Stasiland Pracessay6
TEXT RESPONSE ESSAY
TOPIC : “ FUNDER’S DESCRIPTION OF A PLACE PROVES A PARALLEL WITH THE NARRATIVES THAT STASILAND UNCOVERS. DISCUSS “
KEYWORDS :
DESCRIPTION – COMMENT, COMMENTARY, EXPLANATION, DEFINITION, EXPOSITION, INTERPRETATION, RENDERING, TRANSLATION, DEPICTION, PORTRAYAL, OUTLINES
PLACE – LOCATION, SETTING, VICINITY, EAST GERMANY,
PROVES – DEMONSTRATES THE TRUTH, PROVIDES THE EVIDENCE, VALIDATES, CONFIRMS, CONVINCES
PARALLEL – SYMMETRY, SIMILARITY, COMPARISON
NARRATIVES – STORIES, CHRONICLES, ACCOUNTS, ANECDOTES, MEMOIRS
UNCOVERS – UNEARTHS, REVEEALS, DECIPHERS, EXPOSES
CONTENTION : YES – ANNA FUNDER’S NARRATIVE OF THE BRUTALITIES OF STASILAND PROVIDES AN EXPLICIT PROTRAYAL AND DECIPHERING OF THE SYMMETRICAL RELATION BETWEEN THE ACCOUNTS OF ITS VICTIMS AND PERPETRATORS. THE PLACES THE INDIVIDUALS ARE BOUND WITHIN UNEARTHS THE CURRENT STATES OF THEIR LIVELIHOODS AND THEIR FUTURES SINCE OF THE FALL OF THE DIVIDER BETWEEN THE EAST AND WEST OF GERMANY. HOWEVER, FUNDER’S COMMENTARY ON THE REVELATION AND RENEWAL OF THE ONCE HARSH LAND DEPICTS THE REBIRTH OF THE GERMAN WORLD AS “ SUN YELLOW AND DUSKY PINK BEING REVEALED FROM BEHIND SCAFFOLDING “ AND “ CHILDREN SWING ON ROUNDABOUTS I NEVER NOTICED WERE THERE “ .
REASONS :
1. FUNDER’S DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF STASILAND THROUGH THE USE OF IMAGERY VALIDATES THE ABSURD WORLD OF THE “BROWN LINOLEUM PALACE” AND THE DÉCOR SYMBOLIC OF THE STASI REGIME e.g how the streets were decorated “halfway up”, Alexander Platts Station, the Stasi Mueseum
2. ANNA FUNDER’S CHRONICLES OF STASILAND UNEARTHS THE PROFOUND SYMMETRY OF THE CURRENT CONDITIONS OF WHICH ITS VICTIMS AND PERPETRATORS DECIDE TO LIVE WITHIN TO THAT OF THEIR HISTORICAL EAST GERMAN PASTS e.g description of Funder Apartment, the parallel of this apartment with julia’s story, physical place of Miriams apartment reflects her confinement
3. HOWEVER, FUNDER’S COMPELLING COLLECTION OF EXPOSED ANECDOTES PROVIDES A STRONG COMPARISON OF THE RENDERING AND
TOPIC : “ FUNDER’S DESCRIPTION OF A PLACE PROVES A PARALLEL WITH THE NARRATIVES THAT STASILAND UNCOVERS. DISCUSS “
KEYWORDS :
DESCRIPTION – COMMENT, COMMENTARY, EXPLANATION, DEFINITION, EXPOSITION, INTERPRETATION, RENDERING, TRANSLATION, DEPICTION, PORTRAYAL, OUTLINES
PLACE – LOCATION, SETTING, VICINITY, EAST GERMANY,
PROVES – DEMONSTRATES THE TRUTH, PROVIDES THE EVIDENCE, VALIDATES, CONFIRMS, CONVINCES
PARALLEL – SYMMETRY, SIMILARITY, COMPARISON
NARRATIVES – STORIES, CHRONICLES, ACCOUNTS, ANECDOTES, MEMOIRS
UNCOVERS – UNEARTHS, REVEEALS, DECIPHERS, EXPOSES
CONTENTION : YES – ANNA FUNDER’S NARRATIVE OF THE BRUTALITIES OF STASILAND PROVIDES AN EXPLICIT PROTRAYAL AND DECIPHERING OF THE SYMMETRICAL RELATION BETWEEN THE ACCOUNTS OF ITS VICTIMS AND PERPETRATORS. THE PLACES THE INDIVIDUALS ARE BOUND WITHIN UNEARTHS THE CURRENT STATES OF THEIR LIVELIHOODS AND THEIR FUTURES SINCE OF THE FALL OF THE DIVIDER BETWEEN THE EAST AND WEST OF GERMANY. HOWEVER, FUNDER’S COMMENTARY ON THE REVELATION AND RENEWAL OF THE ONCE HARSH LAND DEPICTS THE REBIRTH OF THE GERMAN WORLD AS “ SUN YELLOW AND DUSKY PINK BEING REVEALED FROM BEHIND SCAFFOLDING “ AND “ CHILDREN SWING ON ROUNDABOUTS I NEVER NOTICED WERE THERE “ .
REASONS :
1. FUNDER’S DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF STASILAND THROUGH THE USE OF IMAGERY VALIDATES THE ABSURD WORLD OF THE “BROWN LINOLEUM PALACE” AND THE DÉCOR SYMBOLIC OF THE STASI REGIME e.g how the streets were decorated “halfway up”, Alexander Platts Station, the Stasi Mueseum
2. ANNA FUNDER’S CHRONICLES OF STASILAND UNEARTHS THE PROFOUND SYMMETRY OF THE CURRENT CONDITIONS OF WHICH ITS VICTIMS AND PERPETRATORS DECIDE TO LIVE WITHIN TO THAT OF THEIR HISTORICAL EAST GERMAN PASTS e.g description of Funder Apartment, the parallel of this apartment with julia’s story, physical place of Miriams apartment reflects her confinement
3. HOWEVER, FUNDER’S COMPELLING COLLECTION OF EXPOSED ANECDOTES PROVIDES A STRONG COMPARISON OF THE RENDERING AND