explorers or boys Flashcards
(15 cards)
1
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“Explorers or boys”
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- Juxtaposition
- Contrast - worthy of respect vs a nuisance to society?
2
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“Taxpayer gets rescue bill”
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- Direct mention
- Engages and agitates the reader, immediate bad impression as the taxpayer will (likely) be the reader. Author antagonises the men.
3
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“farce”
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- Language choice
- Ridicules their last expedition - a farce is a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations.
4
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“Plunged”, “plucked”
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- Cartoonish imagery
- Project the men in a stupid, ridiculous light. Reflects the attitude of the writer towards the men.
5
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“Royal Navy, the RAF and British coastguards”
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- Listing
- Emphasises resources required to show the magnitude of money and time and effort required to save the men
6
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“resentment”
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- Tone
- Critical tone adopted
7
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“Tens of thousands of pounds”
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- Language choice
- Ambiguity encourages reader to ‘think the worst’ - it could mean £10,000 or £99,000 - causes reader to grow disdainful
8
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“Experts questioned the wisdom”
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- Expert opinions
- Implies idiocy and sheer stupidity of the men
9
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“Four-seater Robinson”, “single engine”, “hostile environment”
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- Language choice
- Inadequacy of the equipment contrast with the hostility of the environment supports experts
10
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“Boys messing about with a helicopter”
“Emergency people”
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- Expression
- Paints the men in an infantile description, implies sense of incapability
11
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“Drama”, “also known as Q”
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- Allusions
- Allusions to fiction/fantasy show how ridiculous the men really are
12
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“Breitling emergency watch”, “wedding present”
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- Allusions
- Alludes to wealth - encourages further annoyance that taxpayers have to pay for the rescue of a rich man. Also the fact that it was a wedding present implies that this was a foreseen event from the wife
13
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Lines 54-55
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- Discredits naive sense of the men’s purpose and shows how delusional the men really are
14
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“Pushing it to the maximum”, “R44”
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- Expert knowledge, expert terminology
- Really, these men are idiots
15
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“Bottoms kicked… long way”
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- Juvenile lexis
- Portrays the men as ridiculous and childish once more
