Art of Travel

Question 1

integrational structure

Answer 1

allows de botton to represent broadly the enriching experiences of relating to foreign and familiar landscapes

Question 2

humour contrast and listing (on habit)

Answer 2

represents speculation and illustrates the contrasting yet equally important experiences of travel vs home
“two approaches to travel” in which the first involves a long and complicated list of equipment and “the second a pair of pink and blue cotton pyjamas”

Question 3

speculative language

Answer 3

invited responder to consider themselves within the context of a travelling mindset and further allows de botton to represent his perspective effectively through engagement

“the pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependant more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to”

Question 4

paraphrased imperative language

Answer 4

highlights the fact that a persons relationship with landscapes is dependant on attitude and perspective

maistre’s urge to “notice what we have already seen”

Question 5

image of authors bedroom

Answer 5

further establishes the image deBotton has created of himself for the responder, validating his opinions and engaging responder through symbols applicable to everyone
- bookshelf, homely, perspective “satisfied with confines of their own bedroom”

Question 6

rhetoric

Answer 6

to engage with responders questions and provide a representation of some answers

“consider for a time how the world might look through others eyes”

Question 7

intertextuality

Answer 7

validated deBotton’s reasoning and provides a form of evidence

“the poet believed that cities foster a family of self depreciating anxieties”