2011 HSC exam question on Maestro "In what ways are people and their experiences brought to life through the distinctively visual? In your response‚ make detailed reference to your prescribed text and at least ONE other related text of your choosing." Visually distinctive language allows authors to create characters and bring them to life in a way which makes them relatable and believable to their audience. In the fiction novel "Maestro" by Peter Goldsworthy and in the poem "The Shearer’s Wife"
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The composers of the novel Maestro by Peter Goldsworthy and the film Pleasantville by Gary Ross are both successful in conveying their purpose through the use of distinctively visual images. In Maestro‚ it is clearly evident through Goldsworthy’s use of a memoir styled novel‚ the reader can see Paul’s (the protagonist’s) journey to a changed in perception after maturity has been accomplished. Goldsworthy reveals his purpose through his distinctively visual portrayals of Eduard Keller‚ Paul’s music
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‘He was the worst possible teacher for me.’ Do you agree? Teachers are an essential elements of any society‚ and although their actions and intention are often positive there are nevertheless scenarios in which they fail at their task. Within ‘Maestro’‚ Peter Goldsworthy portrays how a teacher can have both positive and negative effects on their pupil‚ how they can succeed in one element and wane in another. In some respects‚ Paul Crabbe’s teacher‚ Eduard Keller‚ has a devastating effect on his
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explain how this differed from previous evolutionary theories. Charles Darwin (1809-1882) was a British naturalist who is famously associated with the term ‘natural selection’ which he believed was the process that caused species to evolve. In this essay I aim to explain Darwin’s theory of evolution through natural selection‚ contrast it with other similar theories set before it and then an overall conclusion. Darwin originally studied medicine at Edinburgh University but had an interest in
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Setting Idea/s - Conveys the impression that Darwin is a place where people who don’t fit in come together | Topic sentence/s – the distinctively visual setting in Maestro assists in representing/capturing the identity of Darwin of the 1960’s. | Evidence | Techniques | Effect | After a difficult days work at the hospital not long after arriving in Darwin‚ Paul’s father remarks rather irately that “All the drifters”‚ the misfits”‚ “All the scum in the country has somehow risen to this
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selection by the use of Odysseus. In Odysseus’s account he had not one but two paths to choose from throughout his travels. Low and behold the route chosen was straight down the middle‚ creating his very own path. According to Stephan Jay Gould‚ Charles Darwin embodies Odysseus when it comes to analyzing a situation. Stephan Jay Gould also suggests that humans‚ when faced with situations that cannot foresee the outcome of often sell themselves short. Inductivism‚ according to Stephan Jay Gould‚ is primarily
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Charles Darwin One of the most famous names in science and in the economy today‚ is Charles Darwin. Darwin is best known for his contributions in science; his famous theory of evolution. He also contributed to the market and command economy with his belief‚ "survival of the fittest." Charles Darwin’s contribution to science has been a very controversial one. He stated that each generation will improve adaptively over the preceding generations‚ and this gradual and continuous process is the source
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darwins finches While spending time studying species on the Galapagos Islands Charles Darwin noticed some considerable differences between the finches varying from island to island. “Charles Darwin was the first to see reason in the creation of different species‚ instead of just assuming they appeared out of nothingness.”(Darwin 169). Darwin was also the first to understand and correctly explain how these differences occurred. “Although Darwin understood why there were these differences in the
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Doubting Darwin Doubting Darwin covers a few of many beliefs in how we came to be‚ evolution and intelligent design‚ and how it has influenced the world and in the education system. Many people disagree with intelligent design and other disagree with evolution but some people believe that both had a part in how we came to be. Evolution is split into to two central concepts. The first is universal common descent‚ it is the idea that every living creature can be traced back to an unbroken
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Charles Darwin Sonata Harper BIO 1010 Professor M. Decker September 26th‚ 2013 Today on this day‚ I will be discussing in this paper‚ about the Naturalist Charles Darwin and what his contribution was to Biology as well as his life on this earth as a Biologist. Charles Robert Darwin was born on February 12‚ 1809 in Shrewsbury‚ England. Charles Darwin was well known best‚ for his works as a naturalist in the developing mentation of evolution to the biological change of things in
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