Conventions of personal essays Use of reference Subjective elements–hiding between the facts (are they? or are they just assertive?) Rhetorical language Use of illustrative examples Analogy, metaphor Cultural references, temporal references Use of rebuttals Signposting Structure–how the arguments are structure If it’s a short paragraph, there may be an emphasis on In this engaging and […]
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Bang My Car – Original book blurb
He bangs your car and victimises himself. He causes a commotion over melons. He cares for his grandchildren, and teaches them to appreciate ‘doing nothing.’ He is suspicious of his Malay neighbours. He is carefree about life. He has a wise political opinion. Meet the Singaporean uncle, who will take you on a journey through […]
Contextual considerations within ‘What He Wants to Say Which is Right to Say’ in Bang My Car
What contextual (social/cultural/political etc) considerations* does the section you have examined engage with and how? In ‘What He Wants to Say Which is Right to Say,’ concerns of gender inequality is reflected throughout the work. Throughout the work, the main character, an unmarried woman working as an insurance sales is heard expressing her own concerns […]
Perspectives in Bang My Car
Chapbook–Street literature, that is cheap and accessible for all. Bang My Car is called a chapbook since it reflects the perspectives of ordinary people and is not designed to be a work of high literature or a big read. Polyvocality doesn’t let the readers assume the perspective of the author since it gives a voice […]
Wild Geese–New Historical Theory
Quickly review the novel’s context (written 1912, set 1880) and New Historical Theory as a literary critical lens New Historical Theory–how we tell history tells more about ourselves than the history itself. Read the introduction of the novel: what do you learn about the novel’s biographical context that shapes your reading of the novel in […]
Pastiche
A pastiche is a creative work that imitates another author or genere in a way of paying repect, or honour, to the great works of the past. In response to the prompt, ‘Write a 500 word (approx) pastiche of your COVID 2020 life prior to /during the summer break / generally out of the works […]
Session with Hanna Alkaf
The author of ‘The Weight of Our Sky’, Hanna Alkaf came to our school to give us a talk on representation, especially with mental illness. As well as how her works were impactful, her talk had was also very interesting and insightful. Although I had learnt to pay attention to how characters are represented in […]
What does knowing the play that Bechdel references in Fun Home contribute to our understanding of it?
The Importance of Being Earnest is a play of deception and pretending, by how Jack and Algernon are deceiving their partners because of their obsession to names and not love. The same goes with Fun Home, where one of the reasons Bruce married Helen was to hide his sexuality, and the marriage barely had much […]
Intertextuality in Fun Home
Works of literature are used throughout the book in different ways, however, it can be pointed out that these references not only show her knowledge of literature, but her connection with her father, who gave her quite a lot of influence to Alison. Therefore, it can be implied that the high literal references represent a […]