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Title: Discovery related text suggestions?
Post by: f_tan on November 08, 2016, 08:53:31 pm
Hi! Does anyone have any suggestions on related texts for discovery? My prescribed text is The Tempest, so it would be great to have a related text that is similar/can be compared to the Tempest. Thanks!
Title: Re: Discovery related text suggestions?
Post by: jamonwindeyer on November 08, 2016, 09:05:44 pm
Hi! Does anyone have any suggestions on related texts for discovery? My prescribed text is The Tempest, so it would be great to have a related text that is similar/can be compared to the Tempest. Thanks!

Hey f_tan! I didn't study Discovery, but the big one that our resident expert recommends is Distant Lands by Tim Winton. It's extremely conceptually rich and I think it works quite well with the Tempest :)

If you like, check out our essay marking thread to see what some other people have used!  I know there are a few Tempest essays in there; they might give you some ideas you can explore! :)
Title: Re: Discovery related text suggestions?
Post by: sudodds on November 08, 2016, 10:25:23 pm
Hi! Does anyone have any suggestions on related texts for discovery? My prescribed text is The Tempest, so it would be great to have a related text that is similar/can be compared to the Tempest. Thanks!
I did the Tempest! I posted my notes on the related texts The Perks of Being a Wallflower and An Idiot Abroad in the 'Choosing the Right ORT' thread.

Some other related texts that worked well for some of my friends include;
- Juno
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- The Road Not Taken (poem by Robert Frost)
- Invictus (poem by W.E Henley)

Hope this helps! Good luck with your HSC :)
Title: Re: Discovery related text suggestions?
Post by: georgiia on July 12, 2017, 02:44:08 pm
Is Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom a good related for The Tempest?

thx
Title: Re: Discovery related text suggestions?
Post by: studybuddy7777 on July 12, 2017, 04:25:49 pm
Hey f_tan! I didn't study Discovery, but the big one that our resident expert recommends is Distant Lands by Tim Winton. It's extremely conceptually rich and I think it works quite well with the Tempest :)

If you like, check out our essay marking thread to see what some other people have used!  I know there are a few Tempest essays in there; they might give you some ideas you can explore! :)

This x10!!! Highly recommend this.
In case you are after picture books though The Rabbits, Shaun Tan and John Marsden is also quite good. Just bear in mind I did Coast Road poems for my AoS.

This text is also good if you are in a pickle for Mod C People and Landscapes. I won't lie that this saved my HSC when my Mod C ORT didn't fit.