Section A Discussion

[doomdestroyer]

Can someone please tell me if what I did was OK for text response? I did Wilfred Owen. I am terrible at making topic sentences and ideas up on the spot to match the prompt so if I did ... woo! If not

'How do Owen's poems expose the tragedy of war.'

First para - I spoke about the imagery that shows complete character degradation. spoke about bearing witness to debilitating truths of war like 'flesh corrupted lungs' of fallen comrades and shit. I continuously linked it back to 'tragedy.'

Second Para - this is me trying to be complex and go both ways. I said something like 'Owen attempts to romanticise his depictions of war, but in the end the tragedy of war is supreme over all beauty at war.' Then I was speaking about the chronological shift in poems going from like happy environment things like the sun being 'kind' to being 'fatuous' and being more idealistic. As such whilst Owen tries to highlight the goodness in war, tragedy prevails. something like that.

Third paragraph - I spoke about unfortunate circumstances that the speakers of the poems found themselves in, typically forced into positions due to the propagates of the war. I spoke about going to war and dying for their parents being tragic for the soldiers, i spoke about the tragedy of the environment turning against them as soldiers were stuck in 'teeth of traps' and were 'at the bottom (of the hole) of its throat stuck in phlegm' which I made seem unfortunate for soldiers (continuously linking back to the word tragedy). Lastly I wrote about the treatment of soldiers having their humanity omitted by the propagates of the war or by those who 'dealt paws of the war and madness' or some shit. Made it seem like they were misfortunate in their treatment at war.

Is all this on topic? I CONTINUOUSLY linked back to the word TRAGIC and had the word TRAGEDY opened in front of me the whole time in the dictionary. lololol!!!

All seems good to me except for one thing, I don't think Owen attempts to speak about the goodness of war, his aim in his poems are to reveal the true, brutal nature of war, he has even been quoted in saying that poetry should speak the truth or something like that and is against other war poets who deemed to talk about war as a beautiful thing.

[AmericanBeauty]

All seems good to me except for one thing, I don't think Owen attempts to speak about the goodness of war, his aim in his poems are to reveal the true, brutal nature of war, he has even been quoted in saying that poetry should speak the truth or something like that and is against other war poets who deemed to talk about war as a beautiful thing.

woohoo. I didn't literally say goodness. I meant he beautified the concept of war, but after its overexposure to his elements we see as readers a chronological shift in like the mood of it. I didn't really write that but thats what i was going on about. I think I also said he acts as the personified eyes of the war, and he writes what he sees LOL!

[marsbareater12]

Almost cried of happiness when I saw the Ransom prompts, ngl. Wrote a basic ass essay on it which is disappointing but the prompts were fantab.

[brenden]

what'd you guys think of the A christmas carol prompts?

Pretty good I thought! Original enough not to be boring and blaaargh, but still accessible to most people who studied the text I would say.

[archenemy]

Almost cried of happiness when I saw the Ransom prompts, ngl. Wrote a basic ass essay on it which is disappointing but the prompts were fantab.

really? That's good then xD I thought they were okay, not wonderful but maybe it was cuz I was expecting one on storytelling haha

[AmericanBeauty]

I only do war poems but both of the questions were incredibly accessible.

were all the prompts relatively easy or was i just very lucky? Wouldn't it be unfair if I get easy prompts and everyone else gets hard prompts?

[Bronzebottom64]

I only do war poems but both of the questions were incredibly accessible
were all the prompts relatively easy or was i just very lucky? Wouldn't it be unfair if I get easy prompts and everyone else gets hard prompts?

The first question for Twelve angry Men seemed fairly accessible and was a godsend because I'd done a fairly similar prompt a day or two ago. Was able to draw on ideas from other essays I have written and I think it ended up being about one paragraph different to my practice essay. 😊

[roger_that14]

Did anyone study "All About Eve"?

[NathanGauci]

Did anyone study "All About Eve"?

I did All About Eve, I did the one on appearance

[roger_that14]

I did All About Eve, I did the one on appearance

same haha

[christined]

Both the prompts for The Reluctant Fundamentalist were good! Ended up writing on the second one:
'Hamid's ambiguous presentation of the story means that readers can interpret it in very different ways. Discuss.'

[jyce]

Both the prompts for The Reluctant Fundamentalist were good! Ended up writing on the second one:
'Hamid's ambiguous presentation of the story means that readers can interpret it in very different ways. Discuss.'

Yeah I wrote on the second one too; I felt like the first prompt was super boring and basically a description of the novel itself rather than something insightful. What did you write about?

[lepeter]

Sample response for the first Ransom topic - hope you guys wrote well!

[christined]

Yeah I wrote on the second one too; I felt like the first prompt was super boring and basically a description of the novel itself rather than something insightful. What did you write about?

Yeah it seemed like an identity question so other people would have liked it.

I basically wrote about the ambiguous relationship with Changez and the American (so like pathetic fallacy, allegory etc.) then Changez's unreliability and his 9/11 reaction. Then I ended on the ambiguous ending where the reader's prejudices and intepretations are ultimately challenged.

What about you? 

[AmericanBeauty]

LOL.

I read ransom as well. if i got that prompt i would have given up, rolled over and died.