attempt what he was about to do ……. Capsizes and drowned
compound complex sentence emphasizes the vast number of admirable qualities of the hunter. It reflects how the author truly recognizes and appreciated the hunters bravery. It also reinforces the limited resources and distance from safety.
Urged - emotive verb helps to reflect her sympathy for the grave and agility of the hunters: there is a sense of their deep stillness and vulnerability within this moment. It is undeniable that the writer recognizes the sheer bravery and courage of the hunters.
Repetition of intensifier so - reveals how the writer harbors no resentment or condemnation towards the hunters. Instead she conveys a sense of her deep admiration and respect for the hunters.
