environment. The idea of belonging is a dynamic and an essential aspect of human life which can come through‚ due to the connections made with the concepts of identity‚ place‚ relationships‚ acceptance and understanding to oneself and other people. These aspects of belonging are demonstrated through the free verse novel‚ ‘The Simple Gift’ by Steven Herrick‚ and the fairy tale of ‘The Ugly Duckling’ by Hans Christian Anderson. In the very early stages of ’The simple gift’‚ Herrick displays sixteen
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Assessment 2: Text Analysis Response- Examine a turning point “Looking for Alibrandi” by Melina Marchetta “Looking for Alibrandi” is a contemporary novel about a 17 year old Catholic girl‚ Josephine Alibrandi‚ who was in her final year at school. Her life was turned upside down when her father came into her life for the first time‚ her close friend committed suicide‚ family secrets came out and she encountered love. During the course of the novel she had to deal with issues such as
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The Simple Gift – Steven Herrick Chapter Summary Chapter 1: Champagne Billy Champagne Billy packing his school bag with his personal things and plans to run away from home. Billy takes his dads cigarettes and champagne. Kiss The Dog Billy is sitting on the veranda with his dog ‘Bunkbrain’. Billy wants to bring ‘Bunkbrain’ with him because he reckons no one “deserves to stay in this dump”. But bringing a dog would cause many inconveniences. Billy takes off. Longlands Road Billy walking
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Belonging – The simple gift and Drifters An individual’s experience of belonging is invariably affected by their previous encounters with their environment and the people with whom they interact. This is clearly presented within the texts analysed. In the novel “The Simple Gift” by Steven Herrick the author successfully demonstrates the power of past experiences to both limit and enrich an individual’s sense of belonging to both their surroundings and influential people. Similarly in the poem
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discoveries have on people and the way relationships and discoveries interweave. “Looking for Alibrandi“ published in 1992 by Melina Marchetta‚ “In the park” written in 1963 by Gwen Harwood and “What a girl wants” created in 2003 by Dennie Gordon all show immense discoveries and send messages through the techniques like hypocracy‚ flashback‚ sarcasm‚ camera angles and polar opposites. In the text “Looking for Alibrandi‚” published in 1992 by Melina Marchetta discoveries are uncovered through the interpersonal
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------------------------------------------------- ESSAY During the course of her H.S.C year at St Martha’s‚ Josephine Alibrandi changes her understanding of the people around her‚ the people whom she loves including Nonna‚ Christina‚ Michael‚ John and Jacob in many ways she never thought possible. Throughout the novel‚ Josephine or Josie to the people close to her also changes from a selfish‚ uncaring teenager to a caring‚ more sensitive young woman whose feelings towards others become more apparent
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Speech- Social & Cultural Diversity “The rich marry the rich‚ and the poor marry the poor. The dags marry the dags and the wogs marry the wogs… and we all end up where we started.” During the time of reading Looking for Alibrandi‚ I tried to pay attention to the main concepts of the book and what we are studying in class of social and cultural diversity. How does the statement “The rich marry the rich‚ and the poor marry the poor. The dags marry the dags and the wogs marry the wogs… and we all
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Write an essay and explain how Kate Woods helped you understand something about the main character in Looking for Alibrandi. In the movie Looking for Alibrandi‚ director Kate Woods uses many techniques to help you understand the main character‚ Josie. Some of these techniques are internal dialogue and voice-over narration‚ day-dream sequences and colour enhancement. All these techniques help viewers to have a better understanding of Josie’s character. The first technique that Woods uses that
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The Simple Gift: Billy Luckett‚ 16 years of age explores into the world; leaving home on his own decision. Billy rejects himself as a reject‚ a thief; and a troubled character. We see in the free verse novel‚ The Simple Gift‚ composed by Steven Herrick there is the use of imagery in the novel in each chapter. There is also a quote which helps to explain the imagery. The format of the book is written as a first person narrative account. It is written from the three main characters perspective‚
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individuals perceptions of belonging evolve in response to the passage of time and interaction with their world. In what ways is this view of belonging represented in your prescribed text and at least ONE other related text of your own choosing? Belonging is a sense of enlightenment felt when an individual gains an understanding of themselves in relation to others and the wider world. William Shakespeare’s pastoral play ‘As You Like It’ and the bildungsroman ‘Looking For Alibrandi’ written by Melina
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