TEXT RESPONSE ‘The Adoration of Jenna Fox’ ‘Jenna Fox’s parents made the right decision by re-creating her in the way that they did. To what extent do you agree? In Mary E Pearson’s 2009‚ futuristic novel ‘The Adoration of Jenna Fox’‚ Jenna Fox’s parents made the correct w did what any parent would do to save there child by using the technology decision by re-creating there daughter in the way they did. However Jenna went through difficult times in accepting who she was. Throughout the novel
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a class of fellow year 12 students who have all studied Louis Nowra’s play Cosi. The purpose of discussing why Cosi is a play worth performing is to show elements of the play and its ideas that are relevant to our own lives here in suburban Western Australia. Speech: "Love is not so important nowadays‚" or is it? Written by Louis Nowra in the 1990’s and set in the early 1970’s‚ Cosi is a play based on the opera Cosi Fan Tutte. You may be asking yourself‚ why is this play worth performing? What
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‘Hard times bring out the best and worst in human nature’ The Outsiders – Text response essay In the novel ‘The Outsiders’ by S.E Hinton‚ we see how hard times bring out the best and worst in human nature. Human nature is basically what people are like deep down. As the characters change and their life grows and gets harder‚ we are shown their true colours. Some of them change for the best‚ and some for the worst. Hard times include a large variety of matters. Based on the novel that we are
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COSI HSC PRACTICE ESSAY Discuss how Nowra’s perspective on personal relationships is conveyed in Cosi. The play Cosi by Louis Nowra is an emotional portrayal of personal relationships in a Melbourne mental institution ostracised by society. Throughout the play Nowra’s perspective on personal relationships develops and changes through character relationships and development‚ especially the development of the main protagonist Lewis. Nowra conveys his perspective on personal relationships through
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COSI QUOTES LEWIS “[hesitantly] This is an unusual position for me…I directed some plays at university…and‚ well…this is my first year out.” P7 “In a way you’re sort of testing yourself by coming here?” (Julie to Lewis p32) “Make a decision Lewis between going to the moratorium meeting or staying here.” “I’m not going to let them down.” P70 “Love is not so important nowadays.” P10 “Without love the world wouldn’t mean much.” P70 “Working with these people has changed you.” (Lucy
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Essay 1 Despite the comedy in Cosi‚ there is an underlying sadness to the play. ‘ Discuss’ Written through the experiences of the Vietnam War‚ Louis Nowra conveys ‘Cosi’ as a comedy in spite of the underlying of unhaplk in the play. The play [is] set in Melbourne in 1971 in a mental institution during a time of warfare and undergoing global political changes of the fears of communist expansion into the western world. Lewis Riley the protagonist and the director of Cosi fan tutte undergoes several
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Fred D’aguair the longest memory essay text response The Longest Memory Fred D’Aguiar 11A Dylan Demtschyna Vocabulary Words that have something to do with literary devices | Words that have positive connotations (the words make you think of good or nice things) | Words that have negative connotations | Narrative/NarratorIrony
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Response to Text: Carlitos Way The film Carlito’s Way directed by Brian De Palma uses visual and verbal techniques to show the idea of world of crime. The main aspects of world of crime are loyalty‚ betrayal and can’t escape your past are all shown in the film. Together visual and verbal techniques are used to show the main idea of the film which is world of crime. An important idea in the film Carlito’s Way is the idea of loyalty. Loyalty is shown throughout the film by Carlito to his friends
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QUESTTION: While "I’m Not Scared" revolves around the adult’s world of corruption and violence‚ it is essentially about the child’s world of friendship and betrayal.’ ANALYSIS: Niccolò Amminiti’s "I’m Not Scared" is s novel which explores the topics of friendship‚ loyalty‚ betrayal‚ violence and morality. Essentially‚ the story follows Michele’s innocent perception of an adult world‚ and his gradual spiral into a state of lost innocence caused by the very ones who are closest to him. Even
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The 1970’s was a time of change for many issues however mental illnesses and how the mentally ill were seen by society were not one of these issues and were still seen negatively by most people. In Louis Nowra’s play Cosi a range of techniques are used to engage the audience by exploring certain characters and themes that were significant to Louis Nowra. Contrast and settings are important in exploring the theme of insanity‚ while characterisation and dialogue reveal what type of person one of
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