A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat

A risque of Polo with a Headless Goat Background This extract comes from a book which was pen as a spin-off from Emma Levines television series some strange and unusual sports. It is a travelogue (a book which describes travel in a foreign country) in which she describes these sports, the people involved and her experiences of filming them. In doing so, she gives an in crapper not just into the sports themselves, moreover into the lives and culture of the people who take hold part in (and watch) them. Understanding the text Emma Levines subroutine in writing her book was to describe and inform.She obviously has to engage and hold the proofreaders interest. As you study this text, you need to think about how she does this. On the surface the passage seems a straightforward commentary and narrative of the wake, provided it isnt. First of all, there is not just one consort happening, but three ? The donkey race ? The spectators race ? The writers race to get the best pictures Emma a jornalist wanting to capture the epic flake of the race Yaqoob a unskilled driver (danger) he love the endanger manpowert that donkey race give him Iqbal partner/ helper was send to image our who was the winner of this racePlot During a seven-year excursion around India pass immersing herself in the cricket subculture, writer Emma Levine heard about the wonderful gritty of buzkashi, a kind of anarchic rugby on horseback where teams of men wrestle and race to grab a headless goat and propel it towards goal. This sparked a desire to explore Asias unique tralatitious sports. A bouncing of Polo with a Headless Goat is Emma Levines absorbing account of her epic adventure, which took her from camel hand-to-hand struggle in Turkey through bull racing in India to impostal gymnastics in Iran, performed to poetry and the beat of a drum.Sometimes she travelled so far off the beaten track that her journeys sometimes took old age and she discovered places where western w omen argon such a rare sight that she was mobbed ( ) by onlookers. And everywhere she went she met people who act as the guardians of their ancient sports, defend the traditions that have evolved over generations. While they recount the folklore that surrounds their local pastimes, Emma Levine examines the status of original sports in a world dominated by satellite TV, the clear and the likes of Manchester United.Are they sports of the past or sports of the future? Illustrated with stunning photography, A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat evocatively portrays sporting elans of life seldom seen in the western world in such a way as to reveal what it is about sport that makes it so universally inspiring. What puke I say about language? Most newspaper reports of sports races are serious in tone, and try to give the facts of the race and what it was like. Emma Levines purpose is much more complicated. In this passage there is a objective mixture of the comic and the serious, with a lot of information given as well.You need to consider each part of it carefully. The passage can be defined as a series of linked paragraphs, describing events in a sequence of time and concluding with the end of the race and the writers overview of what happened. The internal structure is much more complex than this simple sketch suggests Pharagraph by pharagreph separate 1-3 / Build up Paragraph 1 Optimism, author promotes her own, Yaqoob and Iqbals excitement. Well open the car boot well join the cars. ? Brief description of what will happen and Levines expectations.Builds immediate excitement and enthusiasm for race and the readers expectation of instant action. Works effectively with Paragraph 2 Contrast in tone between The two lads utterlyly fired up with enthusiasm in which Levine narrates the creation of new enthusiasm within locals (her guides) to reflect on the reader and the rest of the paragraph accustom of eternity hyperbole to exaggerate impatience and deriv ed emotions such as tediousness the only action was gazed around at us. Hopeless tone, at the level of giving up, is a let down to the readerThe contrast emphasises the cease in paragraph 7 Paragraph 3 Alternatively, Levine builds hope and optimism in paragraph three, coming, coming the locals replied Line 12 I was beginning to doze off trustfulness lads remained confident holds elements of first hand pessimism/ loss in faith and witnessed optimism in the form of reassurance. The effect creates suspense further building the bear on of the Climax. Paragraph 4 & 5 / Climactic Beginning Paragraph 4 Climax appears as an explosion of activity Choice of dictionrevved freehanded v sound creates imagery and the picture show of speed.Develops the moment of frisson() transmute in tone fromnarrative to illuminating and factual, now not narrating their journey but provoking the readers interest. The Kibla donkey is said to return speeds of up to 40kph Although not cruelly at the end of paragraph quadruplet seems out of place, this is where Levine reveals that she is conscious of her effect on travelers and corrects the imagery she has introduced. She protects the culture and the tradition in nightspot to promote () the sport and the traditions. Paragraph 5 channelize in punctuation to speed up the pace of Levines writing, boilersuit generating excitement.She begins to use lists and triads (horns tooting, bells ringing, and the special rattles used just for this purpose) and again incorporates an informative tone in order to introduce different aspects of culture. Long, disjointed sentences practise the excitement, pace and disorder of the event men standing on assoil of their cars and vans Paragraph 6 / Levine Enters Race Use of analogies like Formula one (fast-paced, seemingly chaotic), City center rush hour relates to reader and creates arrangement of speed and anarchic disorder. Paragraph 7Illustrates danger in order to provoke different kind of e xcitement, Survival of the fittest? Creates a life and close situation, introduces theanimal, hunt theme. Choice of diction creates a sense of importance, desperation and danger. e. g. Depended creates a sense of necessity Animal themesharp flicks quick reflexes nerve of steel all phrases associate with an animal during a chase or a hunt. All instinctive. Horn could be interpreted as a pun car horn or animal horn/ impression of danger, competition, tension even battle Yaqoob loved it. Tone is enthusiastic, describing the fun, excitement. Link to ending. development more colourful Euphemistic impression of tension Paragraph 8 / End of Race Levine describes scenery() to reflect the atmosphere. Road straightened and leveled Tone is calmer, pace has been slowed, perennial sentences, wider distribution of punctuation. Effective ending The race was over. Mixture of long sentences with short blunt ending implies immediate end of race and excitement. Paragraph 9 / Another Beginning I a ssumed the winner was the one who sinless the race but it was not seen that way by everyone. Emphasis on alien culture and traditions, so exotic that even common think differs. Voices were raised, fists were out and tempers rising Levine reuses lists and triads to speed up the pace, rebuild the excitement upset at the end of the race. Ending Irony, incorporated humour to reflect on the reality of the danger. Links back to Yaqoob loved it. Where the tone was still expressing shared out enjoyment and fun, new realization and understanding is born to recreate an fitting impression of the entire extract