03/09/21
27/08/21
Focus on the youth → fear + attempt to quell a generation.
Why is it important to ‘hear’ the stories of those actually affected by the events?
Although everything communicated is seen through the lens of individuals, it is vital to understand the rawness and need of that lens as a whole perception cannot be formulated through the lens of the unaffected. The only way stories are heard is through those actually affected by events. Links to empathy + sympathy, true understanding includes emotions. → the human experience.
Can a nation ever fully recover from a dark past?
Every nation has a dark past. Part of recovery is recognition. In all honesty it’s a complex question. In my current view this is because once you are aware of what is included in that dark past, there’s a real question on whether a/the nation truly deserves a full recovery. I believe at times it’s important to separate and understand the separation between a nation and its people. The focus and criteria should be the recovery of the people and individuals living their lives now. Of course this means that the time for a nation to “fully recover” may seem like its constantly being pushed away. However the number one priority is healing the people before the “full recovery” of a nation. The potential held in each individual is immeasurable. Who knows if focusing on healing the individuals and people of a nation will lead to a movement and development that brings that sought after full recovery, if it exists. People make nations.
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24/08/21
Can a nation ever fully recover from a dark past?
Every nation has a dark past. Part of recovery is recognition.
Desensitisation is a survival mechanism
The why + how
How young is the kid. —> part of it to not fully know. —> youth.
Exploration of the songs.
Importance of names, identity and being found/recognised. —> importance of appearance
Candles + replacement etc. —> links with deterioration and masking pg 19. – holding the candles
Symbolism of flames.
Motif + importance of the soul.
—> (*confections) in the belief of the soul.
Motif / symbolism of masks —> purpose both literal and metaphoric.
Narrator —> jumping of events – pg 15.
Narrator becoming used to the identification of bodies —> the way characters are introduced is descriptive
Pg 17 confusion and conflicting / perspective
The importance of the ledger + being systematic
Pg 21 – truth
The speaker + how its not explicit in who is talking
Spirit and how its represented
Post traumatic + shifts in character pg 25 – unexpected, motif of innocence.
Pg 28 who leaves who stays
Times of peace, often a reflection, bodies are the evidence and reminder.
Pg 44 what is home.
Residual effect, the boy represents the youth.
Age, first year of high school.
*unsure of intended word, potentially “conversations”