Rainbow’s End by Jane Harrison

Commissioned by Ilbijerri Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Co-operative, this play fulfils expectations of high-quality, thought-provoking and emotionally powerful drama.

Set in the 1950s, in the northern Victorian area of Shepparton and Mooroopna, Rainbow’s Endcreates a resonant “snapshot” of one particular Koori family to dramatise the struggle for decent houses, meaningful education, jobs and community acceptance.

Three generations of women, Nan Dear, Gladys  and Dolly, live on the Flats in a shack furnished from the local tip and subject to flooding. For Nan, even the Flats represent progress of a kind, while Gladys has bigger ambitions for a real house and a real job for Dolly.

The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender

This is a straightforward private investigator mystery that follows the well-worn path of chasing down obscure clues that show a bit of promise until the protagonist hits on something that leads to a dangerous encounter with bad guys who don’t appreciate the snooping by a lousy woman P.I. The strength of the book lies in Claudia’s strength, ingenuity and sheer doggedness. The setting of the book is a little bit more exotic than usual and Marele Day achieves a good sense of place in her depiction of Sydney. The only weakness I really found disappointing was a reliance on coincidence to move the story forward that went beyond what I would consider the bounds of believability.

Although on the surface we are given the impression that Claudia is an easy-going woman with a flippant attitude to life, we soon learn that she has had a rocky past that has featured a divorce complicated by two children being involved. She is also haunted by the unknown whereabouts of her father who has joined the ranks of Sydney’s homeless. Everywhere she goes she remains on the lookout for her father, realising that even if she were to see him it is unlikely that she would recognise him anyway, but compulsively looking nonetheless. By story’s end, it’s obvious that she is a strong woman who doesn’t give up regardless of the obstacles placed in front of her.

 

Belonging

Belonging means being connected to other people it also means that you are part of a group and you cannot be kicked out of that group you are part of unless you have invented that group. To me belonging means to be part of a group I am part of 1 group Avalon Soccer club that is a team and you work as one cohort. Not belonging in a group means that you are possibly unique to other people as you don’t have anything in common with anyone.

Mental Cases by Wilfred Owen

Music creates a tone of despair so that the listener understands what shellshock is and its effects on the human body. There are close-ups and long-shots of the patients scared of the word bomb or shaking really badly and cowering at the sight of an army uniform. The poem uses personification such as ‘memory fingers in their hair of murders’ this describes that they are tearing their out thinking they are going to get bombed as they constantly have the ringing of bombs in their ears.

It is also a shocking recount detailing the effects of war. Previously called ‘The Deranged’ this has vivid imagery of the highest order – encouraging empathy from the reader. Written in Craiglockhart this seems to be about the horrors that he saw there portraying the negative impact and mental derailment that the war caused. He shows the victims to be disconnected from society as thier words have become distorted. The use of ‘twilight’ shows the time of dreams and nightmares that Owen often portrays in his poetry. The break between day and night is reminiscent of purgatory, the communication between life and death. It also provides the cover of darkness for these people physically and mentally deranged.

The poets use of rhetoric in the opening stanza also hints at the state that these men are after their time in the trenches. The rhetorical question shows how, to even Owen, that these men are somewhat unrecognisable because of what they have been living like in the trenches.

Anthem for Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen Youtube clip

1. He has portrayed that going to war is like animals getting slaughtered in an abbatoir. The pictures give a good sense on how the soldiers died at war
2. He conveys a lot of motions to potray the horrors of war and the voice has good effect on what readr thinks and he sounded so angry because he thinks war is bad and people should not go because it most likely you will die a painful and horrible death.
3. Sound and music adds a lot to the poem it makes the poem more serious and it allows the reader to be sucked in to the world of war.

The Club

The Club is a play written by David Williamson and is on AFL. The play covers many different aspects of sport for instance:

• violence toward women e.g. Ted hitting the stripper and Jock hitting his wife
• buying new players
• attitudes towards drugs e.g. Geoff and marijuana
• Money problems e.g. Ted going bankrupt because of his pie factory going bust

In my view I believe that The Club is a good book to study as it gives you an idea about what happens in real life it also shows what viewpoint the author has toward AFL.

Evidence of Ignorance and Innocence in the BISP

There is lots of evidence of ignorance and innocence in The Boy In Striped Pyjamas for example Bruno remains ignorant to the end of what goes on inside the camp and he remains innocent when he is with Shmuel this all related to to the innocence and ignorance of Bruno.

The evidence given in the book on innocence and ignorance plays a major role as it is all the way through the book and even the movie but in the movie some bit have been modified to make the book look less horrific and make the movie atrocious and this will certainly have an effect on the readers and the viewers who are either reading or watching the book.

Bruno betrays Shmuel

The BISP has many themes in it for examle one of them is the betrayal of Shmuel by Bruno. Bruno refuses to acknowledge the friendship between them. This demonstrates a good example of the holocaust between the Germans and the Jews.

Differences between book and movie of BISP

In the movie its not the same as the book, the movie is more dramatic than the book, as the book has more of an ending that finishes so sudden where as the movie the ending blends into the death of Bruno and Shumel 

In the book Bruno mentions Out-with an the fury but in the movie he does’nt we don’t know why he doesn’t mention it but its probably the directors view of the book.

How does Boyne use language to establish Bruno’s naivety?

Boyne uses childish language to establish Brono’s naivety this demonstrates that Bruno does not understand what is happening and you are thinking what a stupid boy he is but he is just only aboy so does not fully understand the concepts of nature.