2011 HSC: Question 1- Elective 1: Distinctive Voices (20 marks) In what ways are people and their experiences brought to life through distinctive voices? In your response‚ make detailed reference to your prescribed text and at least ONE other related text of your own choosing. Through the use of techniques‚ writers are evidently able to create a wide range of distinctive voices and bring people and their experiences to life. When distinctive voices are created‚ it helps the reader to understand
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The dramatic importance of Linda links in with her life it is dreary because she always hopes that things will work out for the better yet those hopes never come true. They always fail. Her one major decision takes place before the action of the play. She chooses to marry and emotionally support Willy Loman‚ a man who wanted to be great but defined greatness as being “well liked” by others. Because of Linda’s choice‚ the rest of her life will be filled with disappointment. In the Loman family‚ each
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THE MURDER OF LINDA ANDERSEN ROMAN WILLIAMS CJ1320 AUGUST 26‚ 2014 Lets Kill Mom The murder of Linda Andersen by her two teenage daughters (Bob Mitchell‚ “The class project” (2014) is a clear example of what started off as not breaking the law‚ but‚ after further review and supported speculation was found that the girls did in fact break the law by murdering their mother for illicit greed‚ motivated by visions of champagne holidays and expanded luxury. Their deviance‚ however‚ has been used in
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In the Article‚ “A Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a Gun”‚ Linda Hasselstrom explains why she carries a handgun through normal activities‚ such as driving‚ camping‚ or even staying at home. Although Hasselstrom claims she is not paranoid‚ but the situations that she reacts to would raise concerning questions. To most people‚ Hasselstrom is slightly more than cautious‚ she’s paranoid. In one situation‚ a man was walking out on her field toward a pond full of ducks. When she drove down to
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Tuohy 1 Mikki Tuohy ENG 390 Dr. Buttram December 12‚ 2008 Grading Feminist Theory The poem “Marks” by Linda Pastan is a short piece that focuses on a housewife’s duties being graded by her family as if it were her homework. The wife is graded by her husband‚ son and daughter using different three grading systems‚ each time being told that she could do better‚ but ends by saying that the family should “Wait ‘til they learn / I’m dropping out” (10-11). In an interview on “The Newshour with Jim
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Pass/Fail is a poem written by Linda Pastan that is about the nightmare of test taking. There is always anxiety that accompanies a big exam‚ and sometimes it will affect our sleeping habits‚ self-confidence‚ plague our thoughts and haunt our dreams. Pastan explores this unpleasant experience in her short poem and uses several techniques to convey her speakers thought process. The role of the speaker verses the author is necessary to understand in any poem‚ along with the way it sounds and reads
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Linda was your normal everyday teenager. She did exceptionally well in school‚ received mostly E’s in class‚ played sports‚ and knew what she wanted to do with her future. She also had two loving parents who only wanted for her to be content with her life and decisions. They did not expect her to become a lawyer or receive a Ph.D.: they wanted her to have at least a high school diploma and to find joy. Linda graduated from high school and married John Travers whom she had known since age twelve.
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Aries (1962) proposed that the concept only existed in the last 300 years‚ as previously children were considered adults as soon as they were physiclaly able to perform adult tasks. He noted that when industrialisation occured the value of children needing nutring care from their mothers arised‚ thus prompting the creation of the housewife role. This creation was to get women out of the work place to make space for men who had come back from fighting in the WW2. However Pollack critised him as Aries
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decade of 1950. This kind of issue was defined by the Supreme Court in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson of 1896 with the “separate-but-equal” doctrine which recognized that separate but equal facilities do not violate the constitution (Essex‚ 2016). Linda Brown was an African American girl who tried to attend a less-crowded white school close to her home in Topeka‚ Kansas but‚ because of her race‚ she had to travel away of town in order to attend an African American school. In 1951‚ Linda’s father challenge
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16. Linda Hogan utilizes a whimsical‚ yet humble tone when she observes the creature blossoming under the soil. She “wonders how a cut blade of grass knows how to turn sharp again at the end” conveying her curiosity similar to a child’s. To wonder is to observe and and question‚ just like a child. By confessing that she is “not aware yet of what [she] will become” reveals the uncertainty of the future‚ and compares herself to the unexposed‚ “blind” creature in the ground. Hogan is no better than
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