I have studied 4 texts from a survival genre. I have looked at connections within the overall topic of ‘how people act in a survival situation. I found a connection between two of these texts and another connection between the other two texts. The first connection was ‘the will to survive and determination to stay alive can overcome the power of nature and negative thoughts when in a life or death situation’‚ this connection was shown by the characters in the film ‘Touching the void’ directed by
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1 - Into the Wild shows a man who journey’s through the country in order to find peace and belonging. Christopher McCandless or ‘Alexander Supertramp’ was a man who wished not to conform to the way society was governed‚ he did no want to be sucked into the depths of technology which has consumed the minds of many people. He only wished to live simply as one would have one thousand years ago. Into the wild strongly relates to the concept of belonging in many ways. In May 1990 McCandless graduates
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LOOKING FOR ALIBRANDI ESSAY Looking for Alibrandi does show the different expectations placed on young people. These expectations can be in many different forms due to race or nationality or pressure to pursue a certain career path. In the novel this is shown clearly in Josephine Alibrandi and John Bartons life. Josephine has high expectations to be a stereotypical Italian girl and John Barton has a lot of pressure from his father to become a barrister and follow in his footsteps. Jacob Coote is
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Looking For Alibrandi How has your understanding of narrative conventions helped you to explore the relevant themes in Looking for Alibrandi. Looking for Alibrandi is a novel which mostly deals with the concept of emotional change. Through a number of characters‚ the author‚ Melina Marchetta demonstrates clearly the concept of change and changing perspective. A variety of events happen throughout the novel to these characters which influence their lives and change their perspectives. Through these
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Looking for Alibrandi {1992} is a novel written by Melina Marchetta‚ which presents to us the internal conflict that immigrant children face in a multicultural society. Throughout the novel Josephine Alibrandi struggles to find her personal and cultural identity‚ she is trying to find who she is. At school she experiences a feeling of being different and endures prejudice of other students who have not learnt to accept or appreciate anyone different from themselves. Through her last year she learns
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PERSONAL RESPONSE TO LOOKING FOR ALIBRANDI The novel Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta (1993)‚ is about a young 16 year old girl named Josephine Alibrandi trying to find herself in her final year of high school. It shows high and lows throughout the novel with Josie finding her father and starting a relationship with him‚ to losing her close friend John Barton from suicide. There are many themes in the novel such as Family‚ Relationships‚ Search for identity and MULTICULTURALISM. The narrative
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Related Text ‚ Text and society wings by Macklemore "Wings" is a song written by rapper Macklemore and produced by Ryan Lewis‚ from the album "The Heist "2011. The Song is a powerful story about American youth and their struggle to find their way in a culture dominated by consumerism‚ obsession and wanting to be" Be like Mike". It relates to many of Bruce Dawe’s poems which Criticise Consumerism such as Americanized and The Not-so Good Earth. The song ’Wings’ is about the pursuit of identity through
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overcoming both external and intrinsic barriers. The texts‚ “As You Like It’ by William Shakespeare and “An Imaginary Life” by David Malouf explores how these obstacles to acceptance can be diminished over time. – you may want to elaborate on the ideas of each text in the introduction! Also where is the introduction of the text type of each text? Where is the concluding linking statement to wrap up the introduction! You should have 2 related texts! Shakespeare demonstrates the abuse and corruption
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Related Text Journal. Beneath the Clouds. Title‚ composer‚ date of publication‚ form‚ Links to discovery / rediscovery‚ techniques‚ similarities / contrasts to swallow the air. Beneath the Clouds‚ Ivan Sen‚ Road Movie 2002‚ shows perceptions of personal discovery. Explores intrinsically linked ideas of discovery through the lens of cultural identity and heritage. Similar themes are also discovered in Swallow the Air (2006) exploring the course to discovery and the sometimes devastating circumstances
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Tribes of the Sydney Related Text Analysis “Tribes of the Sydney” is a feature article from the newspaper Sydney Morning Herald and is written by Sacha Molitorisz. This text was written in January 2010 and speaks about the changes in Sydney’s youth culture and emphasises on the different type of teenage groups that are around Sydney and reasons why youths do have groups. This text’s main theme is about belonging and how youths in Sydney feel the need to belong in a group. Molitorisz cleverly writes
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