At first in the passage‚ Tan presents us her thoughts about English that creates a judgement base on their ways of speaking. When she is in a group of different people her English is lot different than the way she talks with her mother. Similarly‚ the way her mother talks to her she would understand but when her mother talk to someone they wouldn’t understand her “broken” English. Tan stated that the circumstances and struggles when her mother was ignored because how the way she speaks was not understandable
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suburbia by Shaun Tan (Short Story): Belonging ‘Tales from outer suburbia’ by Shaun Tan starts off as a collection of 15 prose short stories with illustrations‚ but it soon begins to adopt more and more aspects of comics. The pictures stop illustrating the story and quickly become integral to telling the story and several points through the book the prose and the pictures combines splendidly. It’s not an illustrated children’s book‚ nor is it a comic. It’s somewhere in between. Shaun Tan draws a mirror
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I believe John Marsden and Shaun Tan chose this image‚ over all the other images in the book for the cover of the Rabbits as it portrays the starting point of the drama that is about to unfold‚ the incredible numbers of rabbits is hinted at and it provides a thorough insight into the story and it communicates many significant ideas put across in the book such as the menacing nature of the rabbits‚ urbane culture of the rabbits‚ contrast of cultures between the rabbits and the native marsupial creatures
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English speech on belonging Everyone has a unique sense of belonging and identity. Our sense of identity is shaped within personal‚ cultural‚ historical context over a long period of time. That’s why we prefer our own identity over anyone else’s. We reject a forced identity and take risks to find the place where we truly belong. We engage with the world in search for a better understanding of our true identity. Good morning teachers and fellow students‚ it is an honour to stand before you toady
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story "The Rabbits" by John Marsten and Shaun Tan‚ the aboriginals had bountiful lands with blooming trees‚ grass‚ and foods. Their children were safe and cared for‚ they had their cultures and customs set into place‚ until the "rabbits" came. "The rabbits came by boat" (Shaun Tan‚ pg.90)‚ were the aboriginals lived‚ they came‚ took over their land and made it their new home. The aboriginals are being out-casted from their homes and their land. The aboriginal elders warned them‚ rabbits will come
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What do you want?” -- Shaun Tan Shaun Tan’s Tales from Outer Suburbia published in 2008 is a piece that shows the true meaning of life experiences through a seamless flow of writing and illustration. The short stories convey real life situations such as family‚ love and everyday struggles by welcoming the readers to enjoy the beautiful tone of the art and words put into every piece and to truly find the underlying message of each story. In the short story “Stick Figures”‚ Tan digs into the reality
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Amy Tan has a contentious relationship with her mother perceived from her hostile tone. All mother-daughter relationships have troubles. In excerpts from Amy Chua’s memoir‚ Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom‚ and Amy Tan’s novel‚ The Joy Luck Club‚ mother-daughter relationships can be seen through diction‚ and tone. The annoyed tone in the situation between Amy Chua and her daughter shows a caring relationship while the hostile and hateful tone in Amy Tan’s excerpt shows a poor relationship with a hateful
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Literature is a textually transmitted disease‚ normally contracted in childhood” Word and Image in Shaun Tans The Arrival As a reader we are evidently drawn firstly to a book who’s title and/or image on the cover excites us. Adult Fiction is evidently presented in the form of a novel but Shaun Tan breaks away from traditional conventions of a novel format‚ producing texts that inhabit the shape of a picture book‚ whether including or excluding written language. This
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THE RABBITS John Marsden and Shaun Tan John Marsden’s award winning picture book‚ is a partly figurative story about colonisation‚ told from the viewpoint of the colonised. Marsden deeply explores the concept of belonging through powerful illustrations and key phrases. I believe Marsden’s purpose of this pictorial children’s book is to convey at a children’s level the unfair and disturbing history of the colonization of Australia. The misunderstanding and disrespect of cultures‚ destruction
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The Rabbits The Rabbits written by John Marsden and Shaun Tan is an allegorical fable about colonisation told from the perspective of the natives‚ represented as billibies. The Rabbits are a metaphor for the white settlers of Australia and the story is about their negative effect on the world of the Aboriginal people. The use of imagery is widely used through the text. It creates a sense of feeling as‚ if imagined you would be able to feel part of the story. Emotive Language was used as well to
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