For my first English Task for the Common Module
we have to do a visual essay that communicates your understanding of the impact of
beliefs on human experiences via the text on Vertigo by Amanda Lohrey and another supporting text.
I'm doing Identity and Self-Discovery with Grief as a supporting topic.
Im trying to think of what supporting texts I should use, in which all I have got at the moment is 'Looking for Alibrandi' and 'Does my head look big in this?'
I am also trying to find quotes to support my topics
Any help will be appreciated!!!!
Hey, tscgrad2020-ms!
Welcome to the forums! I love where you're thinking of heading with the assessment. I think
Looking for Alibrandi would make a fantastic related text because it not only shares similarities with themes to the prescribed text but also because it's a film which grants you some variety in your technical analysis. I'd definitely recommend using it if you were tossing up between this and the other text!
I'd only advise avoiding doing self-discovery because it sounds a little too much like something you would find for the old syllabus' AOS "Discovery" and might end up straying from Texts and Human Experiences. Perhaps consider looking at relationships as a theme because it complements nicely with identity and can allow you to base your paragraphs around individual and collective human experiences more directly!
As for quotes, I haven't studied the text myself but you can start off with some of these quotes
here 
You could also check out our
further reading resources thread to get inspired! There are some great articles for
Vertigo that might help spark some ideas for your essay arguments and lead you back to important scenes from the text that you could analyse in more depth. Hope this helps!
Angelina
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