Text Type: Picture Book Play
Composer: Maurice Sendak Michael Gow
Published: 1963 1987
Audience:
Outline the text in terms of its broad relationship to the concept of Journeys.
The Story book away follows the incredibly long and exciting Journey of max, a young boy, to a make believe worlf, filled vastly with monsters of terrible roars and claws. However Max’s expedition lasts years in this world, but as he begins to miss his home, he travels across sea for days and nights to find his hot supper still awaiting him, and the time passed a total of five minutes.
The play Away follows the journey and uncanny occurrences of three separate family’s their crumbling holiday plans. It explores issues that the families face during their expedition to find themselves, through heartache and comedic times. The journeys all come together in the ending of the play, as a great epiphany is revealed and the characters all come together. Identify two Journeys thesis statements which are relevant to both your set text and this chosen text. (Use point form)
• Journeys can accommodate our needs, wants and make us feel important
• Journeys give little time depth and meaning
Explain (with reference to technique, relevant eg’s and effect) how each thesis statement is explored in Raw/Away. (2xWHEELS)
Journeys WHEEL 1- Away, by Michael Gow
Journeys can accommodate our needs, wants and give an aura of importance to ourselves
Our Self worth is a trait desired by humans as a natural trait. We all want to feel needed and worthy. Journey’s have a great relation along side this yearning as they allow us to not only discover who we are, but discover a place for ones self amongst society. In away, we see a weak character at the beginning rise up and find her feet as she challenges and slightly rebels against the particularly unfair authority of