The Explorers Daughter

The Explorers Daughter

Summary

The Explorer’s Daughter is less focused on the story, it describes the narwhal hunt, but without focusing on the usual elements of storytelling, such as suspense and plot development. Rather, it explores the moral and environmental issues around hunting by indigenous peoples. So you could say it is ‘about’ the issues raised by hunting in the Arctic.

Theme

A theme in a text is an idea explored by the author, consciously or otherwise. In a sense, this is a deeper level of what the text is ‘about’. In some cases, the author is very deliberately exploring a theme – as in the extract from The Explorer’s Daughter, which looks at the questions surrounding narwhal hunting in the Arctic and concludes that it is necessary to the survival and needs of inhabitants.

Text

The author is writing about their own experience although the context of it is not focused on them.

Paragraph 1

-"...spectral play of colour." This sentence shows a sense of immediate aroma. It is an imagery so give a strong sense of place and setting. Shows peace and calmness of the hunting.

-"..butter-gold.." This text shows a sense of wealth and genorousity.

-"..shifting light." is Poetical.

Paragraph 2/paragaph 3

"dead of winter" This is a metaphor - weaker setting showing vunerability to…