Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Reading Response Tall Man Question One: Feedback

Expository text: open your eyes, exposes truth,non-fiction.

How: Techniques--> characterisation, binary opposites, rhyming, repetition, imagery, point of view, metaphors.
Positions: How the text wants us to respond, appeals to our attitudes and values, influences.
Responds:Anger, Shock, Denial, Sympathy,
Issues: cultural differences- racial conflict between the indigenous and non-indigenous, assimilation in Australia, authority - corruption in law, alcoholism, drug abuse, abuse (physical and psychological) abuse, Entrapment and cyclical violence, Class.

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