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VCE Stuff => VCE English Studies => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE English & EAL => Topic started by: Lucid on June 03, 2012, 08:28:04 pm

Title: 'Without Connection to others there is no me'
Post by: Lucid on June 03, 2012, 08:28:04 pm

I'm having a lot of trouble with this prompt, and I've only written 300 words out of the 900 we need to do.

Here is the plan I intend to follow: http://i.imgur.com/ebRhu.jpg

I cannot for the life of me write anything past 'Connections are needed to help develop your identity outside your own limitations and can help one discover their true identity.' Basically, my point of view is that connections aren't NEEDED to find the true 'me' but they certainly help develop it.

Can anyone please help me somehow?  :-\

Title: Re: 'Without Connection to others there is no me'
Post by: dilks on June 04, 2012, 03:58:13 pm

Are you required to do an essay for this task?

Title: Re: 'Without Connection to others there is no me'
Post by: werdna on June 04, 2012, 05:06:36 pm

This was last year's exam prompt. It's an open and broad prompt so you'll need to narrow it down a bit. It's very similar to another exam prompt ('Our relationships with others help to define who we are'), except this one stresses the importance of connections by saying 'without' and places emphasis on individual identity by saying 'me'.

What I did was break it down in terms of different types of connections we forge in life - I got a 10 for this essay so it did work. Points were: (1) Familial connections and relationships > establishing/shaping/reconstructing identity > belonging in family unit (2) Cultural connections and affiliations > strengthening/weakening identity > belonging to culture and cultural group (3) Connections with yourself and self-discovery/subjective experiences > as important as connections with others, understand yourself even more > conformity, acceptance, isolation or rejecting convention?

Hope this helps!