Summary GCSE English - A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat
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English
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GCSE
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A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat
Excitement: Emma Levine
Levine is desperate for us to be there with her and experience what she
felt and so she uses onomatopoeia and sensory language to create a
vivid picture in the readers mind. Levine conveys her excitement to us by
using time phrases such as ‘we waited for an eternity’ to convey the
feeling that time is moving in slow motion and that she just wants the race
to start. The long sentences show that she can’t take a break and has so
much to say and also conveys to the reader that she was very excited
since she doesn’t leave out a single detail, and even the slightly boring
parts Levine makes interesting
Cultural Differences:
There is a West Vs East contrast in this passage since Westerns are the
main target audience for this passage Levine adds some clever relations
for the reader to link her race to. She uses hyperbole to exaggerate her
race and try and compare them to others, such as a donkey race being
like an f1 race without rules, but it adds an element of humour. Another
East vs West contrast is that in the West everything is organised and
planned but in the East, everything is spontaneous and fats flowing, like
the pace of Levines’ sentences.
Humour:
Levine uses direct speech to help keep the chatty demeanor and allow
the reader to feel a part of the group. She also uses slang throughout to
add a humours and more light-hearted feel but also adds some more
sinister and dangerous humour in the sense that her driver was illegally
driving, and she barely took note that he didn’t have his license. Another
more sinister element of humour is her comparing the finishing line to the
‘hospital gate’. By comparing a donkey race to Formula 1 Levine creates
a comic juxtaposition between a very fast and wealthy sport and the
slower and poorer sport but nevertheless portrays the fun they’re having.
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