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To what extent does the representation of past events and recollections lead us to a boundless consciousness of the complexity of human attitudes and behaviour?
In exploring the inherent tensions between history and memory and by acknowledging the specific authorial choices, we are lead to a heightened consciousness of the complexity of human attitudes and behaviour. Mark Baker holds a tight reign of control over his work by deciding what to keep and omit throughout his non-fiction prose text, the Fiftieth Gate. While Redgum juxtaposes our knowledge about the Vietnam War with a very personal and poignant recount in their song and video ‘I was only nineteen’. Baker identifies selectivity, tensions and similarities between past events and recollections that are revealed through the blend of different text types and features in addition to characters emotions and actions. Whilst Redgum utilises first person and film techniques in order to achieve identical effects.
Baker adheres to his objectives by making specific authorial choices which initiate partial views. These views originate a boundless consciousness of the complexity of human attitudes and behaviours. ‘It always begins in blackness, until the first light illuminates a hidden fragment of memory.’ Baker uses the imagery and motif of light to portray memory as fragmented and subject to fulfillment by history. In the first and last line of the fiftieth gate history is perceived as merely an artificial construct, providing only one version of the past. Baker’s specialized decisions allow him to develop a broader understanding and through growth, the complexity of his human attitudes and behaviors become apparent. “I realise how deeply buried is his pain. I have always pitied myself for the grandparents I do not have, rarely considering my father’s own orphaned state” (p85). Bildungsroman is evident through Bakers own statement, his attitudes begin to change as a result of his one sided views to history, which
In exploring the inherent tensions between history and memory and by acknowledging the specific authorial choices, we are lead to a heightened consciousness of the complexity of human attitudes and behaviour. Mark Baker holds a tight reign of control over his work by deciding what to keep and omit throughout his non-fiction prose text, the Fiftieth Gate. While Redgum juxtaposes our knowledge about the Vietnam War with a very personal and poignant recount in their song and video ‘I was only nineteen’. Baker identifies selectivity, tensions and similarities between past events and recollections that are revealed through the blend of different text types and features in addition to characters emotions and actions. Whilst Redgum utilises first person and film techniques in order to achieve identical effects.
Baker adheres to his objectives by making specific authorial choices which initiate partial views. These views originate a boundless consciousness of the complexity of human attitudes and behaviours. ‘It always begins in blackness, until the first light illuminates a hidden fragment of memory.’ Baker uses the imagery and motif of light to portray memory as fragmented and subject to fulfillment by history. In the first and last line of the fiftieth gate history is perceived as merely an artificial construct, providing only one version of the past. Baker’s specialized decisions allow him to develop a broader understanding and through growth, the complexity of his human attitudes and behaviors become apparent. “I realise how deeply buried is his pain. I have always pitied myself for the grandparents I do not have, rarely considering my father’s own orphaned state” (p85). Bildungsroman is evident through Bakers own statement, his attitudes begin to change as a result of his one sided views to history, which