From Beyond the Sky and the Earth

• The first sentence “ mountains all around” This is hyperbolic and opened with a powerful image with the echo of this in the mountains which suggest the overwhelming impression of them
• The start of the second paragraph has a buildup of suspense to see if the writer finds out that it was worth it
• at line 19 “ the next morning” uses a temporal marker suggesting her first impressions may change
• also on line 19 “ instant coffee, powdered milk, plastic white bread and flavourless red jam” shows the underwhelming experience she had and hasn’t had a taste of Bhutanese culture yet
• at line 30 the quote “ smaller, it doesn’t even have traffic lights.” emphasises how small Bhutan is and contrast to the to the epic scale in line one