prescribed texts “Migrants”‚ “Last seen at 12:10am” and also thought the related text “Rising from the ashes”. Communicating the difficulties in a journey is the poem “Migrants” the poem highlights the experience of a migrant family coming to Australia to seek asylum post WWII. Throughout the poem it conveys the barriers and obstacles which were faced though out the journey. This is evident through the use of the simile “shouted at like deaf-mutes” which compared the migrants to deaf mutes and
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The effects of consumerism on individuals and society. ‘The new slavery is consumerism’ (Bryant H. McGill); people use consumerism to gain control and power. In Bruce Dawe’s poems Americanized and Abandonment of Autos‚ and Claire Carmichael’s novel Ads R Us‚ consumerism is conveyed as a trap that is a continuous and vicious cycle of replacing products with new and “better” things even if the old product still works. Dawe’s Americanized is an extended metaphor for the way that America has taken
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POETRY COMPARISON Lucy Pittman A poem is an expression of emotion or ideas through literary work‚ often with a distinctive style and rhythm. Kenneth Slessor’s ‘Beach Burial’ and Bruce Dawe’s ‘Elegy for Drowned Children’ both present ideas on how individuals lament for the passed‚ through the major theme of death. Beach Burial follows the recurring events of the battle of El Alamein in WW2‚ whilst The Elegy for Drowned Children questions the fate of those unfortunate souls who have drowned. Although
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Belonging is a concept of fitting in to a group‚ place or team. Belonging to place‚ identity‚ relationships and barriers are significant influences impacting on belonging in both the memoir Romulus‚ My father and a similar text in the poem Katrina by Bruce Dawe. The prescribed and related texts effectively demonstrate the importance of how integral a sense of belonging is to human existence and the impact it can have on one’s life. Belonging to place is a theme highly evident throughout the novel Romulus
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consumerism and how it is instilled into us without even knowing it. The process of planting consumerism into a child’s mind is evident throughout all of society. It is driven into us from such a young age that we don’t notice that it has happened. In Bruce Dawes’ poem Americanised he talks about the child’s “…toys that mark his short life.” Juxtaposition is used here between ‘toys’ and ‘marks’‚ which highlights the significance of the mark and triviality of toys. The word ‘toys’ is a marker for his life
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Physical journeys can impact upon the traveler in various ways. This is shown in Dawes poem “last seen at 12.10am” where a mother is on a journey to find her missing daughter. This is also evident in Michael James Rowland 2007 film “Lucky Miles”‚ where a group of men’s inner journey of friendship despite differences goes through obstacles which they overcome. Another impact upon a traveler is also shown in Bruce Dawe poem “Drifters” which a frustrated mother’s journey of disappointment‚ which has
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STATEMENT OF INTENTION. Danny Cronyn. The following persuasive piece will be written in the form of a speech to be presented at a school assembly. Addressing the prompt - we conform to stereotypes and expectations far more than we think - this speech will investigate the colossal impact that societal expectations and stereotypical norms have on a person’s identity and show the true extent to which we subconsciously conform to them. My speech contends that we simply accept what the majority and
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"Elegy for Drowned Children" is a poem written by Australian poet Bruce Dawe in the 1960’s. An elegy is a sad poem or song that laments the death of a person. This poem implies that the persona had a close relationship with someone who had drowned or loss their child to drowning. This poem has five four-lined stanzas. The first and last lines rhyme with each other while the middle two lines rhyme with each other. This creates a song like quality to the poem. The first three stanzas of the poem end
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stretching the truth. Children are a vulnerable target audience to be taken advantage by advertisers as they are easy to influence. For children‚ they will not know right from wrong and can easily believe anything. In the poem of ‘Breakthrough’ by Bruce Dawe which criticizes modern society. This is a satire on what ‘breakthrough’ actually means‚ as defined by Dictionary.com‚ “a sudden‚ dramatic‚ and important discover or development especially in science”. A certain advertisement for a breakfast food
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English Assessment Task 1 – Area of Study. The Journey. Journeys can be long‚ journeys can be short‚ journeys can be difficult. Life is a journeys‚ something we all experience. Fellow students‚ Mrs. Sealey‚ my understanding of the concept of journey has been expanded through my studie of the set texts: ‘The Road Not Taken’ and ‘Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening’
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