“We are shaped by each other. We adjust not to the reality of a world‚ but to the reality of other thinkers.” This statement by Joseph Pearce reveals individuals inclination to conform to society’s expectations and standards‚ thus making us all products of our environment to some extent. Good afternoon HSC students. As we are all aware‚ module c: Texts and society‚ requires you to explore and analyse texts in order to determine how they represent the core values of the society in which they are created
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Discuss how J.C Burke addresses the notion of moving ‘Into the World’ in the first ten Chapters of The Story of Tom Brennan J.C Burke’s novel‚ ‘The Story of Tom Brennan’ is a grim and haunting representation of the themes of fear and drink driving‚ family relationships and friendships. Burke addresses the notion of moving into the world through the characters‚ the conflict‚ the motifs and symbols‚ language and structural devices and the effects. In the novel‚ the characters experience a horrifying
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Related text for The Story of Tom Brennan Curriculum Link: Into the World-Module C Themes in this unit of work: Growing up‚ life’s journey‚ transition‚ change‚ catalysts Developing relationships: family‚ friends‚ intimate Themes explored in the novel ‘The Story of Tom Brennan’: * Responsibility * Dealing with consequences * Fear * Drink driving and its effect on families and communities * Family relationships * Dealing with crisis * Friendship * Understanding
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Edward’s gloomy‚ old‚ and gothic home that overlooks the whole entire town shows that Edward feels dejected up in the castle alone. The gloomy color and lighting of his castle creates a depressing sorrow and lonesome tone while showing that he is a peculiar outsider. Burton supports this element by utilizing low-key lighting. On the other
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Explain how The Story of Tom Brennan and ONE other related text of your own choosing portray the consequences of moving into the world Author J.C Burke and Rapper the Notorious B.I.G (Biggie) are able to portray the consequences of moving into the world. J.C burke composer of The story of Tom brennan explores the life of a family member dealing after their brother but his car into a tree killing 2 and injurying another and The Brennans families difficulties moving town. Biggie’s song Juicy was
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‘The story of Tom Brennan’‚ the author J.C.Burke‚ creates a successful novel portraying the life of a teenager and the daily routines that they are faced with throughout their world. In this book the teenager‚ Tom Brennan‚ is faced with many obstacles including the party and playing football. While there are many negative incidents that Tom faces‚ he is not alone. Some positive ideas include support and help of family‚ always being behind his back‚ a renewed sense of self and creating new relationships
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Music Critique Paper- Edward Scissor hands The music composer of the film Edward Scissor hands is Danny Elfman. Danny Elfman grew up in Los Angeles and is a composer‚ singer and songwriter. He started a career as an actor and then in 1982 he scored his first film. He was a fan of the composers Bernard Herrmann and Franz Waxman. Danny was nominated Grammy Awards‚ Emmy awards and many more he won about thirty-four awards. Danny has composed for a number of films and T.V shows. Some of them being
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Tom Brennan Prologue- ‘Sounds of feet shuffling along the concrete’ – sensory imagery. ‘Past the ugly words that told us we were no longer wanted’ – negative connotation ‘Silhouettes of houses slipped past before I could catch them’ – personification + alliteration ‘Down‚ down we glided in silence’ – repetition [giving a sense of downfall in their life + highlighting the sense of secrecy and contact] ‘I pushed our Ford Falcon station wagon out of the garage’- forced to leave To be able
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who cares and loves everyone. Her name is Peg‚ Peg welcomes Edward to town and gives him a nice place to live. Everyone is impressed by what Edward can do until Kim‚ Pegs daughter and her boyfriend Jim return from their camping trip. Edward falls in love with Kim the moment he laid eyes on her. Kim is rude and embarrassed at first but once Jim showed Kim who he really was she instantly knew she loved Edward. In the movie Edward Scissorhands‚ Tim Burton uses costume‚ color‚ and set/props to create a
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Tim Burton’s film ‘Edward Scissorhands’ warns of the dangers of a conformist society. Throughout the course of the movie‚ viewers are constantly reminded of this peril. Burton highlights this hazard by indicating that people who are different may find it challenging to be accepted. Moreover‚ in societies where everyone is similar‚ there is often a level of complacency and absence of creativity. The audience is also informed of the dangers when Burton shows that disorder and confusion can result when
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