will happen. Change is also unavoidable. To examine change and changing perspectives the following texts will be assessed the core text in the area of study "Looking for Alibrandi" the novel by Melina Marchetta‚ the supplementary text "At Seventeen" by Janis Ian and the text from the prescribed Stimulus booklet was the poem "The Door" by Miroslav Houlb. Change is evident in so many aspects of life‚ positive examples of change are evident in the novel Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta. Looking
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perspective of themselves‚ others or the world. Cosi the play written by Louis Nowra‚ the poem from the stimulus booklet‚ The Road Not Taken‚ written by Robert Frost‚ the film Coach Carter‚ directed by Thomas Carter and the song lyrics At Seventeen by Janis Ian are all texts which show an inner journey has taken place where perceptions of an individual‚ others and the world has changed. In studying this concept of inner journey through these texts‚ my understanding of individuals‚ the world and myself
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to talk about sexuality and race without being punished for what we believe in. This text is a story about Janis Ian and how her song “society’s child” was being received in audience in the 1950’s America. By that time‚ you didn’t have the same rights to speak freely. Society’s child is an extract from the biography of Janis Ian where she talks about her song “society’s child”. Janis Ian is an American folk singer and writer. Her first hit single was “society’s child” written by herself when she
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rocky but she eventually made friends with two art students by the name of Janis Ian and Damien‚ her new friends told her to be careful around the popular girls in school known as the plastics. One day while Cady was looking for her friends‚ a girl by the name of Regina George the main leader of the plastics wanted her to join their group because she thought she was really pretty. Cady becomes a part of the group‚ but Janis convinces her to get revenge on Regina George because of Janis’s personal
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Society’s Child - My Autobiography (2009)‚ Janis Ian‚ an American folksinger and writer‚ outlines a particular incident that occurred on a night in 1966 in Encino‚ California two years after the release of her very first hit single‚ “Society’s Child”. She was 15 at the time. As a matter of fact the very first line of the excerpt sets the stage for her account‚ so to speak. It starts in medias res with the quite aggressive chanting being shouted at Ian‚ who is standing alone on stage: “Nigger
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Janis Ian is a character that attended the school in the film and was the complete opposite of the girls in the Plastics clique. Over the years‚ Janis developed strong negative feelings towards the leader of the Plastics clique‚ Regina‚ and these feelings carry on throughout the film. Being that attitude can be described as an overall evaluation that expresses how much we like or dislike a person as well‚ this is where components of Attitude comes in. Janis believed that Regina
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Opgave B Extract from Janis Ian’s Society’s Child – My Autobiography Fifteen years old‚ alone‚ scared and on the verge of crying. Yes‚ no teenage girl can say that they have not been there‚ maybe you got dumped by your boyfriend‚ or your crush started dating someone other than you‚ or maybe it is just your hormones going crazy‚ but all girls‚ maybe even as far as all humans have felt this. However only a small number of people have felt this on stage with a guitar in your hands and a group
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for her entire life. Cady’s first friends are Janis Ian and Damien‚ school outcasts. Janis and Damien warn Cady about the Plastics‚ the snobby popular girls consisting of Regina George (Rachel McAdams)‚ Gretchen Weiners (Lacey Chabert)‚ and Karen Smith (Amanda Seyfried). Cady is then invited to sit at the Plastic’s sacred table where she is invited to join their clique and Cady’s friends encourage it so they can discover and manipulate the plastics. Janis‚ Damien and Cady then come up with a plan to
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looking at him. He looked at Mama. Mama looked at me. Then he would look at me. I would look at Mama. She would look at him. In different circumstances‚ I’d be amused.” 64 “You’re the father of the person who is my life.” “It’s too late. Seventeen-year-olds don’t need fathers." "Oh god. I’m thirty-four years old and I need a father. I can’t even begin to think of what my daughter needs.” 66 "Things don’t turn out the way you expect them to." 71 “Simple dreams are the hardest to
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Stereotypically‚ men and women have very different roles in the eyes of society. Gender roles and stereotypes have a history in religious‚ political‚ legal and economic systems. In reality‚ men and women are more alike than most people assume. Throughout the world there are struggles with identity‚ power‚ and violence occurring everyday between both men and women. The film Mean Girls‚ directed by Mark Walters‚ follows a young girl‚ Cady’s‚ transition from being home schooled to public high school
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