Explain How Moving Into The World Means Confronting Society
Ayesha Evarts year 12.
“moving into the world means confronting society”
To what extent is this demonstrated in your prescribed text and at least ONE related text?
Moving into the world means confronting society. By doing this it involves change both physically, mentally and challenges through obstacles. This is shown in the play “Educating Rita” Willy Russell and the book “Piggybook” by Anthony Browne. Both these texts engage on confronting society and going higher in the working class world.
Rita is a twenty-six year old hairdresser from Liverpool who has decided to get a higher education. Not the sort of education that would get her just a better job, but an education that would open up for her a whole new working- class world, a liberal education. Rita wants to be a different person, and live an altogether different sort of life than she has been living so far. …show more content…
It is not till the very end of the play that he confronts his meaningless existence in the educated word. For example, Rita tries opening the window to get fresh air but the window was stuck emphasizing that Frank doesn’t like to go outside his environment or comfort zone. Rita tries to convince Frank to do their tutorial on the lawn. Her confidence has been greatly augmented by the experience of summer school and she is not in awe of the ‘real’ students as she once was. Frank refuses, being unable to change his accustomed routines and environment, she suggests opening the window. It will not budge not having been open for years. This is an effective symbol for Frank’s life. “I’m not surprised dear, It hasn’t been opened for generations” Page 58. This is an effective symbol for Frank’s life. Although disappointed and frustrated by his world, he is incapable of moving out of it until events force him to
“moving into the world means confronting society”
To what extent is this demonstrated in your prescribed text and at least ONE related text?
Moving into the world means confronting society. By doing this it involves change both physically, mentally and challenges through obstacles. This is shown in the play “Educating Rita” Willy Russell and the book “Piggybook” by Anthony Browne. Both these texts engage on confronting society and going higher in the working class world.
Rita is a twenty-six year old hairdresser from Liverpool who has decided to get a higher education. Not the sort of education that would get her just a better job, but an education that would open up for her a whole new working- class world, a liberal education. Rita wants to be a different person, and live an altogether different sort of life than she has been living so far. …show more content…
It is not till the very end of the play that he confronts his meaningless existence in the educated word. For example, Rita tries opening the window to get fresh air but the window was stuck emphasizing that Frank doesn’t like to go outside his environment or comfort zone. Rita tries to convince Frank to do their tutorial on the lawn. Her confidence has been greatly augmented by the experience of summer school and she is not in awe of the ‘real’ students as she once was. Frank refuses, being unable to change his accustomed routines and environment, she suggests opening the window. It will not budge not having been open for years. This is an effective symbol for Frank’s life. “I’m not surprised dear, It hasn’t been opened for generations” Page 58. This is an effective symbol for Frank’s life. Although disappointed and frustrated by his world, he is incapable of moving out of it until events force him to