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P2 Q4 Extreme Weather

The writers in Source A and Source B convey contrasting perspectives on extreme weather conditions, with Source A depicting the cold as unpleasant and threatening, while Source B presents it as beautiful and calming. Source A uses violent imagery and personification to illustrate the storm's danger, whereas Source B maintains a tranquil tone, emphasizing the peacefulness brought by the snow. Ultimately, Source A focuses on the fatality of the weather, while Source B highlights discomfort and a sense of helplessness.

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P2 Q4 Extreme Weather

The writers in Source A and Source B convey contrasting perspectives on extreme weather conditions, with Source A depicting the cold as unpleasant and threatening, while Source B presents it as beautiful and calming. Source A uses violent imagery and personification to illustrate the storm's danger, whereas Source B maintains a tranquil tone, emphasizing the peacefulness brought by the snow. Ultimately, Source A focuses on the fatality of the weather, while Source B highlights discomfort and a sense of helplessness.

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Compare how the writers convey their different perspectives on the extreme

weather conditions.
In your answer, you could:
Compare their different perspectives on the extreme weather conditions.
Compare the methods the writers use to convey their different perspectives.
Support your response with references to both texts.

In source A, the writer conveys the extreme weather as extremely cold and
unpleasant, this is shown when he uses a simile to describe base camp as ‘living
in a freezer,’ which implies how cold it is and Salkeld is described as ‘Shivering
from the cold,’ which also reiterates the cold and the unpleasantness. In source
B, it is similar as it was ‘very cold’ however it differs as it’s described as
‘beautiful’ and ‘complete and charming’ which conveys the writer’s appreciation
of the snow and the weather and how it is relaxing and there is no threat or
discomfort for anyone. This shows that initially both sources differ as source A is
uncomfortable from the cold however Source B is not affected from the cold and
is enjoying the snow.

As both source’s progress, source A’s tone quickly shifts from the weather being
an annoyance to an actual threat as when the storm arrives, the writer uses
personification that it ‘whipped into the camp,’ which creates violent imagery
and is also personified as ‘ripping into tents,’ which also conveys the violence of
the storm and the verb ‘ripping’ highlights the power that the weather and the
storm has. Source B’s tone remains calm and tranquil shown through the
hyperbole ‘all things huge and hasty and noisy were paralyzed in a moment,’ this
reinforces that the weather has made London a more peaceful place and the
verb ‘paralysed’ indicates that the weather has caused London to become
quieter as all the loud buses and cars were not able to be on the road. The
sources differ here as source A has a more serious tone for the weather as it has
become violent and threatening whereas source B remains constant with their
content for the snow and the weather.
Towards the end of the text’s, Source A continues to convey the danger of the
storm saying ‘thirty climbers were fighting for their lives,’ this metaphor
reinforces the power of the storm and indicates that the storm could potentially
be deadly and the wind is personified as ‘a sinister howl,’ which implies the
danger of the wind and the storm and ‘howl’ has a semantic field of wolves and
could be implying that the climbers were being hunted but instead of wolves, it’s
by the weather. Source B changes from the harmonious tone at the begging and
is starting to show the harsh affects of the cold with the writer claiming, ‘the
nape of my neck, and my heart seemed paralyzed.’ Which reflects the harsh
impact of the cold and the verb ‘paralyzed’ highlights the helplessness that he
felt from the cold. At the end, both sources differ as source A shows the fatality
of the weather whereas source B highlights the discomfort and unpleasantness.

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