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# Game of Polo with a Headless Goat **Title** * relates to theme of east contrasting west * Polo (sophisticated) headless goat (primitive + barbaric) * chaos + ridiculous **Cultural references** * "Wacky races" + "formula 1" * understood by audience * can get nature of races **1st Person** * f...

# Game of Polo with a Headless Goat **Title** * relates to theme of east contrasting west * Polo (sophisticated) headless goat (primitive + barbaric) * chaos + ridiculous **Cultural references** * "Wacky races" + "formula 1" * understood by audience * can get nature of races **1st Person** * feels personal + involves audience **Short Sentences** * quick feel, build anticipation + making reader read on **Chronological Order** * experience it now she did like they were there **Hyperbole** * builds tension 'eternity' 'anarchic' **Humour** * "wobbly bicycle" difference in technology in east + west **Structure** * 3 races - dramatic + engaging * multiple understandings (chaos) **In Media Res** * begins part way through to intrigue reader **Triads** * tensions 'voices raised, fists + tempers' * immerses reader **Additional Points** * **Factual piece (travel autobiography)** * **Aims to inform + entertain**