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Mindmap von hannah.cockram, aktualisiert more than 1 year ago
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Touching The Void
- Joe's Account
- Attitude
- Trying to avoid reality
- 'It doesn't hurt so much'
- 'It doesn't hurt so much'
- Know's what is coming
- Worried for Simon
- 'Simon would be
ripped off the
mountain'
- 'Simon would be
ripped off the
mountain'
- Confused/
Doesn't know
what to do
next
- 'I felt
overwhelmed'
- 'The rushing
speed of it
confused me'
- 'I felt
overwhelmed'
- Trying to avoid reality
- Literary Techniques
- Modal Verbs
- 'must', 'could', 'would'
- Creates a sense of
urgency, determination,
optimism and forward
thinking.
- Creates a sense of
urgency, determination,
optimism and forward
thinking.
- 'must', 'could', 'would'
- List of Three
- 'It ruptured,
twisted,
crushed.'
- The words accumulate
in quick succession,
building up to the
climax of a grotesque
visual image.
- Emphasizes how
swiftly events
deteriorated.
- The words accumulate
in quick succession,
building up to the
climax of a grotesque
visual image.
- 'It ruptured,
twisted,
crushed.'
- Pace of Text
- 'grow', 'quickly'
- The reader begins
to read at the pace
described, and this
creates a sense of
panic and urgency.
- The reader begins
to read at the pace
described, and this
creates a sense of
panic and urgency.
- 'grow', 'quickly'
- Short Sentences
- 'I'm dead', 'Nothing
happened'
- Very blunt and finite sentences, which
could illustrate Joe's attempt to
simplify his overwhelming and
confusing circumstances.
- Direct
speech
conveys
immediacy
of thought.
- Very blunt and finite sentences, which
could illustrate Joe's attempt to
simplify his overwhelming and
confusing circumstances.
- 'I'm dead', 'Nothing
happened'
- Ellipsis
- ',,,Alone...'
- Creates dramatic
suspense in whit Joe
is trying to process
his understanding of
the situation, and his
current
circumstances.
- Creates dramatic
suspense in whit Joe
is trying to process
his understanding of
the situation, and his
current
circumstances.
- ',,,Alone...'
- Rhetorical Questions
- 'Left here?', 'Alone'
- Repeated use of rhetorical
questions reinforces Joe's
vulnerability and insecurity as he
is unknowing of how his situation
will conclude.
- Repeated use of rhetorical
questions reinforces Joe's
vulnerability and insecurity as he
is unknowing of how his situation
will conclude.
- 'Left here?', 'Alone'
- Extreme Adjectives
- 'grated'
- Onomatopoeic adjective
amplifying the disturbing
nature of his accident.
- Not normally associated with injury,
therefore highlights surreal and
indescribable pain.
- Onomatopoeic adjective
amplifying the disturbing
nature of his accident.
- 'grated'
- Metaphor
- 'pain flooded'
- An omnipotent force used to
describe overpowering nature
of injury.
- An omnipotent force used to
describe overpowering nature
of injury.
- 'a fierce burning fire'
- Alliteration of 'fierce' and 'fire' stress
the overwhelming pain.
- Alliteration of 'fierce' and 'fire' stress
the overwhelming pain.
- 'pain flooded'
- Modal Verbs
- Attitude
- Simon's Account
- Attitude
- Emotionless/heartless
- 'He looked
pathetic'
- 'He looked
pathetic'
- Pessimistic/negative
- 'Joe was
definitely
going to
fall'
- 'Joe was
definitely
going to
fall'
- Practical/realistic
- 'If I tried to
get down, I
might die with
him'
- 'If I tried to
get down, I
might die with
him'
- Instinctive to save himself
- 'I could get down'
- 'I could get down'
- Emotionless/heartless
- Literary Techniques
- Ellipsis
- '...Below...to fall...'
- Simon is waiting for something to
happen, whereas Joe tries to
understand what has happened. It's
almost as if Simon is waiting for
Joe to fall, and is careless of the
fact he might die.
- Simon is waiting for something to
happen, whereas Joe tries to
understand what has happened. It's
almost as if Simon is waiting for
Joe to fall, and is careless of the
fact he might die.
- '...Below...to fall...'
- Inverted Syntax
- 'I trudges
forwards, slowly'
- Emphasis is
drawn to the
last word.
Highlights the
slow and
droning
situation, and
the lack of
urgency.
- Emphasis is
drawn to the
last word.
Highlights the
slow and
droning
situation, and
the lack of
urgency.
- 'I trudges
forwards, slowly'
- Modal Verbs
- 'I could get
down', 'I
would wait'
- Simon is
speculating about
the future, and is
considering his
own safety rather
than Joe's.
- Simon is
speculating about
the future, and is
considering his
own safety rather
than Joe's.
- 'I could get
down', 'I
would wait'
- 3rd Person
- Repetition
of 'he'
- Simon is merely an observer of Joe's
situation, and use of the 3rd person 'he'
exacerbates his detachment and lack of
involvement.
- Simon is merely an observer of Joe's
situation, and use of the 3rd person 'he'
exacerbates his detachment and lack of
involvement.
- Repetition
of 'he'
- Ellipsis
- Attitude
- Overview
- Two pieces of
autobiographical
prose narrative
(monologues)
- Different perspectives on
same event.
- Different perspectives on
same event.
- 1st person narrative
- Two pieces of
autobiographical
prose narrative
(monologues)
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