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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Into 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
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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 problems. this happened by the filthy
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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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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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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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“The Story of Tom Brennan” is a novel reflecting our own sense of crushing a negative life experience and overcoming that with new and positive adventures into a new world. The novel written by J.C. Burke demonstrates journey of acceptance and hardship that the Brennan’s had to face throughout their stay at Coghill and their past from Mumbilli‚ especially for Tom. Each individual creates their own choices to stumble upon their experience which may either trigger awful consequences or opportunities
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EP002 Character Analysis – Tom Brennan The novel ‘The Story of Tom Brennan” is written by Australian author J.C. Burke. The book is written in a first person perspective of main character Tom Brennan‚ who is seventeen years old and it portrays the way he deals and adjusts with his new life after a major tragedy has struck. The novel also shows how he started to mature to a young adult as events unfold. Tom Brennan starts off in the novel as a popular teenager‚ successful rugby player and also
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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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