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Blissfulmelodii:
--- Quote from: simonpham on October 08, 2016, 04:58:03 pm ---Hey, could somebody tell me what I should be writing next? Just afraid of retelling the story.
Question 10 — Elective 1: Representing People and Politics (20 marks) ‘Political motivations may be ambiguous, but control is the ultimate goal.’
Evaluate this statement with detailed reference to your prescribed text and ONE other related text of your own choosing.
Political motivations may be ambiguous, but control is the ultimate goal. In 'To Kill A Mockingbird', political motivations is gaining authority and justice, but in 'The Crucible', political motivations is about power and oppression, which leads to control being the ultimate goal. In 'The Crucible', power is possessed in Danforth, Abigail and Reverend Parris, but Abigail wants to possess the most control.
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hey simonpham,
Being a current year 12 student I don't have any expertise so feel free to ignore what I say...
Firstly when teachers suggest you rework the question as your starting line, they actually mean rewrite the question using your own interpretation of what you believe the question is asking so i personally think you should rewrite your first sentence so that it is slightly different to the actual statement (i.e. Political power comes from obtaining utmost control through any measure deemed necessarily hence the representation of motives can be ambiguous...) That's just an example (possibly not the best but I hope it makes it clear). Also when you mention your concepts in each of your text i would also do a quick sentence about how the author has shown it (i.e. when you say to kill a mockingbird is about gaining authority and justice mention something about how it is done so something like "through the representation of..." or "the composer has done this by..."
I haven't studied those texts so I can't really be too specific (sorry!) but hope this helps :)
ssarahj:
--- Quote from: Blissfulmelodii on October 08, 2016, 05:13:35 pm ---hey simonpham,
Being a current year 12 student I don't have any expertise so feel free to ignore what I say...
I haven't studied those texts so I can't really be too specific (sorry!) but hope this helps :)
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Cheers for getting involved and helping out Blissfulmelodii! The fact that you're a Year 12 student and you're actually doing HSC English right now means you have at least half the expertise to give advice! :) 8)
Blissfulmelodii:
--- Quote from: ssarahj on October 08, 2016, 05:47:03 pm ---Cheers for getting involved and helping out Blissfulmelodii! The fact that you're a Year 12 student and you're actually doing HSC English right now means you have at least half the expertise to give advice! :) 8)
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Haha thank you! I just hope my advice isn't completely off lol
Just trying to channel my ext 2 English teacher...
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