texts that show transitions are The Story of Tom Brennan‚ a 2005 Australian novel written by J.C. Burke‚ and Raise Your Voice‚ a 2004 American drama film directed by Sean McNamara. Through these two texts‚ the audience learns about the social context‚ the characters and their experiences‚ which helps to shapes our understanding of transitions. Drink driving incidents are the leading cause of death for teenagers in Australia. The Story of Tom Brennan and Raise Your Voice provides opportunities for
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Year 10 English The Story of Tom Brennan Complete all tasks in well constructed sentences. During reading the book: Prologue What is a prologue? Why do some writers use a prologue? A separate introductory section of a literary or musical work. Chapter 1 - 5: How do Tom and Kylie feel about having to relocate their lives to their grandmother’s home and the new town of Coghill? Tom and Kylie don’t have a positive response to moving in with there grandmother due to the fact that they were part of a
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even demanding. Tom Brennan‚ the protagonist in The Story of Tom Brennan is haunted by an accident and is faced with a hard transition‚ and as with the other members of his family‚ with the use of first person‚ J.C. Burke demonstrates the outcome of a transition can be resulted through new knowledge‚ a shift of attitude and a deeper understanding of one’s self and others. The different pathways an individual takes influences the transitioning of their new life. The Story of Tom Brennan is a lucid text
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Story of Tom Brennan by J.C Burke and the film Forrest Gump by Robert Zemeckis explores the experiences various characters have that result in change and transition in realistic way. Both Burke and Zemeckis explore these experiences by using a variety of techniques‚ particularly flashbacks and many forms of imagery that relate to their fears‚ the way people deal with crisis and friendship in a in which the viewer can relate to them making it more realistic. In The Story of Tom Brennan‚ Burke explores
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Module C – The Story of Tom Brennan 1. “The experience of moving into the world can challenge individuals’ attitudes and beliefs.” Discuss this view with reference to your prescribed text and at least ONE other related text of your own choosing. (2010) 2. Individuals venturing into new experiences may encounter obstacles‚ but may also gain significant rewards. Do you agree with this perspective? In your response‚ refer to your prescribed text and at least ONE other related text of your own
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TYPE OF TEXT: Prose Fiction TITLE: The Story of Tom Brennan AUTHOR: J C Burke COURSE: Standard MODULE: Module C: Texts and Society Module C: Texts and Society This module requires students to explore and analyse texts used in a specific situation. It assists students’ understanding of the ways that texts communicate information‚ ideas‚ bodies of knowledge‚ attitudes and belief systems in ways particular to specific areas of society. Electives in this module are designed around a specific
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The Story of Tom Brennan J C Burke You do not need to write the questions out but you must write in full-sentences. Prologue 1. Identify three narrative techniques and explain how they reveal to the audience that the family are escaping from their world. (Hint: first-person narration‚ past-tense‚ tone‚ flashback‚ repetition of ‘we’‚ etc.) 2. The first sign that this novel’s structure is non-linear (not in a straight narrative pattern) is the change from past-tense to present tense in the
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mature from these experiences. It makes us mature and has definitely taught me a thing or two and what I’ve learnt is‚ our lives are defined by our choices and the pathways we choose to take. They might be good or they might be bad. My name is Tom Brennan and I’ve just been through so much this past year and I’m here to talk to you guys about it because I’ve been told talking about it helps. Last year my brother‚ Daniel‚ was in a drink driving accident in which he played a big part of and resulted
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Whilst reading the book Tom Finder I found myself fascinated with the topic and theme of the book‚ Homelessness. There were also many things that I wondered about. Also‚ I have seemed to have found many flaws in society as a whole. This essay also touched many subjects in our day to day “real” lives. This essay is mainly to talk about these wonders and flaws. Although the topic of homelessness does not affect me personally I often see homeless people around downtown Brantford and I start to wonder
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outside of the dingy‚ small and dirty camper located on a dead end street you can always hear yelling coming from inside and see the camper slightly sway or rock from the movement inside. The inhabitants of the camper are young married couple named *Tom Greedy and *Tabbatha Greedy. Mr and Mrs Greedy in their free time can be found doing one of these three things A.) arguing with each other B.) fighting with each other or C.) in the streets pickpocketing. Their survival is dependent upon their pickpocketing
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