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Ways of Thinking: After the Bomb!
elysepopplewell:
--- Quote from: arleee on September 11, 2016, 03:08:47 pm ---Thanks for all your suggestions! My teacher has recommended that I look at the misrepresentation (or lack of representation) of women in the media and popular fiction throughout the era, so The Kitchen Debate looks really good for that.
My previous related text was The Hollow Men by T.S.Elliot, which looks really nicely at the philosophical paradigm, but unfortunately its written 20 years too early.
Quickly, do you have any tips on how to get better at essay writing for After the Bomb? In my Trials, I got a nice 22/25 for my creative, but only 18/25 for my essay, which I'm hoping to improve.
Thanks!
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I changed my essay entirely after trials, about two weeks before the HSC exam. I used this guide and revolutionised my essay from not at all integrated to quite well done so, you can see my essay here! For me, it was like I just needed to haul everything I had out, and slot back in only the best of the best. I incorporated a few scholars, and actually got myself a new related text, the Kitchen Debate. I went to my bookshelf just before too, and realised that I also suggest The Bell Jar and Mad Girl's Love Song (both by or about Sylvia Plath). But if you don't have a lot of time, they might be too long. I had to work pretty hard with the Kitchen Debate, but definitely got some good analysis out of it, which you can see in the link above. Getting your hands on an old Life magazine or something like that will almost definitely be a great related text as well - for the representation of women!
Stayz1337:
Hey! Important question, Im pretty quick at writing but my ATB essay I plan to take into the HSC is roughly 1800 words... The intro is 200 and each paragraph is between 380-400 but I really don't want to cut stuff out because i'm attached to my arguments I make and the depth brought in. Any recommendations? Or, how many quotes/points would you bring in in to a paragraph so as to be in depth but avoid running out of time.
Thx
nadine.tan:
Im struggling to find a related text for ext 1 and my prescribed texts are the spy who came in from the cold and sylvia plath ariel ! does anyone have any good recommendations of related texts that arent widely used?
thank-you !!
elysepopplewell:
--- Quote from: nadine.tan on March 09, 2017, 10:06:27 pm ---Im struggling to find a related text for ext 1 and my prescribed texts are the spy who came in from the cold and sylvia plath ariel ! does anyone have any good recommendations of related texts that arent widely used?
thank-you !!
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Hey Nadine, I used this ones here at different stages of the year. In the end, I used the Kitchen Debate, which certainly isn't widely used! I studied the same texts as you - but I chose to talk about Waiting for Godot instead of The Spy in my HSC.
bholenath125:
Hi elyse,
I need a lot of help with my newest assessment task.
But firstly I just want to ask how do i answer this question.
"It is perspectives about the conflict between the powerful and the powerless that makes texts of the period, after the bomb, especially significant."
Now i would obviously open my speech by saying, "perspectives about the conflict between the powerful and the powerless that makes texts of the period, after the bomb, especially significant because..." but i don't know what comes after because.
Texts: Waiting for Godot and Slaughterhouse Five
What i wanna do is show that initially people relegated all their moral responsibilities to institutions whether they be religious or political, and that is what Godot represents. However when no one comes this notion of blind transforms into nihilism but even then the populace is avoiding taking responsibility of their actions. Hence, Beckett reflects this lack of change through Waiting for Godot.
then with Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five, Vonnegut is highlighting society's fatalistic surrender. Billy Pilgrim’s strong beliefs in quietism and predestination represent the characteristic values of the After the Bomb society. Vonnegut uses Billy’s characterisation to expose the dangers associated with such beliefs. *ANALYSIS* Through Pilgrim’s nihilistic approach, Vonnegut creates an undeniable resonation of the wilful complacency of the 1960’s populace. Hence, the author highlights a drastic change in the ways of thinking after the bomb. Populace in the Cold War era inherited the philosophy that modern life is beyond the influence of responsible individuals. Through Pilgrim’s unconcerned attitude, the author deliberately incites frustration in the reader, thereby allowing Vonnegut to convey the on-going frustration he feels as a result of the deep rooted quietism in his contextual society. Ultimately, through the questioning of the inevitability of one’s life and free will Vonnegut expresses that, “death is inevitable, but some deaths are preventable, and the novel consistently demonstrates that human beings have the power to shape the present and the future.”
Essentially this suffering and quietism reflects a remaining vestigial hope for meaning during the Cold War Era, highlighting the populace's desire for hope and meaning.
I want to argue that the suffering of the populace i.e. the personal and philosophical paradigms are a direct result of "POWERLESS". And to do so, i will change the argument so that the quietism and predestination deeply instilled into the populace is a result of the government's unending exploitation and imposing of drastic conditions whether they be personally repressive or economically oppressive.
I have these ideas, but I need a better direction and I could really really use your help.
i meant that
I want to argue that the suffering of the populace i.e. the personal and philosophical paradigms are a direct result of "POWERFUL"'s abuse. And to do so, i will change the argument so that the quietism and predestination deeply instilled into the populace is a result of the government's unending exploitation and imposing of drastic conditions whether they be personally repressive or economically oppressive.
I have these ideas, but I need a better direction and I could really really use your help.
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