Between a Rock and a Hard Place
- Created by: RandomEpicness
- Created on: 08-10-19 18:39
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- Between a Rock and a Hard Place
- LANGUAGE
- 'YOU CAN IMAGINE USING IT TO CLIMB UP THE INSIDE OF A CHIMNEY' - Direct address is used to help reader imagine situation more vividly.
- 'SCRAPING QUAKE' Descriptive language- imagery used. 'Scraping' evokes the sound that the rock makes as it shifts. 'quake' describes the vibration it creates.
- 'ROUND ROCKS BELOW' - the alliteration of the 'r' sound emphasises speed and smoothness of movements.
- 'FEAR SHOOTS MY HANDS OVER MY HEAD.' - short sentence is used. Direct. Person-ification of 'fear' emphasises how Ralston is no longer in control of his actions and his hands are working independant-ly of him- driven by fear- not calculated.
- 'THEN SILENCE' - short sentence. Minor sentence suggesting how the incident stops as quickly and ABRUPTLY as it happened.
- 'ROCK SMASHES' - violent verb- smashes. Also onomatopoeic.
- 'GOOD GOD, MY HAND.' - emotive language. Religious language infers extreme emotion and desperation.
- 'BUT I'M STUCK.' - short sentence to convey starkness of situation.
- 'FLARING AGONY' and 'SEARING-HOT PAIN' - Graphic and metaphorical descriptions making reader imagine fire to convey the burning pain Ralston feels.
- 'NOTHING' the single word 'nothing' used to end the text - stark and hopeless. Leaves reader uncertain of what happens next.
- 'MY DESPERATE BRAIN CONJURES UP' - metaphor, personification of brain. Magical- desperation.
- 'I COME' - written in present tense . creates sense of immediacy to help reader imagine experience.
- STRUCTURE
- ''AS I DANGLE' - Turning point of the text. These words suggest being suspended precariously- reader gets a sense that a disaster is about to happen.
- As the accident is described, the tone changes completely as Ralston panics.
- Final word 'NOTHING' suggesting bleak prospect for escape.
- First paragraphs show his experience and confidence.
- METHODS
- First Person
- Present Tense for immediacy
- Careful, technical description
- Graphical description- and a lot of detail.
- Emotive language
- Metaphors (e.g. the metaphor of fire to describe pain)
- Uncertain conclusion where Ralston appears isolated.
- Description of time distorted by the experience of accident.
- Short sentences to emphasise the shock and lack of hope. -starkness of situation.
- QUOTES
- 'I COME TO ANOTHER...' - shows Ralston has does this before- experience.
- 'DIFFERENT GEOMETRY' - technical, mathematical terms showing experience and competence.
- 'SHOULDER-WIDTH CREVICE... FRICTION CONTACT STAYS SOLID BETWEEN THE WALLS AND MY HANDS, FEET AND BACK' - Very detailed description of technique he is going to use. Gives impression of skill and experience - confidence in himself and his competence.
- 'INSTINCTIVELY' - previously, Ralston's movements were calculated and planned but now at this point he acts with instinct.
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