The Arrival by Shaun Tan is a beautiful‚ magical‚ haunting‚ hopeful‚ human story told entirely in pictures. Like the experience of the main character who comes to a new land and makes his way with the help of others‚ I have relied on the words of others to help me write and shape this review. The review of The Arrival at bn.com started with a quote form one of my favorite authors‚ Philip Pullman‚ and is the perfect place to begin writing and thinking about this exceptional book: "Stories can be
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Maxim Gorky’s “The Lower Depths” shows the struggle between classes. Unquestionably‚ its focus is on the lowest of the economically low class people being controlled by the bourgeoisie. It is also a representation of how cruel the society could be towards them and how‚ in turn‚ the people are affected by the society. Although the play talks of the story of low class people –the vagrant‚ the gambler‚ the ex-artist‚ the ex-aristocrat‚ the prostitute‚ and so many others‚ the thief’s character is
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the story of a curious boy who discovers a gigantic‚ red‚ machine-like animal that appears to be lost. The boy pities this “lost thing” and therefore‚ decides that it is his personal responsibility to attempt to find out where this creature belongs. Shaun Tan wrote this book primarily to entertain and amuse his audience; however‚ he also included various controversial comments on the power of bureaucracy and various other social concerns. Although‚ the simple sentences and an even simplistic storyline
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Risk Adventure People have a deep fascination with participating in activities like high risk action sports. Two of the most extreme as well as revered high risk adventures are climbing over 29‚000 feet to the top of Mount Everest and diving to depths as deep as 250 feet to the wreckage of the 700 foot luxury yacht Andrea Doria. Though the two seem completely opposite‚ climbing Mount Everest and Diving the Andrea Doria share some similarities. The similarities amongst the two can be found the most
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This paper will provide a broad analysis of the movie "Crash"‚ and yet a specific picture of visual narrative techniques and audio techniques. The categories contributing to the nucleus and major movie components are theatrical elements‚ cinematography‚ editing‚ and sound. The Academy Award winning movie Crash is a story about society ’s controversial subjects projected in an "in your face" depiction of lives that in some way or another‚ cross. Depth Analysis of the Movie "Crash" The over-all
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Related Text Rationale Title of text The Red Tree Composer/Director Shaun Tan Text Type Picture Book Brief Synopsis of Plot The Red Tree by Shaun Tan is a picture book following the day of a young girl who finds herself walking through a vast variety of scenes and landscapes Main thematic concerns and big ideas in the text The story line follows a young girl going through scenes‚ with scarce amounts of wording on each page. Each picture has a visual representation and meaning behind it‚ creating
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The best advice to receive is the advice you will carry with you forever. The best advice I have ever received was given to me from a good friend’s father. That advice is called eff it. We were sitting out by a fire when all of a sudden we heard an amazing voice singing “something else” by queensrych. We all jumped up and went inside to find my buddies dad jerry singing. He is not the type of guy I expected to be singing. Everybody sat down and had to listen to the beautiful voice that was coming
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The Arrival - Shaun Tan Where the text came from The Arrival is a migrant story told as a series of wordless images‚ it was illustrated by Shaun Tan in 2006. Purpose of text The fact that Shaun Tan grew up in Perth‚ he said was one of the main reasons for making so many novels based on the concept of belonging‚ he describe Perth as being one of the most isolated cities in the world‚ sandwiched between a vast desert and a vaster ocean‚ and they lived in a “freshly minted northern suburb that was
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Code of Ethics Analysis HSM/230 01/24/2014 The type of ethical dilemma I chose occurs when a patient or client’s family attempts to influence the care plan. For a more specific example; my client (houses at an in-patient treatment facility) is suicidal‚ and has been struggling with severe depression‚ alcohol and drug abuse. Immediate family members (brother and sister) continually disrupt the treatment process regarding their sibling. The patient is in such an emotionally weakened
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Shaun Tan once said “You know it’s not real‚ but you can’t help but be drawn into the reality of it”. His picture book ‘The Lost Thing’ reflects on this statement; you know that the storybook world Tan has created is not in the slightest bit real‚ but if you look closer you can start relating it to your real life. This is shown in the way the main character has been presented as well as the lost thing‚ the reader can relate to both of these characters either by being lost or finding something lost
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