General Vision and Viewpoint
General vision and viewpoint
Subject matter that reveals a bright or dark outlook
In the texts on my comparative course we find subject matter that is either largely depressing or optimistic, and thus suggests to us authors and texts whose outlook on life is largely pessimistic or optimistic.
Lies Of Silence: The subject matter of LS reveals a dark outlook. The central point of the text is on the dominance of the IRA in Northern Ireland, as they attempt to use the influence of a hotel manager, Dillon, to bomb an opposing political gathering at his hotel and later their blackmailing of him with threats to his wife’s life so as to keep masked the identities of those involved in the plan. Dillon is eventually forced to uproot and move to London, in an attempt to escape the IRA and the chaos they impose on his life.
Dancing at Lughnasa:
Similarly ,DAL reveals a bleak outlook because of the subject matter it focuses on. The text focuses in part on the modernisation of Ireland. This reveals a dark outlook in life as many in the text struggle to adapt to this, such as Agnes and Rose who lose their knitting jobs because of the opening of a nearby knitting factory, reflecting the transformation of Ireland into a modern, economized country. Many in the country, unfamiliar to such a way of life, struggle to deal with this, such as Agnes and Rose who cannot work in such conditions. With no money as a result of their jobs lost to the more effective factory, they are forced to leave, emigrating to England, where they struggle even more. Michael finds Agnes dead and Rose in a hospital for the destitute twenty-five years later, indicating that modernization is not effective and beneficial to all – while it has contributing to turning our country into what we are used now, modernization left behind many who were used to life before its conception.
Billy Eliot:
Like In DAL And Los in Billy Elliott the text concentrates on Billy’s family challenging his personal
Subject matter that reveals a bright or dark outlook
In the texts on my comparative course we find subject matter that is either largely depressing or optimistic, and thus suggests to us authors and texts whose outlook on life is largely pessimistic or optimistic.
Lies Of Silence: The subject matter of LS reveals a dark outlook. The central point of the text is on the dominance of the IRA in Northern Ireland, as they attempt to use the influence of a hotel manager, Dillon, to bomb an opposing political gathering at his hotel and later their blackmailing of him with threats to his wife’s life so as to keep masked the identities of those involved in the plan. Dillon is eventually forced to uproot and move to London, in an attempt to escape the IRA and the chaos they impose on his life.
Dancing at Lughnasa:
Similarly ,DAL reveals a bleak outlook because of the subject matter it focuses on. The text focuses in part on the modernisation of Ireland. This reveals a dark outlook in life as many in the text struggle to adapt to this, such as Agnes and Rose who lose their knitting jobs because of the opening of a nearby knitting factory, reflecting the transformation of Ireland into a modern, economized country. Many in the country, unfamiliar to such a way of life, struggle to deal with this, such as Agnes and Rose who cannot work in such conditions. With no money as a result of their jobs lost to the more effective factory, they are forced to leave, emigrating to England, where they struggle even more. Michael finds Agnes dead and Rose in a hospital for the destitute twenty-five years later, indicating that modernization is not effective and beneficial to all – while it has contributing to turning our country into what we are used now, modernization left behind many who were used to life before its conception.
Billy Eliot:
Like In DAL And Los in Billy Elliott the text concentrates on Billy’s family challenging his personal