A passage to africa
- Created by: raabiasakeena
- Created on: 30-05-16 08:21
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- A Passage to Africa
- Account -deliberately portrays shocking images
- Follows rhetoric - powerful writing
- Powerful adjectives describe harsh conditions witnessed
- 'scared, betrayed'
- Power of 3 to create strong images
- 'simple, friction less, motionless'
- Powerful language that shocks - reality of work, unsympathetic
- 'revulsion'
- Simplicity of smile juxtaposes the shocking images
- Repeats in a stand alone - 'And then there was a face'
- Rhetorical questions- to get response
- Establishes emotional attachment - give names
- Sensory language
- 'smell of decaying flesh'
- Cold nature established - journalist is predator
- 'tramped' ... 'on the hunt'
- Uses images of the most vulnerable of society - old , women, children
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