the absence of spirituality? really? But if Cloudstreet constructs the line between the physical and the metaphysical as problematic, then doesnt that suggest the presence, or at least the important role of the metaphysical - ie: the Spiritual?
Consider also discussing postcolonialism and...
For a text to have textual integrity, it needs to be able to stand the 'test of time' or be universal in its reach - meaning that the text is applicable and holds up to a range of readings.
Fuck the Board
A similar thing happened to me as well - for ext.1 english, my internal mark was 47/50 but my HSC raw mark was 31/50! Argh! Thats a whopping 16 mark difference! So I ended up with 39/50 for my overall mark!!! Not happy.