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"
Premium Maestro Language Meaning of life
Introduction Maestro was the first novel published by Peter Goldsworthy in 1989. Goldsworthy grew up in various areas of Australia completing his secondary education in Darwin. He graduated in Medicine from the University of Adelaide in 1974. Goldsworthy has been awarded various awards in literature and stage craft and has composed not only in the prose form but also in the poetic form and as a music composer for the stage. Syllabus Requirements The HSC syllabus [pic]‚ texts prescription list [pic] and rubric [pic] require
Premium Musical notation Music Musical composition
The Effects of Growing up with an Alcoholic Parent Abstract Parental alcoholism is a form of child mistreatment‚ many children who grow up in home with an alcoholic parent or parents become alcoholics later in later. Growing up in an alcoholic home promotes unhealthy family relations that negatively affect a children’s’ development that leave children at risk for psychological disorders in childhood‚ adolescence‚ and well into their adulthood. Children with alcoholic parents usually do not
Premium Alcoholism Alcohol Psychology
To Kill a Mockingbird is a story about growing up. Discuss. Growing up is an inevitable stage of life that all experience as they age. Maturing perceptually is not a given but a process that a person progresses through as they gain experience and build solid beliefs on certain topics and things. Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird is a well-known novel that describes life in the tired town of 1930 Maycomb‚ Alabama. It touches upon themes such as morality‚ prejudice and youth‚ the latter being one
Premium To Kill a Mockingbird Mind Harper Lee
provoked to grow up faster and act as though they’ve reached the teen status‚ and teens feel like they’re adults. It’s easier to catch on to these particular trends‚ because they’re instilled into children’s everyday routines. Stations like MTV and BET are now accepted for viewing at a younger age‚ and children involuntarily pick up these bad habits and thought mechanisms. Teen magazines are also more explicit and promote sexual relationships. For an example‚ I remember growing up and not having
Premium Middle school Childhood Child
Growing up as a young girl is hard enough. For Anne Frank‚ the challenge was intensified by her captivity in the Secret Annex. She faces puberty within confined quarters and defines herself as a woman along the way. Anne goes from a young‚ immature girl to a growing woman despite the extremes conditions of the war outside waged by the Nazis. Before going into hiding‚ Anne is a normal young girl whose only concerns are of school‚ friends and boys. Her life suddenly changes when her sister‚ Margot
Premium Woman Anne Frank English-language films
Growing up should be fun but learning about the cruel realities of your society can be difficult. In the novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ by harper lee‚ as scout grows up she sees the changes in her society‚ but those that affect her the most are community‚ parenting‚ role of women‚ and courage. Scout learns more and more about the world as she grows up and she starts to see the war between the blacks and the whites. Scout hears a lot of rumours about Boo Radley but never sees him. She knows how her
Premium To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee Truman Capote
path‚ Atticus tries his best but in the end it is up to Jem and Scout how they end up. To Kill a Mockingbird is about children Jem and Scout Finch growing up in Maycomb‚ Alabama hanging out with their new best friend Dill‚ and trying to figure out the mystery of their neighbor Boo Radley‚ but their lives get turned upside down when their father‚ Atticus Finch‚ decides to defend a black man named Tom Robinson when a girl says that he raped her. Growing up is a major theme in To Kill a Mockingbird with
Premium To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
struggles is good or bad we learn from those experience and try to make our life the best we can. People judge others no matter what race or color that person is. The article “Growing up Asian American” written by C.N. Le and published on January 22‚ 2006 talks about how difficult it can be for Asian American to grow up in America. Asian American struggle to fit in with other ethnicity at a young age‚ and as they get older they find their roots to fit in. As Asian American got older they learn
Premium United States Asian American White American
Growing up in a Christian family who went to church every Sunday and Wednesday‚ and any day we could in between didn’t leave much time to act up. Being the oldest and having two younger sisters that looked up to me left a lot of responsibility that at times seemed like more than I could handle. I grew up in a very loving home with both my dad and mom in my life. My parents always made sure that I surrounded myself with good friends and they also made sure before I could ever hangout with them that
Premium Family Mother Christianity