Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Beyond The Sky and The Earth
- By Jamie Zeppa
- Structure
- Vivid description of the writer's first impressions of a foreign land
- Conveys writer's reaction changes from her inital unenthusiastic attitude to a gradual
fascination as she learns about the country's history and observes its culture
- Form
- Personal account of explorations and travel experiences
- Factual Details
- Specific terms are explained
- Opinions are conveyed
- Describes a key event
- Includes background detail
- Evidence of research
- The reader learns about Bhutan through the narrator
- Language
- Uses language to convey her mixed feelings effectively
- Full of information to give the reader a sense of place and Zeppa's
personal view of Bhutan and what she sees and experiences
- Informative piece - lots of facts, Zeppa also makes it
lively and intriguing by falling in love with the country
- Techniques
- Imagery
- Facts
- Repetition
- "on the other side of mountains are mountains, more
mountains and more mountains again"
- Effect: expresses Zeppa's feeling of being overwhelmed by the scenery and that there are mountains
everywhere, can also seem monotonous as they are the only thing she can see
- Lists
- Used extensively!
- Syndetic Lists
- = connected by conjunctions
- "thin and dry and very cold"
- emphasises the quantity
- Asyndetic Lists
- = connected by commas
- "onions, rice, milk powder, dried fish, plastic buckets..."
- seems all inclusive, like one big chunk of information
- Effect: overwhelming, reader is bombarded with information
- Compound words
- "knee length", "pine-panelled_
- Effect: allows inclusion of small details, makes the writing seem
detailed and precise which helps bring it alive to the reader