Lavender Motif used throughout the Book: Lavender is a flower of beauty‚ when spraying the lavender sent is a relaxant to the senses .Harry lavender is the opposite breaking away from the beauty and definition of lavender. Claudia Valentine: Her negative tone towards Sydney shows throughout the book. Quote | Technique | Äs I got out of bed I realised I wasn’t the only one in it. There was a good looking blonde in there as well" p.1 | Synecdoche (a figure of speech in which the word for part
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hscstudybuddy.com.au info@hscstudybuddy.com.au HSC STUDY BUDDY HOW DISTINCTIVE VOICES SHAPE MEANING – SEMINAR NOTES TO EXPAND UPON The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender The Distinctive Voice of Claudia Valentine – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – First person narrative‚ short sentences‚ disregard for strictly correct
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challenge or even support perceptions we have about the world we live in. Composers use distinctive voices in their texts to help us think about the significant issues involved in the world around us. Marele Day‚ in “the Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender”. Using the form of a crime fiction to challenge our perceptions of the role of men and women in the world we live in. Martin Luther King’s speech “I have a dream” also explores these significant issues. It was aimed to encourage individuals to work
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Technique & Justification Harry Lavenderpowerful‚ arrogant‚ smug‚ egotistical‚ sinister‚ ominous “I wake from this dream with the same coffin smile” -Metaphor‚ Personification Superhuman qualities‚ the feeling that he is pure evil as we think of vampires in coffins with wicked smiles brings out his distinctive voice. “Every person living and breathing‚ and many that were dead knew the name of that cancerous growth that went by the name of harry lavender” -Metaphor Gives us the feeling
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In what ways are people and their experience brought to life through distinctive voices? The life and crimes of Harry Lavender‚ Marele day guides the reader into the world of the novel through narrative perspective‚ tone‚ detailed description and personifying the setting. Bruce Dawes anti-war poem‚ “Weapons training uses a low first person perspective‚ strong tone‚ but also uses rhetorical questions and onomatopoeia to convey the brutality of the war‚ while Day uses descriptive language to convey
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In Marele Day’s novel The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender‚ Distinctive Voice is used to create character. Claudia Valentine is an example. Claudia Valentine’s Distinctive Voice is authoritative at times when she needs to be‚ defining herself by providing a clear sense of security and trust in herself and characters around her. This authoritative voice Claudia possesses is shown by being assertive‚ “I want to ask about the heroin” when with Robbie as she is desperate for information. “First tell
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The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender is crime novel about contemporary Australian life‚ written with all the ambiguity and moral sophistication of most “who dun-nits ". It looks like crime‚ and sounds like crime‚ and sells like crime‚ but -- it’s Literature! Its Opening is a subversion of the genre - a reversal of expectation as we are duped into believing this is your typical male private eye (P.I.). The role reversal - a female in a traditional male dominated field; women can do everything
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To what extent is‚ the life and crimes of harry lavender a novel about Sydney? Discuss the notion that the setting is a distinctive voice contributing to the last effectiveness of the story. Include specific reference to the set text and at least one other text of your own choosing. Marele Day uses descriptive language to depict the city of Sydney in The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender. Day distinguishes the city of Sydney through various characters to bring out the truth behind the beautiful
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protagonists‚ antagonists and setting. Contemporary composers manipulate characteristics of texts to portray its distinctive voice. This is evident in Marele Day’s novel the Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender‚ by the giving the protagonist Claudia Valentine - a hard boiled detective‚ the antagonist Harry Lavender – A major crime boss and Sydney each a distinctive voice. John Badham also incorporates this into the film The Hard way with the use of the protagonist John Moss – a hardboiled NYC Cop‚ the
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"Witty‚ wryly humorous and fast-paced‚ "The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender" is a thriller with a twist which brilliantly evokes the sleaze below the surface of the city’s glittering façade". Is this what the novel is about? Marele Day’s novel‚ "The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender" explores a large scope of issues related to crime and mystery writing. The use of simple language‚ symbolism‚ clever wit and a certain sense of satirical mockery all contribute to composing this witty‚ wryly humorous
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