Exploreres Or Boys Messing About Flashcards
(7 cards)
Title
Immediately created this contrast - two men are referred to. - worth of respect and skillful whereas the other pains them as a public nuisance, childish and immature. Continues to remind the readers that regardless of how people view these men, the taxpayers gets the rescue bill.
Suggests that the purpose of this article is to antagonize and create frustration and anger from within in the readers - taxpayers towards these me. Financial cost of mistake.
? - suggest writer wants readers to come to a conclusion for themselves.
Quite sarcastic language. - foolish rather then heroic
Experts question the wisdom… small helicopter hostile environment
Include Expert opinion to challenge the explores - implies that this was idiotic of them as they question the if this was an intelligent move- paints them in pathetic way.
Juxtaposition - helicopter small - hostile supports expert opinion and encourages us to do the same.
Morris presents actions as reckless, irresponsible. Experts strengthens articles judgment - explorers not brave but rather careless who made poor choices at the expense of taxpayers.
Listing of expert diction - royal navy, RAF
Tripartite list - of the resource that were required - emphasized the number of resources that had to be used because these men decided to go on an adventure. Emphasizes the waste and contrasts to the men’s helplessness . Actions had severe consequences requiring excessive response.
Tend of thousands of pounds - ambiguity encourages readers to think of the worst. Fact that taxpayers have to pay that and for all the resources aggravated them.
Unprepared for dangerous mission
Volta - shift in tone
Goes from mocking and dismissive at the stars and then to factual and and authorstive tone.
Factual listing of experience - deliberate untold so that readers have already formed an unsympathetic views of the men.
Beginning - the men were plucked from the icy water by a Chilean naval ship after a nine hour rescue.
Men were plucked - verb plucked provides kinasthetic imagery to engage the reader by allowing them to visualize the helplessness of the men. The almost metaphorical verb has animalistic connotations to emphasizes the fact that they had to be rescued, perhaps depicting them as weak, vulnerable animals.
Writer usses pre modifying qualities adjective icy to provide kinasthetic imagery and highlight the perilous state that the men had gotten themselves into. Hyperbolic effect of the noun phrase ICT water interests the reader as they begin to comprehend how dangerous and juvenile this expedition was.
Use of the proper noun phrase Chileans naval ship engages the reader as it has connotations of importance, it enables the reader to understand the gravity of the situation and how close to death the men came. This also reinforces through the noun phrase a nine hour rescuer as it demonstrated tha amount of time and effort that went into saving them.
Middle - the royal Navy’s ice petrol ship HMS endurance, which was 180 miles away surveying uncharted waters began streaming towards the scene and dispatched it’s two links helicopters
The decorative nature of the sentence, trust the reader, as the facts are clearly presented, making the narration seem reliable and trustworthy. The complex sentence also provides detail and a clear context to the rescue mission. The dependent clause, which was 180 miles away, surveying uncharted waters emphasizes the fact that the Royal Navy were diverted from important duties to rescue boys messing around, making the men appear selfish and foolish
The writer uses the three noun phrases, royal navy HMS endurance and links helicopter to create a military semantic field, creating connotations of importance. This well planned response to the men’s plate is in juxtaposition to the lack of foresight that the men put into their expedition.
The writer uses a short single sentence. Paragraph to engage the reader from the outset of this part of the text the separation of this information, perhaps engages the reader through its simplicity and ease of reception. It may also represent the significance of the rescue mission.
End - miss vested said they have been checked and appear to be well. I don’t know what will happen to them once they have been picked up my HMS endurance - they’ll probably have their bottoms kicked and be sent home the long way
The use of the reported speech at the end of the text, interest the reader as it exposes them to different perspectives on the situation. The perspective of the writer appears to be condemning the men through the serious tone use of facts and proper noun phrases, whereas the tone here is much more casual as evidenced through the colloquial and informal language of Miss Vestey.
The proper noun phrase HMS endurance is repeated throughout the text to interest the reader through the significance of military involvement. The repetition and the final paragraph leaves a lasting impression upon the reader and provides juxtaposition to the punishment of a bottoms kicked the reader, realizes that the men were extremely lucky not to face more severe consequences to their actions.
The semantic field achieved through the verb, checked and verb phrases picked up and sent home, demonstrate the control that had to be taken by HMS endurance to manage the situation. This engages the reader, as it illustrates the poor planning and execution of the mission by the men allowing them to draw the conclusion that this was indeed boys messing around.
