Related Text Rationale Title of text The Red Tree Composer/Director Shaun Tan Text Type Picture Book Brief Synopsis of Plot The Red Tree by Shaun Tan is a picture book following the day of a young girl who finds herself walking through a vast variety of scenes and landscapes Main thematic concerns and big ideas in the text The story line follows a young girl going through scenes‚ with scarce amounts of wording on each page. Each picture has a visual representation and meaning behind it‚ creating
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studies of English‚ I have found the area of study ‘belonging’ very helpful because it make us understand more about acceptance‚ know where we belong to. I will explaining the importance of belonging through an explanation of the following text ‘red tree’ and ‘who are my people’. I will also be sharing my experiences of belonging with you show you why I strongly believe belonging is important.
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Shaun Tan Shaun Tan‚ born in 1974‚ is an award winning illustrator and author of many well-known children’s books. Tan was born and raised in Fremantle‚ Western Australia‚ where as a boy‚ spent his time writing and illustrating poems and stories. Tan was known at his primary school as very talented artist. Through out high school‚ Tan continued his passion for illustrating‚ where he was enrolled in a special art program for gifted students. However‚ Tan eventually took an academic path into university
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Shaun Tan (1974) -Conceptual Framework- Artist Shaun Tan grew up in the northern suburbs of Perth situated in Western Australia. As a young boy he was always known as the “good drawer” at school which‚ in a way‚ made him forget about being the shortest kid in every class. In 1995‚ he graduated from the University of Western Australia with joint honours in English Literature and Fine Arts and is now working full time as a freelance author and artist in Melbourne. Shaun started sketching and
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The Arrival by Shaun Tan is a beautiful‚ magical‚ haunting‚ hopeful‚ human story told entirely in pictures. Like the experience of the main character who comes to a new land and makes his way with the help of others‚ I have relied on the words of others to help me write and shape this review. The review of The Arrival at bn.com started with a quote form one of my favorite authors‚ Philip Pullman‚ and is the perfect place to begin writing and thinking about this exceptional book: "Stories can be
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The Arrival - Shaun Tan Where the text came from The Arrival is a migrant story told as a series of wordless images‚ it was illustrated by Shaun Tan in 2006. Purpose of text The fact that Shaun Tan grew up in Perth‚ he said was one of the main reasons for making so many novels based on the concept of belonging‚ he describe Perth as being one of the most isolated cities in the world‚ sandwiched between a vast desert and a vaster ocean‚ and they lived in a “freshly minted northern suburb that was
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individuals and their respective environments‚ their sense of ‘belonging’ to a place. Shaun Tan’s ‘The Arrival’ stands to convey the feelings of isolation‚ belonging (and the desire to belong)‚ the long process of integration and establishing a sense of familiarity‚ security and friends. The story emphasises the isolation that is often experienced by many people arriving somewhere new and unfamiliar. Tan demonstrates the different aspects in which we may or may not belong to a particular group
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Why do you think John Marsden and Shaun Tan chose this image‚ over all the others for the cover of The Rabbits? The Rabbits by John Marsden and Shaun Tan is a perspicacious insight into the colonization of Australia from the perspective of the colonized. The appropriated image of Captain Cook’s arrival in 1770 was an inquisitively chosen illustration as it provoked a provocative response from the viewer making it glaringly obvious as to why Tan chose this as the front cover. Through decisive
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Throughout the book called The Arrival Shaun Tan added many symbols and hidden easter eggs that presented what the characters were trying to say. Tan’s story was about a family who lived in a very dangerous place where people were killed and there was no money to make because of this the father left to find a place where they could move to and live a better life. After a long journey of almost a year the father found a very magical place where everything was different and there were creatures that
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The Arrival The arrival by Shaun Tan is inspirational. In the book‚ there is a sequence in images that leave readers with suspense on what these pictures may indicate. You could never go to the second chapter without reading the first chapter before because these pictures tell a story that unfolds slowly but unknown; with reasons behind them that the author and the pictures let alone know. There is a language of silence told in graphics that makes you wonder‚ what does the picture mean and is it
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