What are your final takeaways? I really enjoyed working on analysing the techniques of the novel and how it affects meaning. In particular, I found the structure of multiple second person narrative as quite beautiful, and I think it captured the grief, fear and violence so vividly – although some parts were difficult to read…

  Human Acts raises awareness to many questions around death, morality and human actions. As riots and violence breaks out against the people and the government/military, it leads to whether a nation can fully recover or not, from a dark past. The thing about dark pasts is that the first head experience would have a…

  this photo expresses how women are often forced to stay silent with issues related to rape and sexual harrassment – this is expressed with the hands that are covering the woman’s mouth and the words stating “now after so many years?’, ‘did you provoke?”, “can’t believe you!”, “did you scream?” and more. These phrases…

How is the novel relevant to you? (Try to think as broadly and deeply as you can about this) The novel expresses the controversial ideas behind female rights over their own bodies, and how the handmaids are reduced to their fertility rather than being treated as human beings. This theme is relevant to me in…

Initial IO Outline (Planning) Global Issue: How an imbalance in power can affect one’s identity Combo 1: Lit text: Thetis (Carol Ann Duffy) The poet, a woman, is victimising herself as she’s aware of the imbalance in power between gender Every stanza, the woman ‘turns’ herself into a new animal, a more powerful one each time,…

“Like a Rolling Stone” uses imagery and metaphors to portray issues with social transformation and differences in social class. Dylan’s emphasis on the differences in social classes is expressed through comparisons in lifestyles. It seems like he is talking to the higher class of society, for example, saying “you never turned around to see the…

This song describes a narrator’s actions after joining the John Birch Society – an anti-communist group founded in 1958. Dylan’s use of imagery shows that the narrator has been so caught up with their views that they began expressing their thoughts with little evidence. When the narrator looks at places such as “looking under the…

  “The Times They Are-a-Changin’” was recorded in 1963, two months after the March on Washington for jobs and freedom. This march occurred to advocate the rights of African-Americans for their civil and economic rights. In this song, Bob Dylan uses specific imagery  to appeal to the audience’s emotions. By appealing to the audience’s emotions,…

    What techniques are used to appeal to the reader? They use a straight frame to show continuity between the three frames, and show that it is actually one person taking off a shirt and becoming ‘clean’ because they used the dove product. They also make sure that the product is clearly placed for…