Introduction A retreat from the global aims to remove oneself from the intense‚ irrevocable impact of the global and its values‚ in the desire to retain roots‚ traditional structure‚ autonomy‚ local authority and the belief in a cohesive value system based on one’s own community. Our increasingly globalised world is becoming irreversibly interconnected such that events in one part of the world affect people and societies in other parts. Thus the instantaneous nature of communications transcends
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The prescribed poems are: * * * * * * back to melbourne hillston welcome cobar‚ july 1993 eat noura from narooma thomastown talk • Nonfiction – Carmel Bird (ed.)‚ The Stolen Children – Their Stories • Film – Rob Sitch‚ The Castle OR – 2 – Question 2 — Elective 2: Australian Visions (20 marks) How do the texts you have studied use Australian visions to explore ideas about Australia?
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statement sums up the difficulties of telling the truth‚ and this is furthermore shown in Rob Sitch et al’s Frontline‚ Lies by Michael Leunig and the poem Nothing to Report by May Herschel Clarke. The television show Frontline follows the day to day running of a current affairs show. It shows both on and off air aspects of what people involved with television go though on a daily basis. Mike Moore (Rob Sitch) plays the naive host of the show‚ who seems to think the whole world revolves around him
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Is honesty truly the best policy? In the eyes of the satirical Tv show Frontline‚ telling the truth is an irrelevant commodity. Throughout the episodes “The Siege” and “Add sex and stir” composer Rob Sitch interprets the topic of telling the truth. Conveying how the truth is sacrificed‚ manipulated or contaminated in a behind the scene perspective. The truth is transferred for materialistic things such as ratings and competitive edge. Therefore depicting how news anchors abuse their role in telling
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2012 H I G H E R S C H O O L C E R T I F I C AT E E X A M I N AT I O N English (Standard) Paper 2 — Modules Total marks – 60 Section I General Instructions • Reading time – 5 minutes • Working time – 2 hours • Write using black or blue pen Black pen is preferred Pages 2–4 20 marks • Attempt either Question 1 or Question 2 • Allow about 40 minutes for this section Section II Pages 5–8 20 marks • Attempt ONE question from Questions 3–7 • Allow about 40 minutes for
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to revaluate their own perspective with that of the satirist. Through his hyperbolic depiction of the nepotism inherent in the diplomatic posting system in The Ambassador‚ Sitch’s series The Hollowmen reveals the malleability of political values. Sitch furthers his satire of such political expediency through his ironic depiction of the policy making process in Rear Vision in which he exposes the artifices that characterise the modern Australian political landscape. Similarly‚ Moir’s reductio ad absurdum
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weapon and as a tool to draw attention to both particular and wider issues in society. In particular it aims to expose its audience to the nature of the political atmosphere by exploring the trivial and self-serving nature of governmental objectives. Rob Sitch’s television programme The Hollowmen ironically depicts the shallow values of contemporary Australian politics that appear to altruistically appease the stipulations of individuals and society. While The Ambassador reveals the skewed‚ self-serving
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endorsement of “superficial responses to the latest whims of the general public” is central to this episode‚ ultimately undermining the manipulated Australian society’s belief in the apparently faultless contemporary world of politics. In ‘Fat Chance’‚ Sitch has established the burden of the myopic statements of the Prime Minister which consequently results in the production of synthetic policies in order to appease the
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Joeys Belonging Related Texts By Author Context and the sense of belonging that comes from it contributes to a sense of identity‚ our relationships and processes of acceptance and understanding. We get a sense of belonging (or not belonging and all the degree of belonging in-between) through interaction with: people‚ including groups and broader communities‚ and‚ places Students are expected to explore through the study of their texts: aspects of belonging‚ including the potential of the
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In the adventurous and comedic film‚ “Stand by Me” directed by Rob Reiner‚ follows the tale of four close friends‚ all around twelve years old‚ who live in the small fictional town of Castle Rock‚ Oregon‚ in 1959. Vern Tessio‚ known as the childish one‚ overhears his brother discussing a dead body of Ray Brower located just outside of town who was supposedly came in contact with a train. The four friends decide to leave Castle Rock with hopes of becoming heroes for finding Ray Brower’s body. On their
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