My dilemma. (1 Viewer)

[Shadowdude]

I have five books that I have in my librarium, yes, I call it that - but a few of them are for my EX2 work and a few of them are also for belonging.

I found the Catcher in the Rye to be good for belonging, but my teacher said it was good - and therefore, urged me not to choose it as he'll have a required standard for it. So I want something more obscure, something safe.

I have...

Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby, Jr.
Probably I can do something related to it, I heard from somewhere the characters yearn to get out of such a horrible place. The language and sheer violence and images in the scene will chuck the majority off choosing it - but that's exactly the reason I might choose it.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey
Chosen for its potential help in my EX2 work, apparently it is Belonging as well. I think this to be a lesser known text than Catcher, however I'm wondering if it's mainstream enough that I should not bother.

A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess
The pros are that it's short, and the movie is rated R - a friend of mine is doing it, but he's in Standard and I'm sure I can out-analyse him =P However he's doing the movie. I'm doing the book, and I think just like Selby's book, this may be so gruesome that perhaps the majority are thrown off.

1984, George Orwell
Ohh yeah getting into the super pro texts now aren't we? =P Well, I read it last year, didn't understand it fully - but I'll be very happy to do it again and this time actually read it for a purpose instead of for leisure.

So uhh... what should I pick? I'm thinking 1984 or Last Exit to Brooklyn - as they haven't been picked too much, in my knowledge, in the past years. Hopefully it's because I'm so inventive to pick them, instead of them being discarded for their non-relation to belonging...

 

[martinc]

I feel that 1984 does not really tackle the issue of "belonging" and deals with "not belonging" a lot. The themes are issues don't really fit all that well. It would help if you told us your core texts, because that should ALWAYS be considered, because, you doing English Ext 2 very well know that synthesis is a necessity in the AOS essay.

Maybe you could look to a sophisticated film ?

 

[Shadowdude]

The text is As You Like It - and that's it. This is for an assignment that basically makes us go find one film, one book, one multimedia page, etc. etc. and we make a speech on it.

martinc, do you not feel that not belonging is just as valid as belonging? But still, yeah I suppose - it is not belonging a lot and like that. Then the synthesising... bah, this assignment is harder than it looks.

So I have a film in mind, Of Mice and Men, which is already recorded on the FOXTEL thing =)

Most of it is all mapped out except the book - as that'll take the longest to do as it will require more than 3 hours unlike a movie, as the book must be read to completion. The main thesis I'm attempting to work towards is something along the lines of "Belonging is relative" or "Belonging has prerequisites", obviously very basic and sketchy... but it'll improve later, hopefully.

Although before the nasty comments come, the assignment is due in April, so I'm not bum-rushing last minute... for any interested parties.

 

[annabackwards]

The text is As You Like It - and that's it. This is for an assignment that basically makes us go find one film, one book, one multimedia page, etc. etc. and we make a speech on it.

martinc, do you not feel that not belonging is just as valid as belonging? But still, yeah I suppose - it is not belonging a lot and like that. Then the synthesising... bah, this assignment is harder than it looks.

So I have a film in mind, Of Mice and Men, which is already recorded on the FOXTEL thing =)

Most of it is all mapped out except the book - as that'll take the longest to do as it will require more than 3 hours unlike a movie, as the book must be read to completion. The main thesis I'm attempting to work towards is something along the lines of "Belonging is relative" or "Belonging has prerequisites", obviously very basic and sketchy... but it'll improve later, hopefully.

Although before the nasty comments come, the assignment is due in April, so I'm not bum-rushing last minute... for any interested parties.

The entire topic is belonging which also covers not belonging. In fact, i chose Jaques for As You Like It and said that he enjoyed being alone/not belonging to a particular spot and i did very well

Hence you can do 1984 but you'll have to be very careful with what you say as it is well known XD

 

[Shadowdude]

Excellent. Now if I can find the book...

Although the blurb on 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' has a really tempting quote: "Kesey explores the shadowy boundaries between conformity and individuality, sanity and madness, with devestating effect."

What a decision I must make...

 

[taintedfeather]

The text is As You Like It - and that's it.

That's great! That's what I did back in Year 12.

Here's a link for some useful info I gave:

http://community.boredofstudies.org/818/concept-belonging/238634/language-techniques-you-like.html

It's just advice I gave to another student about "As You Like It". It will help you, I promise

note: also, whilst I like 1984, markers will know it's been taught to Year 10 (it's a popular title on their syllabus), so just be wary of that.

 

[Shadowdude]

Thanks! Also I didn't know that 1984 was a Year 10 book... well, that takes that out of the running I suppose.

 

[Aerath]

I think all the texts you suggested are awesome.

But just as a footnote, when the Area of STudy is "Belonging", the concepts of not belonging, alienation and isolation are valid notions to discuss in your thesis and essay. So do not disregard any text purely on the basis that it doesn't raise the idea of belonging, but rather not belonging.