Explores daughters

• Dead of winter - metaphor, emphasis the inconvenience of the hunt
• Glittering kingdom - sets a calm atmosphere of the hunt which shows that it is not a violent act
• If narwhals existed at all - if gives a sense of uncertainty which suggests the idea that narwhals are these unknown mystical creatures
• To die, to leave, to survive - asydetic list shows how desperate the hunters are for survival
• A small gasp or jump - shows that she is nervous and scared which gives a sense of discomfort which emphasises how inconvenient the hunt is
• Catching the light - they rely on the light meaning they rely on the narwhals for survival
• Nor will they use it to catch or attack - shows innocence and hoe gentle the narwhals are
• Man and whale - shows equality between them
• Returned and eaten - shows that they are back again for more which implies that they are desperate for food
• Could capsize and drown - shows the dangers of the hunt which implies that they only do it eacsue they do not have another choice
• Why would the writer do this?

  To show and justify the idea of hunting and that it is not a choice but a lifestyle they live by as there is not other option