Question: It is impossible to avoid conflict in life‚ but this tragedy was preventable. Do you agree? Do you believe that tragedies only happen to others? In the novel ‘The story of Tom Brennan’‚ by JC Burke‚ she highlights in the most severe way that tragedies do occur. My opinion to the matter at hand is that tragedies do happen. There will always be unavoidable conflict and I agree with the first statement in the paragraph. If you think about the events that took place in the novel‚ you will
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Good morning all. New aspects or experiences in life are unavoidable for all individuals in the story of “Tom Brennan”‚ by J.C. BURKE. The concept of new aspects is highlighted thoroughly throughout the book. Tom’s teenage years is a period of great agony and guilt as he is traumatized by the incident that occurred with Daniel and how it affected his life. During this phase he is also trying to find himself after the event that had changed his life forever. In this time he realises in life what
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‘The Story of Tom Brennan’ Melany Rooney Prologue ‘In a couple of hours they would wake up and find us gone‚ far away‚ so as not to remind them of their pain and what our family now meant to this town’ (p. 2) The novel begins with a journey‚ both physical and emotional; the Brennans are physically moving houses and towns‚ but also moving into new‚ unfamiliar territory. The leaving of ‘home’ is synonymous with the leaving of what id known‚ familiar and comfortable‚ in a literal and metaphorical
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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 his brother’s
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J.C. Burke effectively engages the reader in an ongoing interaction through her adept utilisation of language devices to portray the aspects of transition in ’The Story of Tom Brennan’. Through the use of language forms and features like evaluative phrases and language‚ language of representation‚ accurate technical terminology. Readers learn from expert writers such as J.C. Burke about the importance of how transitions in life may lead to the development of profound insights about self and others
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journey which results in a change of attitudes. We can see that both Tom and Kylie from the novel ‘The Story of Tom Brennan’ experience a change of attitudes through forming new relationships. Tom’s attitude changes from having a negative perspective of the world to a positive one after he meets Chrissy as helps him emotionally to move on from the accident. This positive relationship between Tom and Chrissy is evident when Tom says “you helped me find my old self”. (technique) This effect has...
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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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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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Story of Tom Brennan quotes: 19 -“Sudden death‚ sudden death fellas.” 26 –“that was the thing I couldn’t get my head around – there would be a tomorrow‚ and a day after that‚ and a day after that. The world went on regardless of how I felt.” 71 –“All we could do was stand around… Watching Finn and a machine that heaved and clicked with each breath it took for him.” 101- “I changed my clothes cause Finn’s blood was on my jeans and jumper‚ but I can still smell him on my skin‚ especially my hands
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Does it matter? Losing your leg? Does it matter? Losing your sight? Do they matter? Those dreams from the pit? Poetry of Siegfried Sassoon reveals the true horrors of world war one. Good morning year 11 and sir. Siegfried Sassoon was a soldier in world war one which was fought between 1914 to 1918. This war conflicts of horror and destruction in which ten million soldiers lost their lives. Soldiers in world war one had experienced so much horrifying events that caused them to have physical and mental
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