"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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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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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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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 the characters
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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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Distinctive voices have a particular influence in languages which is employed by the composer to create voices for particular purposes. Distinctive voices can be referred to as language of the characters‚ expressing their ideas different to others. The language is set as a distinctive way which conveys the qualities and moral values of the speaker. They display the ways language is used to create voices in texts‚ and how this affects interpretation and shapes the meaning. The composer has simulated
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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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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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Distinctive voices are part of our everyday life and can be expressed in many ways. This is not always projected through speech and language. It can be intrinsic and is inherent in any text. This is particularly helps when reviewing The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender by Marele Day and related film Miss Congeniality directed by Donald Petrie. Both these composers have created a variety of distinctive voices in the texts. The most distinctive voice within the novel the life and crimes of Harry
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Good morning/ afternoon‚ teacher and HSC students‚ Distinctive voices are an imperative device of language as there are various types and functions of voices in texts. The way language is used to create voices in texts and to show how it is used to express the interpretation and to shape the meaning of distinctive voices‚ I will be using examples from crime fiction text‚ “The life and Crimes of Harry Lavender” by Marele Day‚ which both supports and subverts the traditionally male hard-boiled detective
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