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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 …show more content…

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

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