How to Write an English Extension Ways of Thinking Essay

[bholenath125]

I am having a lot of trouble trying to find analysis for Slaughterhouse Five.

I aim to choose slaughter house five as my related for my waiting for godot speech
where could I find some resources in regard to this

[elysepopplewell]

I am having a lot of trouble trying to find analysis for Slaughterhouse Five.

I aim to choose slaughter house five as my related for my waiting for godot speech
where could I find some resources in regard to this

Research paper here
SparkNotes here
Schmoop here
A fun fact guide here
Cliffsnotes here
New York Times here

[bsdfjnlkasn]

Sorry I don't know how to formally quote bits of the initial post but where you said "By this I mean completely immersing yourself in the period of time you are studying to truly understand the ways of thinking. This can be done by reading philosophical papers and books from that time, as well as watching films and TV shows either set in that era or made within that era." I was wondering if you had any recommendations that really helped you ground your understanding and research for ATB. As you can probably image there is SOO much on the internet that I find it kind of overwhelming not knowing if what I'm reading directly relates to the module, especially if you end up reading the whole thing hoping that maybe at the very end it'll have something, just something relevant you know?

Would it possible for you to list some philosophy papers (because I think that would give new insight into an area I haven't explored enough yet) and any other sources that you found really encapsulated the era. I'm hoping to really get stuck in these holidays and this seems like a great place to start!

Thank you and i'll literally take all the recommendations I can get!

[elysepopplewell]

Sorry I don't know how to formally quote bits of the initial post but where you said "By this I mean completely immersing yourself in the period of time you are studying to truly understand the ways of thinking. This can be done by reading philosophical papers and books from that time, as well as watching films and TV shows either set in that era or made within that era." I was wondering if you had any recommendations that really helped you ground your understanding and research for ATB. As you can probably image there is SOO much on the internet that I find it kind of overwhelming not knowing if what I'm reading directly relates to the module, especially if you end up reading the whole thing hoping that maybe at the very end it'll have something, just something relevant you know?

Would it possible for you to list some philosophy papers (because I think that would give new insight into an area I haven't explored enough yet) and any other sources that you found really encapsulated the era. I'm hoping to really get stuck in these holidays and this seems like a great place to start!

Thank you and i'll literally take all the recommendations I can get!

Hey there! You seem super keen for Extension one, I LOVE IT! You'll have so much fun with this course. What are your prescribed texts? What areas are you most interested in? Western? Eastern? Philosophy? Vietnam? Gender? Class?

I wrote a list of related texts I used in the HSC for ATB at different points in the year, this might be helpful for you

[bsdfjnlkasn]

Hey there! You seem super keen for Extension one, I LOVE IT! You'll have so much fun with this course. What are your prescribed texts? What areas are you most interested in? Western? Eastern? Philosophy? Vietnam? Gender? Class?

I wrote a list of related texts I used in the HSC for ATB at different points in the year, this might be helpful for you

Of course! English Extension is da bomb . I'm studying Beckett's Waiting for Godot, Ishiguro's AOTFW and Plath's poetry (I will get to reading what you posted on my new thread) and have yet to choose my related texts (will read the appropriate blog post for that too). Since I haven't really honed in on a certain country/decade yet I'm still really open to exploring any of the areas you suggested above. If you have any additional suggestions that you're willing to share I'd be more than happy to check them out!

Thank for all your help this far 

[elysepopplewell]

Of course! English Extension is da bomb . I'm studying Beckett's Waiting for Godot, Ishiguro's AOTFW and Plath's poetry (I will get to reading what you posted on my new thread) and have yet to choose my related texts (will read the appropriate blog post for that too). Since I haven't really honed in on a certain country/decade yet I'm still really open to exploring any of the areas you suggested above. If you have any additional suggestions that you're willing to share I'd be more than happy to check them out!

Thank for all your help this far 

In terms of philosophy/ideology, I think it would be worth writing down a palm card worth of notes for each of the following: nihilism, existentialism, philosophical notion of Other, capitalism, socialism, Marxism, capitalism, gender in Western world, second wave feminism, black civil rights movement, homosexuality in USA (Watch: Milk. or research: Harvey Milk). I think this will give you a really good idea about the notions that relate to your texts, and the last two suggestions kind of just play into the surrounding contexts. If I think of more ideas...I'll let you know! But the texts I suggested on the other thread will play into this as well ^

[hanaacdr]

could someone please explain to me what a tablerosso is?
and what the 'noble savage' is?

thank you

[elysepopplewell]

could someone please explain to me what a tablerosso is?
and what the 'noble savage' is?

thank you

Noble savage is a stock literary character that represents someone who has not been corrupted by society. So, this character usually represents the pure or innate goodness of humans, and this character is usually a beacon of contrast to the corrupting circumstances of plot. It's a bit of an oxymoron - noble savage. In relation to romanticism, research the concept of primitivism and how the innate goodness of a noble savage can represent that.

As for tablerosso - I've never heard the term unfortunately! I can't even find it on google - where have you heard it?

[hanaacdr]

Noble savage is a stock literary character that represents someone who has not been corrupted by society. So, this character usually represents the pure or innate goodness of humans, and this character is usually a beacon of contrast to the corrupting circumstances of plot. It's a bit of an oxymoron - noble savage. In relation to romanticism, research the concept of primitivism and how the innate goodness of a noble savage can represent that.

As for tablerosso - I've never heard the term unfortunately! I can't even find it on google - where have you heard it?

thank you so much!

[littleshreep]

Hey there! You seem super keen for Extension one, I LOVE IT! You'll have so much fun with this course. What are your prescribed texts? What areas are you most interested in? Western? Eastern? Philosophy? Vietnam? Gender? Class?

I wrote a list of related texts I used in the HSC for ATB at different points in the year, this might be helpful for you

Hi, I'm still not really sure how to use ATAR notes, but I was hoping to get some advice on where to find quotes from philosophers etc? Our teacher hasn't explained to us how to or where we're supposed to be gathering these additional bits of info from, so if you could help out, that'd be great

[paigek3]

Hi, I'm still not really sure how to use ATAR notes, but I was hoping to get some advice on where to find quotes from philosophers etc? Our teacher hasn't explained to us how to or where we're supposed to be gathering these additional bits of info from, so if you could help out, that'd be great

Hey there, it is probably best to post your question in this thread https://atarnotes.com/forum/index.php?topic=164557.0 to ensure it gets noticed by some of the more experienced members of ATAR notes 

[littleshreep]

Hey there, it is probably best to post your question in this thread https://atarnotes.com/forum/index.php?topic=164557.0 to ensure it gets noticed by some of the more experienced members of ATAR notes 

thank you!

[elysepopplewell]

Hi, I'm still not really sure how to use ATAR notes, but I was hoping to get some advice on where to find quotes from philosophers etc? Our teacher hasn't explained to us how to or where we're supposed to be gathering these additional bits of info from, so if you could help out, that'd be great

Knowing the prominent philosophers of your era (or before the era, if there work influenced the eras to come) is the place to start. Simply googling "Philosophers of the cold war" or whichever period you study, will give you some ideas. If you're studying ways of thinking, then hopefully you can identify some of the ways of thinking in relation to philosophy and economics and politics (sometimes these overlap). If so, perhaps you can identify nihilism, and google for nihilist philosophers. YouTube tutorials are reallllly helpful entry points to this kind of thing. Then, I guess I just found the rest of my scholars through reading scholarly analyses of my texts. Using Google Scholar helped, but even just continually googling until I struck gold was helpful - "Waiting for Godot University" "Waiting for Godot nihilism" "Waiting for Godot philosophy" and so on and so on.

It takes time, but I began to find it really interesting after a while. So hopefully you can too!

Hey there, it is probably best to post your question in this thread https://atarnotes.com/forum/index.php?topic=164557.0 to ensure it gets noticed by some of the more experienced members of ATAR notes 

Thank you for helping