2010 HSC Essay Question
Compare the ways the distinctively visual is created in Lawson’s short stories and one other related text of your own choosing.
In your answer, make detailed references to at least two short stories set for study.
Composers in everyday situations use distinctively visuals through the use of elaborate techniques and complex word choice. These visuals are vivid and very clear; so it helps the responder visualise the text and therefore relate to the texts and also deepen their understanding of the short stories. Two short stories composed by ‘Henry Lawson’ that use techniques and word choice to portray distinctively visuals are ‘The Drover’s Wife’ and ‘In A Dry Season’, these two texts are strongly opposite to
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Similarly isolation has been created in ‘Lawson's’ other well known short story, ‘In A Dry Season’ through his use of complex word choice. “Draw a wire fence and a few ragged gums, and... the New South Wales western line from Bathurst on.” In this quote the assertive verb, ‘DRAW’, has been used to immediately invite the responder to clearly visualise an image of the western train line from Bathurst onwards. Also the high modality word, ‘RAGGED’, to again allow the responder to clearly visualise the isolation of the Bathurst community in pre-federation time. This is how ‘Lawson’ has used distinctive visuals to distinctively show how the isolation is presented in his two well know stories of ‘The Drover’s Wife’ and ‘In A Dry Season’. The distinct visual of Stoicism is created in ‘The Drover’s Wife’ through ‘Lawson’s’ use of word choice and third person narration. “She makes a bed on the kitchen table for the children and sits down beside it to watch all night. This was after the household was attacked by a snake, which threatened her children, but before the mother could kill the snake it had made a retreat under the house. ‘Lawson’ has used third person narration in this quote to help the responder clearly visualise the stoicism and tenacity of the ‘Drover’s Wife’ and how she is like a lioness protecting her cubs when they are in danger. This is how ‘Henry Lawson’ has used third person narration and word choice to create
A composer can create images dependant on the form of the language of texts to shape a responders understanding of the ideas and themes prompted by people and their experiences. The German film, ‘Run Lola Run’ written and directed by Tom Tykwer, focuses on the experiences of the protagonist Lola to explore the themes of the inevitable force of time, and the issue of freewill verses determinism. Similarly, Dorothea Mackellar, in her poem ‘My Country’, relies on her experiences of the Australian landscape to convey her love and passion for the country using the language of the distinctive visual.
Stanley B. Norvell begins his piece with directing it towards Mr. Lawson, who is an editor of the Chicago Daily News. With sincere endearment Norvell’s utilizes the race riots in 1919 to fuel his letter. Norvell begins with a clear depiction of the jobs African Americans have in Chicago. Evidently, a greater portion of blacks in Chicago have “menial and servile occupations”, meanwhile only “ten per cent are business and professional men”. Norvell reasons that the issue in African Americans’ potential is due to the fact that whites are not comprehending that a “brain is not peculiar to any race or nationality but is merely a matter of development”, rather whites believe a black person is nothing more than “just a ‘nigger’”. Furthermore, with
Through distinctive images composers develop interest, drawing the responder in and thus providing insight into the experiences of others. This is demonstrated in Amanda Lohrey’s novella ‘Vertigo’ as Luke and Anna find themselves in a new and disorientating environment as they attempt to build a new life and in the ‘The Red Tree’ composed by Shaun Tan, through the nameless girl’s journey as she attempts to find herself and her place in the world. Meaning created by distinctive images creates interest thus permitting the responder to gain a greater understanding on how the experiences help shape one’s self.
the plot in the story, the minimalistic style, and theme, the author better develops and conveys
Through the use of techniques and themes, a composer is able to create distinctively visual images when describing the setting and characters in detail which help us to understand and form meaning of what the composer is trying to convey in their texts. The use of techniques such as body language, symbolism, lighting, music and photographic background slides create distinctively visual images same with themes that are being used within the texts such as truth which is evident in the dramatic text ‘The Shoe-Horn Sonata’ by John Misto, the song ‘Lose Yourself’ sang by Eminem, and the film ‘The Eye’ directed by David Moreau and Xavier Palud featuring Jessica Alba. These three texts demonstrate how the responders are impacted and what is
Through the peculiarities of characterisation and the distinctively visual we experience the impact of place on people. Distinctively visual language shows the similarities and differences between characters and environment with the use of vivid imagery. The distinctively visual is able to create detailed setting, characters and place. Through the distinctively visual Henry Lawson and Tim Burton convey interesting views on environment and human interactions, and their affect on people and society in Lawsons “The Loaded Dog” and “The Drovers Wife” and Burtons “Alice in Wonderland. Good morning markers and peers.
The use of distinctively visual images allows an audience to perceive and distinguish the composer’s specific representation. From these distinctive visuals, the audience’s perceptions force them to respond in a particular way. In ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’, Ang Lee utilises a range of film techniques to position his audience through a combination of quiet, dramatic scenes and choreographed action sequences. In his painting, ‘Third of May, 1808’ Fransisco Goya conveys meaning exclusively with distinctively visual techniques. Both the composers are able to effectively convey their message and
How does each composer's use of this story reflect the time in which each was composed"
Compare the ways the distinctively visual is created in Run Lola Run and in ONE other related text of your own choosing?
Distinctively visual texts aim to manipulate the we perceive images critically affecting our interpretation of events and people we meet in our lives. Distinctively visual techniques are utilised in the ‘Run Lola Run’ directed by Tom Tykwer and the picture book ‘Red Tree’ written by Sean Tan. The way the distinctively visual is shown throughout these texts is through the use of motifs, different angle shots, colours, lighting and reading paths. These techniques aim to show the important themes in both texts such as time, hope and love.
Since “Annabel Lee” and “The Highwayman” are both narrative poems, the speakers of each story influence certain features of the plots. The narrator of “Annabel Lee” is also the affected lover who is recalling the catastrophic incident that is his lover’s death. Since he is actually a part of the storyline, he conveys the plot the way he had experienced it as it began “with a love that was more than love” but progressed onward to the “killing [of his] Annabel Lee”. The passionate narrating establishes his reliability as a narrator as the audience can truly sense his pain. However, the narrator of “The Highwayman” is not involved with any aspect of the storyline and, therefore, tells the story from a bystander point of view. Even though the narrator is not directly impacted by the events, they are still able to captivate the audience by utilizing lifelike elements, such as the “tlot-tlot; tlot-tlot” of the horse, to institute their trustworthiness as a narrator. Therefore, both narrators within “Annabel Lee” and “The Highwayman” add different elements of persuasion to their narratives to establish an authentic storyline.
| Responder would feel the urgency and the traumatising experience that the character is going through.
Short fiction can be seen as a literary medium through which the writer concisely creates a story that is almost as fleeting in its detail, as it is in its length of words. Imagery can be used in varying manners depending on what the writer is trying to achieve. In the short story ‘Sleepy’ by Anton Chekhov, we see a more vivid and palpable type of imagery that’s almost figurative and has the ability to lull the reader into sharing the protagonist’s feelings rather than just her
aims his focal point at imagery to provide vivid and rich details. Literary devices play a crucial
Maurice Sendak’s use of visual elements helped make this story set a realistic setting of the real and imaginative world Max believed in. His use of line, rough texture and color throughout