Flanagan’s Funny Feature (The Guardian)
Novelist Australian Richard Flanagan latest interview with the Guardian talks about his new novel “The Living Sea of Waking Dreams.” The book was released in September of 2020, in the midst of the global covid-19 pandemic, which immediately succeeded large fires that had already damaged morale throughout the nation. Flanagan’s book serves to bring hope and boost morale during the time the world is in crisis, serving as a beacon of hope when many people may be feeling down.
The Guardian is also using the interview as a marketing device as they want their audience to feel hopeful, as people don’t like hearing only negative news. By providing a source of hope, the Guardian becomes affiliated with positive news, which means people are likely to continue browsing their website or reading their papers.
Project Week Reflection
As part of our school’s service programme we had the opportunity to plan a trip to a destination of our choice. My friends and I were interested in undertaking a service – based expedition, and through our research we discovered Danau Girang Field Center. The centre is a wildlife sanctuary where we planned to assist researchers in collecting data — specifically helping the research of wild butterflies.
Unfortunately due to the Covid-19 pandemic, travel restrictions and safety concerns meant that we were unable to go on project week this year. Nevertheless, through our research and planning process, I had a valuable learning experience working collaboratively with my peers. I found the experience particularly helpful as we were initially quite a disorganised group; however, after creating a master planning document and assigning each other roles, we were able to set deadlines for ourselves and clearly see our responsibilities to the group. I believe this pushed our group to ensure everyone met deadlines (no one wants to setback the group) and it really made our team value the importance of taking the time to stop and plan, rather than diving straight into the deep end.
Glengarry Glen Ross Analysis
What is this play about? Is it staggeringly inarticulate?
The play criticises the oppression of the working class in the United States of America which is an indictment of Capitalism. The characters of Moss, Sully etc. etc. are symbols of the American working class and are shown to be mistreated by the Rich guy. This oppression leads to desperation which ultimately causes the “working class” (moss, sully etc.) to commit acts of fraud and steal the better leads, perhaps alluding to how many convicted criminals commit crimes due to their situation rather than their personality.
Also: How is the movie different? To what extent?
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Lockdown Lessons
I guess this may be an unpopular opinion, but I don’t really mind having the lockdown. Sure, the lack of in-person interaction does suck, but I’ve got a group of friends that call daily and so we don’t feel as socially isolated. Additionally, this lockdown has given me so much more time to work on schoolwork as I’ve taken back the time I’d waste on moving from class to class and the time spent travelling to and from school. Prior to the lockdown I already had tasks I wanted to spend time on in my free time, and the lockdown has allowed me to gain good progress on them.
I suppose the lockdown has shed some insight as to the inefficiencies in my life, and it’s allowed me to be far more productive than I would be in school. I suppose on a more global scope, it was interesting to notice how quickly global activity can come to a halt. It has also shed some light on the cruciality of some under-appreciated services.
However, I think that despite all of its productivity benefits, I don’t think I will be particularly sad once the lockdown is over, for once I’m actually missing school!
Here’s a photo of the night sky, since I don’t have a dog to take pictures of:
Art of Compsci Final Reflection, #LO6
Medusa by Carol Ann Duffy
The poem Medusa by Carol Ann Duffy has interestingly used escalation in order to create a tense atmosphere that shows the threat of her powers as well as the extent to which her thoughts are breaking down.
The first stanza has sibilance on the words “hissed”, “spat”, and “scalp” which help emphasize how her thoughts are taking over and the “sss” sound evokes the image of a snake which symbolizes lies, deceit, and evil.
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