impacts on society‚ others and us as individuals it’s about overcoming these problems that as a society we must face. A strong human spirit is essential to overcoming adversity this is shown In the novel ‘destroying Avalon’ by Kate mccaffery and the related material being the film ‘the colour purple’ directed by Steven Spielberg‚ The characters are faced with situations that impact on themselves and the people around them socially‚ physically and mentally. Through the exploration of the themes relationships
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can learn the message from a journey‚ without actually going on it. Two excellent examples of literature doing this are in the texts stopping by woods on a snowing evening by Robert Frost and City of beasts by Isabel Allende. The texts have elements of physical journeys (getting from point a-b) and inner journeys which is a journey within us. City of beasts is a text about a young boy named Alex who is forced into an adventure with his Grandmother into the Amazon rainforest. Stopping by woods on
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Educating Rita is the tale of one working class women ’s struggle to find an escape to a boring‚ repetitive life and to find new things to conquer. To acheive this she begins university on a literature course despite the discouragement from family and baby-obsessed husband Denny. The play features only two characters‚ Rita and Frank. Frank- a middle class‚ well-educated‚ eloquent professor and Rita‚ an abrupt‚ crude excuse for a lady with no regard for or more precise‚ no knowing of social nouce
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Starbucks coffee. Just a pretty face. Stupid. These are terms that are associated with being a blonde female. For generations being blonde has been the topic of many jokes and has created a superstition that being blonde automatically made you stupid. As a student in academically challenging AP and IB classes‚ I felt that I had to prove myself to my classmates due to my appearance. TEDtalks are made to challenge social believes and change our future. I want to encourage a future that is rid of all
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to find out I was born with a small heart murmur. Months went by and the heart murmur went away. However‚ within time we discovered that I was legally blind in my right eye and had one of my front teeth impacted in my nose. I did not let being legally blind out of my right eye stop me from doing anything. The steps I had to take to overcome being legally blind in my right eye was having to wear an eye patch on my left eye to see if my right eye will get stronger so I would be able to see out of it
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Physical journeys also involve emotional and spiritual journeys A physical journey brings inner growth and development from the experiences a person encounters from a physical transition from one place to another. All physical journeys include obstacles and hardships however they also involve emotional and spiritual journeys along the way. Peter Skrzynecki’s poems “Postcard” and “Crossing The Red Sea” are both examples of an emotional journey within a physical journey. A feature article ‘A Desert
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Belonging: Supplementary texts Then and Now – Oodgeroo Noonuccal Belonging is a state of acceptance and understanding within ones social and physical environment. Displacement from the known and familiar hinders a meaningful connection to the environment and diminishes personal wellbeing. Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s poem Then and Now (1974) is an exploration of the impact of colonisation on aboriginals through the experience of a young woman who feels displaced from her spiritual home. Noonuccal
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Educating Rita: Important Quotations Below is a selection of some of the best quotations from ‘Educating Rita’. Learn approximately 10 which cover various ideas- i.e. Rita’s struggle‚ Denny‚ Frank’s problems etc. “I’m comin in‚ aren’t I? It’s that stupid bleedin handle on the door. You wanna get it fixed!” – Symbolises Rita’s struggle to enter academic world. "Everything I know--and you must listen to this--is that I know absolutely nothing." "Do you think it’s erotic...Look at those
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Anastasia Gryllis Related Material #1 Pierce the Veil - Caraphernelia My first chosen related material for Distinctively Visual is a song and Video clip by Pierce the Veil called ‘Caraphernelia’. In the song‚ the composer uses techniques such as juxtaposition‚ metaphors and other images to convey distinctively visual‚ through the lyrics and video clip. Caraphernelia described in the urban dictionary is ‘a broken-heart disease‚ whenever someone leaves you but leaves all their things behind
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Through ‘The Tragedy of King Lear’‚ Shakespeare represents a distinctive voice in which influences the way we perceive the role of power play in our world as it broadens our understanding of the universality and complexity of power play. Compared with the 21st century film ‘Brassed Off’‚ we are presented with an insight into the various means of attaining power and its ability to uncover the true nature of people within their struggle for supremacy and control. Shakespeare presents ’The Tragedy
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