TYPE OF TEXT: Prose Fiction TITLE: The Story of Tom Brennan AUTHOR: J C Burke COURSE: Standard MODULE: Module C: Texts and Society Module C: Texts and Society This module requires students to explore and analyse texts used in a specific situation. It assists students’ understanding of the ways that texts communicate information‚ ideas‚ bodies of knowledge‚ attitudes and belief systems in ways particular to specific areas of society. Electives in this module are designed around a specific
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mature from these experiences. It makes us mature and has definitely taught me a thing or two and what I’ve learnt is‚ our lives are defined by our choices and the pathways we choose to take. They might be good or they might be bad. My name is Tom Brennan and I’ve just been through so much this past year and I’m here to talk to you guys about it because I’ve been told talking about it helps. Last year my brother‚ Daniel‚ was in a drink driving accident in which he played a big part of and resulted
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Tom Brennan essay In “The Story Of Tom Brennan” written by J.C Burke in a story about destruction‚ guilt and shame through the story there are allot of up and downs after the crash the family is not the same and tom knows that it will never be the same the story uses destructive power to add some problems to the story to keep it going the crash causes a couple of problems to everyone not just the family the whole community is effected guilt tom and kylie both feel guilty like they were the cause
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Exploring Transitions by Character in Tom Brennan Brennan Family (Immediate) Character Transition being Explored Quotation/page no./analysis of language or technique Tom Brennan Living with grandmother in new town of Coghill after leaving Mumbilli. struggles with house rules and expectations such as saying grace and sharing grandmother’s cooking(KG) images of saints and prayers at Gran’s house going to Mass (Pp1568) ‘But we weren’t home. We were here. Here in my grandmother’s dark
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Explain the concept of Into the World and how it is explored in The Story of Tom Brennan. The ‘Into the World’ concept involves transitions into new phases‚ the progress into new worlds and experiences in order to grow‚ mature and internally progress. This concept is evident within J C Burke’s novel “The Story of Tom Brennan”. Through the use of a range of techniques J.C. Burke is able to maintain high levels of authenticity throughout the duration of the text‚ stimulating a more powerful response
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Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall‚ don’t give up. Figure out how to climb it‚ go through it‚ or work your way around it.” -Michael Jordan. Sometimes life throws difficult obstacles at us that may seem impossible to overcome‚ but why not make something good out of it? The human specie has the ability to overcome obstacles‚ but only some are able to benefit from it sooner or later in life. Some therapists can teach you how to overcome obstacles‚ and that’s great because
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Dear Tom‚ It has been a pleasure to meet you with undisturbed serenity. At this lake‚ we may find very well quiet‚ I think that I may address to you at this time regarding our past business issues. First‚ I do recall that you know about the economic crisis that our company has been going through. Because of this‚ you should know that I need the funds as soon as possible. Therefore‚ Dear Tom‚ It has been a pleasure to meet you with undisturbed serenity. At this lake‚ we may find very well quiet
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Overcoming Obstacles By: Conner Anderson Through my entire life I have experienced obstacles and challenges‚ starting in my childhood‚ continuing into middle school‚ and in the present day in high school. But even though I have experienced hardship I have persevered and pushed through it and this very perseverance has helped me throughout my life. One of the first challenges I faced was when I first started elementary school. My mother and father had just divorced and I started to feel the effects
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The Importance of Overcoming Obstacles Adversity is something that can increase ones mindset in a positive way. Going through hardships can help develop a mature mindset overdue to principal. It gives people self-confidence and assurance to not run away from adversity.This gives people a break to step back and look at life situations and the bigger picture on how life can be tough. For instance Magic Johnson. In 1979‚ Magic Johnson was drafted to the Los Angeles Lakers. He was very successful‚ he
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to class to read more of The Odyssey. The Odyssey is a story of a guy who has about a 20 year struggle to return home to is wife and son after fighting in the trojan war. Odysseus faces many obstacles on his journey home such as the Cyclops island‚ The sirens island and Calypso’s island. The first obstacle that Odysseus faces is the Cyclops island. At the Cyclops island they find his cave and the Cyclops comes back to his cave and mvs a huge rock in front of the door so everyone is stuck inside
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