I have studied 4 texts from a survival genre. I have looked at connections within the overall topic of ‘how people act in a survival situation. I found a connection between two of these texts and another connection between the other two texts. The first connection was ‘the will to survive and determination to stay alive can overcome the power of nature and negative thoughts when in a life or death situation’‚ this connection was shown by the characters in the film ‘Touching the void’ directed by
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The 2007 comedy-drama film Juno‚ directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody‚ is a great film to use in analyzing the commonly tumultuous and chaotic adolescent years. While my biggest struggles during primary school came prior to age thirteen‚ I have often wondered at what it must have been like to be a teenaged high school student dealing with the “condition” of teen pregnancy on top of all the pressures teens typically face. Specifically‚ I remember a girl in my class who became pregnant
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How do Fox Searchlight Pictures use a cross media approach to promote the film Juno and appeal to their young target audience? Fox searchlight Pictures was set up in 1994‚ and is owned by News Corporation and 20th Century Fox. The films they specialise in are independent and alternative films. The target audience of their films are youth and young adults so they can gain brand loyalty. In addition they do this because there is an increase of audience fragmentation because of the new technologies
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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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Synopsis Sixteen year-old Juno MacGuff is the type of girl that beats to her own drummer‚ and doesn ’t really care what others may think of her. She learns that she ’s pregnant from a one-time sexual encounter with her best friend‚ Paulie Bleeker. Juno and Paulie like each other‚ but don ’t consider themselves to be exclusive boyfriend/girlfriend let alone be ready to be a family complete with child. Although she would rather not be pregnant‚ Juno is fairly realistic about her situation. Paulie
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The experience of moving into the world can challenge individual’s beliefs and attitudes. The texts The Story of Tom Brennan and Edward Scizzorhands illustrate this through their featured themes of belonging and the introduction to a new world. The Story of Tom Brennan illustrates that the introduction to a new environment can force an indiviual to rethink their beliefs and attitudes. The plot takes Tom and his family‚ the Brennans out of their home town after tragedy strikes and they are forced
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Does literature accurately reflect the experiences and concerns of modern youth? “The Story of Tom Brennan”‚ reflects modern youth‚ by relating to situations such as teenagers experiencing loss from accidents whilst one is drunk driving‚ it is an excellent book for young teenagers to read‚ they get to understand the authors view on how drunk driving accidents effect families and loved ones so very much. “Go Ask Alice” is also another fantastic book‚ written straight from the diary of a young
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Tribes of the Sydney Related Text Analysis “Tribes of the Sydney” is a feature article from the newspaper Sydney Morning Herald and is written by Sacha Molitorisz. This text was written in January 2010 and speaks about the changes in Sydney’s youth culture and emphasises on the different type of teenage groups that are around Sydney and reasons why youths do have groups. This text’s main theme is about belonging and how youths in Sydney feel the need to belong in a group. Molitorisz cleverly writes
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Related Text “Lord of the flies” 1. Summarize the main ideas/themes of the text. * The loss of innocence * The invariable corruption of power * Savagery vs. Civilization * The reality of betrayal * ------------------------------------------------- The influence fear has on people ------------------------------------------------- Power is often a source of violence in Lord of the Flies. The desire for power breaks down the boundaries set by rules and order‚ causes strife
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How can we move on from a devastating chapter of our lives when I seems like our faith has been badly shaken and our only hope is lost? As said by the author C.S Lewis‚ getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward. There are many causes of breakups that leads to heartbreak and we all know that it really is painful at the first few weeks or months or even years. Some people were able to surpass the obstacles of the post
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