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VCE Stuff => VCE English Studies => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE English & EAL => Topic started by: dfgjgddjidfg on October 29, 2012, 05:45:14 pm
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I need help with the prompt "who we are depends mainly on where we are". I need some ideas to write about, im doing identity and belonging as my context and using GUAIA and skin as my evidence
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You're on the same boat as me in terms of texts and film studied.
Here are some ideas:
-country of origin determines part of one's identity.
-different suburbs have different cultures and nationalities, and one's existence within that area forms a small section of their self-understanding.
-Where we usually go, eg. school or work, often provides a building block for who we are as a person.
-Sandra Laing is trapped between seeing herself as part of two different cultures as she transits from her adopted family to her husband's.
-Kylie Kwong doesn't sense a strong connection with her motherland as she is used to living and being raised in Australia.
There are more I can think of, however these five points should be adequate for five body paragraphs.
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thanks for the ideas, but with Sandra being trapped between two different cultures, whats that got to do with 'where she is'.
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You're on the same boat as me in terms of texts and film studied.
Here are some ideas:
-country of origin determines part of one's identity.
-different suburbs have different cultures and nationalities, and one's existence within that area forms a small section of their self-understanding.
-Where we usually go, eg. school or work, often provides a building block for who we are as a person.
-Sandra Laing is trapped between seeing herself as part of two different cultures as she transits from her adopted family to her husband's.
-Kylie Kwong doesn't sense a strong connection with her motherland as she is used to living and being raised in Australia.
There are more I can think of, however these five points should be adequate for five body paragraphs.
Excellent stuff!
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thanks for the ideas, but with Sandra being trapped between two different cultures, whats that got to do with 'where she is'.
I forgot to reconsider that. What I had in mind was something like she moves from a fairly wealthy caucasian family in one region where they a isolated from many white people to a not so wealthy Afrikaan family in another region, where lots of financially disadvantaged Afrikaans reside. This may not point out a strong interpretation of the prompt if you were to employ this, though.
By the way, thanks Werdna.