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[franny_bob]

hey there!
for english we are doing "the institution and individual experience" as one of the hsc topics.
what i was wondering if anyone could suggest some text which have elements of an institution in them like a school or office or even like the police, or mental institution...
i have like one text but i need three...damn
anyways thanks

keep smiling
franny

 

[lil_star]

Dear America - film ==> Army; institution of war
Dead Poets Society -film ==> Institution of school
One flew over cuckoo's nest - film ==> Mental institution
Homecoming - poem ==> Bruce Dawe ==> Instutution of war
Weapons Training- poem ==> Bruce Dawe ==> Instutution of war.

 

[perfectionist]

Short Story: Young man in Vietnam by Charles Coe.

 

[xeriphic]

gataca, pretty recent film which deals with individual experience through the impact of the society

 

[baka]

songlyrics: prisoner of society - the living end

tv episode: homer Vs the eighteenth amendment
porridge { british tv series }

poem: i was only nineteen - John schumann

Movies:
dear america
the shawnshank redemption
state of shock
in the name of the father

short story:
the concrete box

 

[lil_star]

i believe too many people use "i was only 19"....my yr had around 66 standard students 64 of those used this song...except me and my sis who used completely different text from the year.....thus ended up with fabulous marks

 

[baka]

Originally posted by lil_star
i believe too many people use "i was only 19"....my yr had around 66 standard students 64 of those used this song...except me and my sis who used completely different text from the year.....thus ended up with fabulous marks

completely different texts" like what?!?!? do tell !!

 

[perfectionist]

Originally posted by baka
completely different texts" like what?!?!? do tell !!

Originally posted by lil_star
Dear America - film ==> Army; institution of war
Dead Poets Society -film ==> Institution of school
One flew over cuckoo's nest - film ==> Mental institution
Homecoming - poem ==> Bruce Dawe ==> Instutution of war
Weapons Training- poem ==> Bruce Dawe ==> Instutution of war.

Originally posted by perfectionist
Short Story: Young man in Vietnam by Charles Coe.

 

[lil_star]

Originally posted by baka
completely different texts" like what?!?!? do tell !!

ones perfectionist said............we are twins

count em....we had the set text the same....and the supplementary texts different

 

[angelgirl]

I have a looked at all the sources that all you people have given and they are really good. But I was just wondering if anyone had a few more. I am trying to gather heaps then pick the ones I like the most and the ones I can remember. So if anyone has anything on THE INSTITUTION AND THE INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE please share it with me.

 

[rob333]

film:
28 days
the bank
hurricane
full metal jacket
john Q
mr hollands opus
green mile

song: hurricane by bob dylan

there are also heaps of newspaper articles eg ones about refugees in detention centres