East Pakistan declared independence from Pakistan in 1971 and became Bangladesh after many East Pakistanis objected to West Pakistani control over the government, economy, and armed forces. The document discusses a 1955 travelogue written by Jean and Franc Shor about their travels through East Pakistan when it was still part of Pakistan but desired independence. It introduces the selection as a first-person account that aims to help readers imagine being in East Pakistan through descriptive writing.
East Pakistan declared independence from Pakistan in 1971 and became Bangladesh after many East Pakistanis objected to West Pakistani control over the government, economy, and armed forces. The document discusses a 1955 travelogue written by Jean and Franc Shor about their travels through East Pakistan when it was still part of Pakistan but desired independence. It introduces the selection as a first-person account that aims to help readers imagine being in East Pakistan through descriptive writing.
East Pakistan declared independence from Pakistan in 1971 and became Bangladesh after many East Pakistanis objected to West Pakistani control over the government, economy, and armed forces. The document discusses a 1955 travelogue written by Jean and Franc Shor about their travels through East Pakistan when it was still part of Pakistan but desired independence. It introduces the selection as a first-person account that aims to help readers imagine being in East Pakistan through descriptive writing.
Bangladesh was formerly called East Pakistan. Many East Pakistanis
objected to West Pakistani control over the nation’s government economy and armed forces. In 1971, East Pakistan declared itself an independent nation call Bangladesh. The narrators, Jean and Franc Shor, of the literary selection travelled to Bangladesh sometime in 1955. At that time, it was still a part of Pakistan, a Commonwealth of Nations created in 1947 from the predominantly Moslem- occupied areas of India. The area of Bangladesh is about one-sixth of the area of Pakistan, formerly known as West Pakistan.
Brief introduction about the selection, Bangladesh (East Pakistan): Land of
Elephant Roundups and Bengal Tigers, by Jean and Franc Shor. It is a first person account of the travel of two writers through the country at the time when it was still known as East Pakistan. A talk written piece on travel is called a travelog or travelogue. Usually a travelogue is illustrated pictorially. To appreciate a travelog, create mental pictures of places and things described. Imagine yourself in the place and think of things you would do if you were physically there.