novel ‘The Story of Tom Brennan’ by J.C Burke explores the ways how individuals grow when they are taken out of their comfort and venture into new experiences. The novel ‘The Story of Tom Brennan’ by J.C Burke follows the lives of the Brennan family‚ namely the title character Tom Brennan. After the events of a fatal car accident the novel depicts the chaos that tragedy can bring down upon a family and how it thrusts individuals into a new world. The novel follows the response of Tom Brennan in relation
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Characters in ‘The Story of Tom Brennan’ and how they deal with aspects of growing up or transitions into new phases of life and a broader world. Character: TOM BRENNAN Experience encountered | Growth‚ Change or other consequences as a result of the experience | Key quotes | Language identification and analysis | Car accident | Tom wants his old life back prior to the accident and he sees the accident as the end of his life as he knew it. He loses his sense of identity and sense of family
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experience to provoke them into taking the first steps. This can be seen through the entirety of The Story of Tom Brennan‚ in the first few lines of the novel Tom says ‘I wanted to be back home having a barbie. Having our normal Australia day. Our Brennan Australia Day‚ the way we always did.” The colloquialism of the statement and the three words ‘home’‚ ‘Brennan’‚ and ‘always’ all used together show that all Tom wants is to have the positive family environment and traditions of the past that because of
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experience personal growth. This is evident in the prescribed text‚ The Story of Tom Brennan by JC Burke‚ as well as my chosen text‚ I Was Only 19 by Redgum. The concept of ‘new experiences’ may not always start off positively. For example‚ in Burke’s novel‚ the protagonist‚ Tom Brennan‚ one fatal accident forced him and his family to flee their hometown of Mumbilli‚ forcing every character to undergo a catharsis. This causes Tom to become very withdrawn and introverted as he grows bitter and resentful
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The Story of Tom Brennan by J.C. Burke starts with a serious car accident. The main character Tom Brennan is a seventeen year old boy whose life changes when his older brother‚ Daniel‚ kills two people‚ Luke and Nicole‚ and paralyses his cousin Fin. The family then move from Mumbilli to the town Coghill. During this dark period Tom does not change‚ or mature. Tom’s Father orders Tom to make a change to his life and encourages him to take the path towards a positive future and to move on from the
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A strong sense of identity is largely dependent on family and social standing within the community. The venturing into new worlds acts as a catalyst for the development of an individual’s identity. J.C Burke’s novel ‘The Story of Tom Brennan’ follows the life of Tom Brennan as he completes his final year of high school. This novel effectively demonstrates how an individual’s identity can be impacted positively or negatively when undertaking new experiences. The use of first person narrative invites
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THE STORY OF TOM BRENNAN KEY IDEAS/THESIS/WHAT STATEMENTS: TECHNIQUE | EXAMPLE | EFFECT | First person narration | | * Creates an empathetic tone‚ drawing the responder into Tom’s emotional turmoil. Generates dramatic irony as the reader has a greater level of understanding than other characters. Reveals changes in personality as maturity develops. | Non-linear structure | | Shifting narration highlights the emotional impact of the accident. Represents a juxtaposition in chronology (before/after)
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Into the world The Story of Tom Brennan Quote |Technique |Effect | |“...We’re all hurting. It’s not helping anyone being like this” (p11) |Dialogue (Gran) Collective ‘we’ |Gran sums up the far-reaching effects of the accident through the collective nature of “we’re all” and the negative connotations of the word “hurting”. | |“That was the thing about my sisters‚ she’d become tough. It was like I hardly knew her anymore” (p29) |Characterisation of Kylie; simile; metaphor |Tom sums up Kylie’s negative
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that show transitions are The Story of Tom Brennan‚ a 2005 Australian novel written by J.C. Burke‚ and Raise Your Voice‚ a 2004 American drama film directed by Sean McNamara. Through these two texts‚ the audience learns about the social context‚ the characters and their experiences‚ which helps to shapes our understanding of transitions. Drink driving incidents are the leading cause of death for teenagers in Australia. The Story of Tom Brennan and Raise Your Voice provides opportunities for the
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The Story of Tom Brennan J C Burke You do not need to write the questions out but you must write in full-sentences. Prologue 1. Identify three narrative techniques and explain how they reveal to the audience that the family are escaping from their world. (Hint: first-person narration‚ past-tense‚ tone‚ flashback‚ repetition of ‘we’‚ etc.) 2. The first sign that this novel’s structure is non-linear (not in a straight narrative pattern) is the change from past-tense to present tense in the
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