FlyingKanga
The optimistic pessimist.
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First post, I'll try get accustomed to the rules soon enough. I'm in the last English class right now. I'm probably the only one who works. It feels like I shouldn't be here... Please give me feedback on my English. If this isn't A+ English standards, I don't know what is. This is for our speech on a text chosen by our English teacher and one of our choice.
In what ways do the two texts related to the Area of Interest - The Journey?
The journey is more rewarding than the destination, as wisdom, knowledge, maturity and the unique experience can be priceless. Good morning class. My speech will be on two texts that share many similar characteristics with each other. In these texts, the characters are forced to relinquish their current life and set out on a journey to bring major changes to themselves.
The allocated text, 'The Simple Gift', relates to the text I have chosen, 'Rabbit Proof Fence' , in many ways such as the similarity of their journey that they must take. Both protagonists have a quest to pursue, to bring a major change to their lives; Billy getting away from his father and starting a new life; the three Indigenous sisters returning back to their mother.
To expand on the main plotline for each text, in the book The Simple Gift, Billy resides in a torn up old house with his extremely alcoholic father in which he is constantly abused and mistreated. His pin his pulled when he accidentally breaks a window with a soccer ball and his father hits him in the face. Billy then collects his essentials and abandons the house to set off on a journey and build his life up from scratch showing not a single amount of remorse for his father, as shown in the unequivocal quote "He will have a fit". This is when Billy takes all of his father's alcohol with him.
The text I have chosen, the Rabbit Proof Fence (based on a true story) is set in the 1930s. Three sisters, Molly, Daisy and Gracie have been taken away from their mother because of a new policy that requires all Aboriginals to over time, fit European standards and rid the blackness in their skin. They escape from the camp to begin their journey on finding their mother, residing along the rabbit proof fence. The structure of the text is cyclical, as the protagonists move from freedom back to impression then back to freedom.
Both of these texts have numerous similarities such as the obstacles they must face: Billy escaping from welfare officers and the three sisters running away from the tracker. The resourcefulness they must take: Billy eating leftovers from McDonalds and saving his earnings for better uses, the three sisters sparingly eating the food they receive throughout their journey… Both characters will not give up, no matter what the circumstances are. A quote that demonstrates this for Billy in the Simple Gift is "I can't Leave the only town I’ve ever wanted to call home and Caitlin…". The three sisters continued their journey for decades in search of their mother, showing the immense dedication that they had.
The characters acknowledged the state of their peers and how they could end up like them if they did not continue their journey; Billy turning into drunken Old Bill and the three sisters turning into the abused indigenous servant.
The protagonists devoted their lives even more to their loved ones over their journey as a result of the maturity they were gaining, as shown in the Rabbit Proof Fence. The younger sisters had aged, roughly in their 70s were shown to be upset that they lost Molly along their journey. In the Simple Gift, Billy also showed affection by sacrificing his savings for Caitlin rather than using his earnings for himself. For them, a journey is best measured in friends rather than miles.
The journey they must take is both physical and mental. As they grow in age throughout their journey, their wisdom and maturity increases.
If the characters had not taken the step of a thousand steps for their journey and remained in their current lives, Billy would be a depressed, suicidal victim of an alcoholic father and the three sisters would also be living in oppressive lifestyles until the policy had been called off, with no wisdom, knowledge or an amazing experience to gain from it.
In what ways do the two texts related to the Area of Interest - The Journey?
The journey is more rewarding than the destination, as wisdom, knowledge, maturity and the unique experience can be priceless. Good morning class. My speech will be on two texts that share many similar characteristics with each other. In these texts, the characters are forced to relinquish their current life and set out on a journey to bring major changes to themselves.
The allocated text, 'The Simple Gift', relates to the text I have chosen, 'Rabbit Proof Fence' , in many ways such as the similarity of their journey that they must take. Both protagonists have a quest to pursue, to bring a major change to their lives; Billy getting away from his father and starting a new life; the three Indigenous sisters returning back to their mother.
To expand on the main plotline for each text, in the book The Simple Gift, Billy resides in a torn up old house with his extremely alcoholic father in which he is constantly abused and mistreated. His pin his pulled when he accidentally breaks a window with a soccer ball and his father hits him in the face. Billy then collects his essentials and abandons the house to set off on a journey and build his life up from scratch showing not a single amount of remorse for his father, as shown in the unequivocal quote "He will have a fit". This is when Billy takes all of his father's alcohol with him.
The text I have chosen, the Rabbit Proof Fence (based on a true story) is set in the 1930s. Three sisters, Molly, Daisy and Gracie have been taken away from their mother because of a new policy that requires all Aboriginals to over time, fit European standards and rid the blackness in their skin. They escape from the camp to begin their journey on finding their mother, residing along the rabbit proof fence. The structure of the text is cyclical, as the protagonists move from freedom back to impression then back to freedom.
Both of these texts have numerous similarities such as the obstacles they must face: Billy escaping from welfare officers and the three sisters running away from the tracker. The resourcefulness they must take: Billy eating leftovers from McDonalds and saving his earnings for better uses, the three sisters sparingly eating the food they receive throughout their journey… Both characters will not give up, no matter what the circumstances are. A quote that demonstrates this for Billy in the Simple Gift is "I can't Leave the only town I’ve ever wanted to call home and Caitlin…". The three sisters continued their journey for decades in search of their mother, showing the immense dedication that they had.
The characters acknowledged the state of their peers and how they could end up like them if they did not continue their journey; Billy turning into drunken Old Bill and the three sisters turning into the abused indigenous servant.
The protagonists devoted their lives even more to their loved ones over their journey as a result of the maturity they were gaining, as shown in the Rabbit Proof Fence. The younger sisters had aged, roughly in their 70s were shown to be upset that they lost Molly along their journey. In the Simple Gift, Billy also showed affection by sacrificing his savings for Caitlin rather than using his earnings for himself. For them, a journey is best measured in friends rather than miles.
The journey they must take is both physical and mental. As they grow in age throughout their journey, their wisdom and maturity increases.
If the characters had not taken the step of a thousand steps for their journey and remained in their current lives, Billy would be a depressed, suicidal victim of an alcoholic father and the three sisters would also be living in oppressive lifestyles until the policy had been called off, with no wisdom, knowledge or an amazing experience to gain from it.
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