HSC Standard English Ciotditnt
HSC Standard English
Module B:
Close Study of Text: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time.
Speech Assessment Task
Christopher Boone is often challenged in understanding and relating to the thoughts and feelings of those around him, including his family. His inability to visualise the feelings and thoughts of those that are around him, meaning he cannot empathize. Because, Christopher cannot tell when a person speaks in a joking manner or guess a person’s mood by their facial expressions. This is one of Christopher’s main challenges throughout the novel. In Chapter 3, of the novel, Christopher says that he cannot read faces. So, Siobhan who is his mentor draws him simple diagrams of faces people make to convey their feelings. But, it was still a difficult challenge for Christopher to determine which facial expression went with which diagram, a quote from the novel from page 3 states “It was very difficult to decide which of the diagrams was most like the faces people were making”. The author Mark Haddon uses visual techniques such as, simple diagrams of faces to highlight the audience of how dependant Christopher is on the diagrams to try and communicate with other people. Mark Haddon also helps us understand Christopher’s personal challenge of reading others emotions by displaying imagery. Haddon uses these simple diagrams to emphasise to the readers that “reading people” meaning their facial expressions, which we can take for granted, is in fact a very big struggle for Christopher. People’s body language continually challenges Christopher, which reveals a high level of stress and anxiety in him, which is a daily battle.
The feeling of being a failure as a parent is a great challenge to try and overcome. In the novel, ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time’, Ed Boone has a very positive relationship with his son Christopher. He has taken a very big duty caring for Christopher, and says to Christopher’s mother “I cooked for him. I
Module B:
Close Study of Text: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time.
Speech Assessment Task
Christopher Boone is often challenged in understanding and relating to the thoughts and feelings of those around him, including his family. His inability to visualise the feelings and thoughts of those that are around him, meaning he cannot empathize. Because, Christopher cannot tell when a person speaks in a joking manner or guess a person’s mood by their facial expressions. This is one of Christopher’s main challenges throughout the novel. In Chapter 3, of the novel, Christopher says that he cannot read faces. So, Siobhan who is his mentor draws him simple diagrams of faces people make to convey their feelings. But, it was still a difficult challenge for Christopher to determine which facial expression went with which diagram, a quote from the novel from page 3 states “It was very difficult to decide which of the diagrams was most like the faces people were making”. The author Mark Haddon uses visual techniques such as, simple diagrams of faces to highlight the audience of how dependant Christopher is on the diagrams to try and communicate with other people. Mark Haddon also helps us understand Christopher’s personal challenge of reading others emotions by displaying imagery. Haddon uses these simple diagrams to emphasise to the readers that “reading people” meaning their facial expressions, which we can take for granted, is in fact a very big struggle for Christopher. People’s body language continually challenges Christopher, which reveals a high level of stress and anxiety in him, which is a daily battle.
The feeling of being a failure as a parent is a great challenge to try and overcome. In the novel, ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time’, Ed Boone has a very positive relationship with his son Christopher. He has taken a very big duty caring for Christopher, and says to Christopher’s mother “I cooked for him. I