Claudia Valentine’s Distinctive Voice and Character Analysis Claudia Valentine‚ being the protagonist of The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender‚ has been successfully developed in the text to both support and subvert the stereotype of a male hard-boiled detective‚ where she is portrayed as a female private detective who inheres the traditional characteristics of a tough talking male detective but also presenting feminist points of view. Thus the author‚ Marele Day has created this powerful distinctive
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HARRY LAVENDER ESSAY All characters have their own distinctive voices but the main voice is Cluadia Valentine and she makes all other characters involved in her search to find the real truth of the crime that has been committed to Mark Bannister. Claudia Valentine is drawn into Harry Lavenders web of corruption and the world of organised crime behind Sydney’s established image. Marele Days choice to take the traditional ’hardboiled’ private investigator approach and not only challenge the stereotyping
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confidential. The story begins with the protagonist Claudia Valentine who is initially portrayed with masculine qualities and the reader assumes she is a man. As you learn more about Claudia you learn that she breaks many of the female stereotypes and this develops her character. Claudia Valentine is a private investigator and she is commissioned by Marks sister to investigate Marks death as she believes that there were suspicious circumstances. Claudia Valentine is sent of on many “red herrings” as
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distinctive voice of Claudia valentine‚ a 1980’s female private investigator in Sydney. The composer has used a range of techniques including first person narration and idioms to successfully make this text distinctive‚ and by doing this she has subverted the chauvinistic male‚ and changed the way people perceive women‚ hence changing the way the men‚ women and general Australians perceive this particular genre. Marele day has also created not one but two
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In contrast of Claudia and Frieda‚ an important point to stress is that Pecola’s conviction of her own ugliness stems from the society’s judgment of her being unattractive rather than from herself. Pecola would for‚ “...long hours she sat looking in the mirror‚ trying to discover the secret of her ugliness‚ the ugliness that made her ignored or despised at school‚ by teachers and classmates alike…” (Morrison 1990‚ 34). The impossibility of Pecola’s wish for blue eyes undermines her self worth. The
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Set in the mid 1800s in the American Midwest‚ “A Retrieved Reformation” is about a bank robber named Jimmy Valentine and his change to a kind self-sacrificing man. Jimmy Valentine was a selfish criminal notorious for robbing banks. After his release from prison he continues his life of crime‚ feeling no remorse for his previous actions . When Jimmy is in the town of Elmore‚ he sees the most beautiful woman and experiences an abrupt change of heart. He changes his identity‚ opens a shoe store‚ and
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times in this book. Multiple times Ender worries that he is like Peter‚ his brother. Ender’s sister and friend‚ Valentine‚ assures him that he isn’t like Peter and that he is better than Peter. While Ender is a combination of both personalities‚ his personality fits Valentine‚ since he was incredibly remorseful when he killed the Buggers. Ender‚ while resembling both Peter and Valentine‚ is also different than both of them. Ender is like Peter in many ways. Ender is very violent towards people he
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Drama Assessment Q.1 Aya Valentine‚ actor who played the roles of Sophie primary school‚ Sophie high school and introvert Mikayla displayed all three characters with effectiveness through use of characterization‚ vocalization and movement. When portraying character primary school Sophie Aya’s apparel consisted of a blue polo shirt‚ pigtails and a backpack‚ this can be classed as a stereotypical primary schooler. Through the use of vocalization Aya transformed her voice into a more shrill sound creating
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“Valentine” Throughout the poem the poetess compares love to an onion and she does that by using a variety of techniques such as imagery‚ symbolism‚ word choice and structure. All these techniques justify why “Valentine” is an unusual love-poem as they help the poet express her different point of view. The poet makes some other key suggestions on how love makes a person feel. Carol Ann Duffy shows that love is not simple nor always pleasant. \ Throughout the poem‚ the poetess is comparing love
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depicts Valentine in prison as he awaits his execution for his defiance of Claudius II. (A third story describes how Roman sons and daughters were kept separated in youth.) III. Origin of Valentine’s Day Story Three Roman boys and girls were kept apart except when in their teenage years‚ they were allowed to participate in the festival of Lupercalia. (In conclusion…)
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