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The Explorer's Daughter - Coggle Diagram
The Explorer's Daughter
Summary
The text was written in 2004 by Kari Herbert who lived in the Arctic for 2 years. She uses the extract to discusses the reasons behind whale hunting and express her own opinions on the practice.
Themes
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Changing your opinions
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'I understand the harshness of life in the Arctic and the needs of hunters and their families to hunt and live on animals and sea mammals that we demand...be protected because of their beauty
Quotation Analysis
'The evening light was turning butter-gold, glinting off man and whale
Having 'man and whale' sharing the same experience shows how the author views both human and narwhal as equal and foreshadows the conflict later in the extract
'Plumes of spray from the narwhal catching the light in a spectral play of colour' 'I looked across the glittering kingdom'
The author uses creative imagery and descriptive language to create a clear picture of the event in the readers head. She uses metaphors such as 'glittering kingdom' to enhance this image
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The women clustered on the knoll of the lookout, binoculars pointing in every direction
The word 'clustered' and the fact that all these people have come out to watch the event proves how vital the hunt is and how much rests on the success of the mission
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Structure & Form
It is an extract from a book and uses very descriptive and imaginative language. It uses metaphor to help the reader create a picture of the events it is describing.