In Touching the Void‚ Joe and Simon both record the same accident that happened during mountain climbing in the Andes. They both use a realistic and logical tone‚ but Joe’s mind is in a fight between emotion and rationality‚ whereas Simon is naturally calculative and unemotional. Throughout the whole account‚ Joe uses language devices to emphasize how painful he is. For example‚ in the sentence ‘A wave of nausea surged over me’ he uses metaphor‚ depicting the pain as ‘a wave’‚ to underscore the
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Specification A Chapter 1: Section A Anthology Texts Background Touching the Void is a book by Joe Simpson. It is a true story of how he and Simon Yates set out to become the first people to climb Siula Grande in Peru. Following a disastrous accident in which Joe breaks his leg‚ Simon is forced to cut the rope supporting Joe. Simon returns down the mountain‚ believing Joe is dead. Although his leg is broken‚ Joe crawls his way back down the mountain and is eventually rescued. The book is
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From Touching he Void Backgraund Joe Simpson’s book "Touching the Void" was publised in 1998; translated into 23 languages and achieved sales of 500‚000 across all editions. When Joe Simpson and his friend Simon Yates decided to go climbing in Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes‚ he wouldn’t imagine he would caught up in the most spectacular survival story. Fallen into a crevasse after Yates cuts the rope during an accident he was left for dead‚ but his will to survive was stronger than the
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Touching the Void Brandon Large 9M Structure of the Film 1.a) I think that the film maker chose to use interviews and re-enactmentsbecause provides a much better engaging atmosphere for the audienceand it also provides the feeling of you actually being there and witnessingthe events that happen throughout the film.b) The advantages using this technique give to the film and the film makeris that it has the sense that the audience feels as if they had the sameexperience while watching the big screen
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concept of Overcoming Adversity after viewing the file ‘Touching the Void’? Use examples from the movie to assist your explanation. I have learnt a lot about overcoming adversity from viewing the film‚ ‘Touching the Void’. The first thing I learned from the film‚ was the true meaning of adversity‚ I learnt that it was any time when you are great misfortune‚ whether it is big or small. Another important thing and probably the biggest message from the movie was‚ if you persevere and don’t quit or cower
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From touching the Void - Joe simpson Joe and Simon‚ two friends embark on a climbing expidition in the Andes mountain range when things go unexpectedly and horribly wrong. The author Joe Simpson writes two accounts‚ each giving their own perspective on the incident In Joe’s account‚ the diction throughout the entire account is quite traumatic. Alot of words give imagery to the unbearable pain of both physical and mental agony e.g.: "The pain flooded through my thigh" " My thoughts raced
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○ The parallel accounts of the same incident told by the two different people involved from their own perspectives. First person point of view from two different standpoints. Exploring: How does the writer help the reader to appreciate the physical impact of the accident? • The use of first person pronouns emphasises the personal nature of the account‚ and the active nature of the piece is demonstrated by the openings of the paragraph in Joe’s account: ○ First person
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didn’t know what had happened to Joe‚ he thought he had just passed out‚ or was stuck to something‚ but he didn’t think further about it‚ and that he could have been hanging of a clip 40 meters to the ground. Therefore he took a chance by cutting the rope‚ but when he went further down he realized he had hung of a clip‚ and were now probably dead. In the climber society the choice Simon took to cut the rope has been disliked and he has been scolded on in media etc. But Joe has supported him in his decision
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Touching the Void Joe and Simon are mountain climbing in the Andes‚ when Joe has a terrible accident. Here are two accounts by Joe and Simon of what happened. Joe’s account I hit the slope at the base of the cliff before I saw it coming. I was facing into the slope and both knees locked as I struck it. I felt a shattering blow in my knee‚ felt bones splitting‚ and screamed. The impact catapulted me over backwards and down the slope of the East Face. I slid‚ head-first‚ on my back. The rushing speed
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rocks. 3) Green plants evolve over most of the Earth. 4) Green plants removed CO2 from the air and produced O2 by photosynthesis. (oxygen level increased) Phase 3 – Ozone layer allows evolution of complex animals. 1) The built-up of oxygen in the atmosphere allowed more complex organisms to evolve and flourish. 2) The oxygen also created the ozone layer (O3) which blocked harmful rays from the sun and enable more complex organisms to evolve. 3) There is very little C02 left now
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