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A technique that the director uses to make Samson be seen in a negative view is props. The prop that Thornton sets Samson up with a can full of petrol. Opening scene to the movie is of Samson waking up, sitting out of his bed, reach for his petrol can and then inhale it for at least 10 seconds. Throughout the film you see Samson's petrol addiction grow. When Delilah returns back to the bridge they are living at she has cuts, bruises, blood in her mouth and horrific swelling all over her face. She has just been raped and physically beaten. When Samson wakes up and sees Delilah's disfigured face his first reaction is to go reach out for his petrol bottle and feed his addiction. This shows Samson in a negative way becasue it clearly shows that Samson cares for nothing else but the petrol can, even when the people he loves are in trouble instead of helping them he would prefer to get stoned.
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Another technique that is used to make Samson be seen in a negative view is cinematography. Mainly in this case camera works this is used when it shows long shots of Samson looking at his village from a hill from a far. This shows Samson in a negative way because it shows him turning his back on his culture to go and live on his own and have to look after himself when he is not ready to be. Samson is being seen in a negative view here because he is chucking away a roof over his head, and his family, food so on, to go and live by himself. He is clearly not ready for it, and it shows the audience that he is not thinking straight and hes just doing anything that comes to mind, doesn't care if it's good or not, if it seems like the right thing to do in his stoned mind at the time, he will do it.
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A technique that the director uses to make Samson be seen in a negative view is props. The prop that Thornton sets Samson up with a can full of petrol. Opening scene to the movie is of Samson waking up, sitting out of his bed, reach for his petrol can and then inhale it for at least 10 seconds. Throughout the film you see Samson's petrol addiction grow. When Delilah returns back to the bridge they are living at she has cuts, bruises, blood in her mouth and horrific swelling all over her face. She has just been raped and physically beaten. When Samson wakes up and sees Delilah's disfigured face his first reaction is to go reach out for his petrol bottle and feed his addiction. This shows Samson in a negative way becasue it clearly shows that Samson cares for nothing else but the petrol can, even when the people he loves are in trouble instead of helping them he would prefer to get stoned.
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Another technique that is used to make Samson be seen in a negative view is cinematography. Mainly in this case camera works this is used when it shows long shots of Samson looking at his village from a hill from a far. This shows Samson in a negative way because it shows him turning his back on his culture to go and live on his own and have to look after himself when he is not ready to be. Samson is being seen in a negative view here because he is chucking away a roof over his head, and his family, food so on, to go and live by himself. He is clearly not ready for it, and it shows the audience that he is not thinking straight and hes just doing anything that comes to mind, doesn't care if it's good or not, if it seems like the right thing to do in his stoned mind at the time, he will do it.
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S&D. Challenge their views on Samson. P's 1 2 & 3
Cinermatography
Thornton uses camera angles to challenge society's beliefs that aborigenal life is good and safe. He is trying to make the audience see, that they are wrong. He does this wen he shows longshots of Samson looking down upon his culture with hate and anger. Thornton is challenging society's beliefs here by showing them that here is a aborigenal boy who is unhappy, who now feels betrayed and hurt by his culture. It's not all happy like society believes it to be, in fact it is farm from it. Thornton is trying to show society that there is a serious problem here that needs to have something done about it.
Thornton uses camera angles to challenge society's beliefs that aborigenal life is good and safe. He is trying to make the audience see, that they are wrong. He does this wen he shows longshots of Samson looking down upon his culture with hate and anger. Thornton is challenging society's beliefs here by showing them that here is a aborigenal boy who is unhappy, who now feels betrayed and hurt by his culture. It's not all happy like society believes it to be, in fact it is farm from it. Thornton is trying to show society that there is a serious problem here that needs to have something done about it.
Short text. Contrast.
In the short text The Ace of Diamonds & The Paper Parcel both written by Owen Marshall, Marshall uses of symbolism to show contrast between the two texts. In the The Ace of Diamonds, the writer shows contrast with the symbols of the ace of diamond and the library card. In Paper Parcel contrast is shown between the mother and the narrators opinion on the paper parcel.
How the ace of diamonds shows contrast to the library card is be making them symbolize two different things. The ace of diamonds shows heroism, anonymity, a certain coolness, it shows fantasy where as the library card symbolizes your true identity, normality, and for these kids, it makes them seem like nerd, this card shows reality and it's a reality that these kids are trying to hide. When the kids go out and raid like "wraiths" they are the secret and unknown. Whilest out on these missions the narrator drops his library card, his friend is able to delivour it back to his house because it has his full name and adress on it. This instantly destroys and scracy that these kidfs were hoping to have, the library card shows them for who they are, normal adolecenst teenagers. The concider themselves to be like the "Heros of history" groups like Sparticus, Boxers and the Jacobites. But it was their " Mundae diffincientcies like " Ashleys wind" " Bernies glasses" and "Hec Green having to be in by nine o'clock, that showed them that they were just normal kids in a small town area. The idea of the ace of diamonds just sounds so cool and mistique to them, and it makes them feel cool themselves, bit it takes the library card to actually bring them back to reality.
The Paper Parcel shows contrast through the gap of understanding between adults and children. To help show this the writer uses the mother and the narrators opinions to make it clear. His mother suggests the idea of the paper parcel and thinks it is a fantastic idea, because at the last adults party she was at it was a hit, and also it doesn't hurt for the mother that it is cheap and easy to make. When the narratore hears the idea of the paper parcel this is the worst thing that could of ever happened. The writer uses repetition to get across how displeased the narrator is, " A Parcel; Jesus" Repeating this numerous times. To him the parcel represents uncoolness, disaster and the loss of sexual status, all things that he makes very clear he would not like to loose, he trys to keep it by keeping a reputation for himself at his school by coming second in his sprinting each time but what the parcel shows him is that all of that will be ruined. Another time that we see the contrast between this understanding of adults and children is over what time the narrator would arrive to the dance " Nobody ever arrives on time" his mother says but he can strictly remember it saying starts at 8 o'clock on the dot, he had no clue why anyone would turn up later. But his mother assured him not to worry as she prepared his parcel 5 minutes before 8. She was in no hurry becaus eto her this dance was just some kids thing, but to the narrator it was much more, it was his entire life, and with this showing the contrast between their views.
Contrast is shown through both the texts withh the use of symbolism. The Ace of Diamonds shows us the battle between fantasy and reality and shows that at some point you have to come back to whats real and grow up. The Paper Parcel shows the difference between adults and children's views on things, It highlights how completely opposite they think and work, and also what they reckon is cool or not. Owen Marshall uses symbols well in both these stories and it made it easy to follow and understand them.
How the ace of diamonds shows contrast to the library card is be making them symbolize two different things. The ace of diamonds shows heroism, anonymity, a certain coolness, it shows fantasy where as the library card symbolizes your true identity, normality, and for these kids, it makes them seem like nerd, this card shows reality and it's a reality that these kids are trying to hide. When the kids go out and raid like "wraiths" they are the secret and unknown. Whilest out on these missions the narrator drops his library card, his friend is able to delivour it back to his house because it has his full name and adress on it. This instantly destroys and scracy that these kidfs were hoping to have, the library card shows them for who they are, normal adolecenst teenagers. The concider themselves to be like the "Heros of history" groups like Sparticus, Boxers and the Jacobites. But it was their " Mundae diffincientcies like " Ashleys wind" " Bernies glasses" and "Hec Green having to be in by nine o'clock, that showed them that they were just normal kids in a small town area. The idea of the ace of diamonds just sounds so cool and mistique to them, and it makes them feel cool themselves, bit it takes the library card to actually bring them back to reality.
The Paper Parcel shows contrast through the gap of understanding between adults and children. To help show this the writer uses the mother and the narrators opinions to make it clear. His mother suggests the idea of the paper parcel and thinks it is a fantastic idea, because at the last adults party she was at it was a hit, and also it doesn't hurt for the mother that it is cheap and easy to make. When the narratore hears the idea of the paper parcel this is the worst thing that could of ever happened. The writer uses repetition to get across how displeased the narrator is, " A Parcel; Jesus" Repeating this numerous times. To him the parcel represents uncoolness, disaster and the loss of sexual status, all things that he makes very clear he would not like to loose, he trys to keep it by keeping a reputation for himself at his school by coming second in his sprinting each time but what the parcel shows him is that all of that will be ruined. Another time that we see the contrast between this understanding of adults and children is over what time the narrator would arrive to the dance " Nobody ever arrives on time" his mother says but he can strictly remember it saying starts at 8 o'clock on the dot, he had no clue why anyone would turn up later. But his mother assured him not to worry as she prepared his parcel 5 minutes before 8. She was in no hurry becaus eto her this dance was just some kids thing, but to the narrator it was much more, it was his entire life, and with this showing the contrast between their views.
Contrast is shown through both the texts withh the use of symbolism. The Ace of Diamonds shows us the battle between fantasy and reality and shows that at some point you have to come back to whats real and grow up. The Paper Parcel shows the difference between adults and children's views on things, It highlights how completely opposite they think and work, and also what they reckon is cool or not. Owen Marshall uses symbols well in both these stories and it made it easy to follow and understand them.
Samson & Delilah Essay, Analyse a visual or oral text.
In the film Samson & Delilah Directed by Warwick Thornton, techniques are used to develop deeper understanding for society's beliefs & ideas about the harsh realities for young Aborigines in everyday life situations.
The first thing is the use of props in this film. The first scene that we see in the film is of Samson waking up, staring blankly at his wall and then instantly reaching for a can of petrel. He puts this can right up to his nose and inhales it for at least 15 seconds. Instantly this shows us that this prop ( The petrel can ) is going to have a huge impact on this film, and what Thornton is trying to say is how big of an impact substance abuse is to young Aborigines, hes trying to make the audience see, and by a wider audience, society and mainly the white Australian people, that the harsh reality is these kids are on the streets behind all the glory and beauty of Alice Springs is a serious problem that needs to have something done about it. When Samson & Delilah are walking around the streets, each bike they come across Samson cuts the fuel chord and pores it into a bottle so he can feed his addiction. It becomes obvious that this is nearly the only thing on Samson's mind, he is constantly looking for ways that he can get his ' fix' . This shows how bad it is that a young Aborigine can get hooked on such a awful thing. As the film goes on one of the big moments in the film which involves the petrel can, is when Samson is walking Sketchily across a road, Delilah is a few meters behind him. As she walks onto the road she comes to a halt, a camera comes in at a screaming speed and hits Delilah, the camera which is still on Samson captures all of this out of focus in the background. Samson on the other hand is oblivious to anything that has just happened, he is so out of the real world and off his face on petrel that he just keeps walking and sniffing his bottle of petrel. This continues to tell us that substance abuse with young Aborigines or ant young teenager for that matter is a terrible thing, it turns them into different people, that the only thing they worry about now is feeding their addiction. Thornton is showing the danger of it. Delilah, who is also high on petrel walks out in front of a oncoming vehicle which does not kill her but seriously injures her, she could have died from it. The message that Thornton is trying to get across with all of this is that this is such a dangerous thing that young Aborigines have to suffer through everyday and society hardly ever hears about it, sees about it, which means that they are going to nothing about it. Thornton uses this film and by that the prop of the can of petrel to show that this is a serious problem which society needs to help change.
The second technique that is used in the film is the use of camera techniques and camera angles. Thornton uses these techniques to show the harsh reality of how alone a young Aborigine can feel, how he or she can feel neglected or unwanted which will make them despise their culture and turn away from it. How this gets shown to us through camera angles is just after Samson has been beaten by his brother, now we see a long shot of Samson steering down at his village, there is a great distance between Samson and his village. This has been done to show how isolated he is feeling and also that he is now a outsider from his own village. The fact that he is looking down on his village shows how little he thinks of it now, and by that how little he thinks of his Aborigine culture. What Thornton is trying to say here is that the more these young Aborigines get pushed with the violence, the more isolated they will try to make them selves and if society does not make a change and does something to help these young children then the bigger the chance for them to make the wrong decisions like the substance abuse or thinking that violence is alright or that it is the answer to issues. Thornton is trying to help these kids by showing the audience aka society what a everyday life is for a young Aborigine. The next shot that we see is another long shot. In this shot Samson is walking away from the camera and also walking out into the outback away from his village, he slowly goes down a hill and then he is completely unseen. This instantly tells us he has turned his back on his culture, he is now a outsider. Not only is he walking away from his village but also from the audience saying that he is getting close to not being able to be saved. Yet again Thornton has done this to try make society see that these changes need to be made quick so that no more young Aborigines have to be led down the same pathway as Samson. Also when Samson walks down the hill and disappears it's showing that the old Samson who believes strongly in his culture and wants to live in his village, is gone and that there is now a new Samson, who has to fight for himself and has to do things his own way, now that's a lot of pressure for a teenage boy to be put under, what this is trying to show is that the poor treatment and neglect that these young Aborigines have to go through on a daily basis changes them and turns them into something they are not ready to be which well make them make the wrong decisions. That's the point that Thornton is trying to get across to society, that they are not ready to be out and alone in the big world yet, but with things the way they are it will only drive them to wanting to leave, which brings us back to the films purpose, making society see this so they can try help solve the problems.
The third technique that is used makeup, where we see this most intensely is when Delilah has returned back to their camp site under the bridge of the highway, she has just come back from being beaten harshly in the face and sexually abused. Make up has been applied strongly on Delilahs face, latex has been put over the top of her eyes to make it look swollen, eyeliner and blusher has been put around her to make it look like she has a black eye and the same on her check to make it look as if it is bruising. There is stage blood dripping from her lips and the middle of her teeth, what you see is truly a shocking sight. What Thornton is trying to do here is shock and scar the audience into seeing the harsh reality of the violence that a young Aborigine has to battle against every day. These boys that kidnapped her and raped and beat her did it because she was a different skin colour to them, a different type of person. Thornton is trying to say that this is a disgusting thing that regularly happens and something needs to be done to stop it.
In conclusion, Thornton uses the harsh reality's of a everyday life for a young Aborigine to show society that beyond the beauty and greatness of Alice Springs is a hideous thing going on that no one seems to care about. But Thornton is trying to make them care, make them do something to make things right. To think of where aboriginal films have come from, starting from BBC documentary's of Aborigines being a wonderful and mystical race, to movies such as the Rabbit Proof Fence which touched on problems but still wasn't seeing the full picture and now with Samson & Delilah a movie directed by a Aborigine, in a Aborigine setting, with Aborigine actors and real stories and real things that have happened to actual Aborigines. Just that, a big production like this shows how badly the Aborigine people want it to change, and also that the world might be starting to understand more that there is a serious problem here and something needs to be done to solve it. I personally feel that the Aborigines have been ridiculously unfairly and that something must be done if by anyone the Australian people, to try make it right.
The first thing is the use of props in this film. The first scene that we see in the film is of Samson waking up, staring blankly at his wall and then instantly reaching for a can of petrel. He puts this can right up to his nose and inhales it for at least 15 seconds. Instantly this shows us that this prop ( The petrel can ) is going to have a huge impact on this film, and what Thornton is trying to say is how big of an impact substance abuse is to young Aborigines, hes trying to make the audience see, and by a wider audience, society and mainly the white Australian people, that the harsh reality is these kids are on the streets behind all the glory and beauty of Alice Springs is a serious problem that needs to have something done about it. When Samson & Delilah are walking around the streets, each bike they come across Samson cuts the fuel chord and pores it into a bottle so he can feed his addiction. It becomes obvious that this is nearly the only thing on Samson's mind, he is constantly looking for ways that he can get his ' fix' . This shows how bad it is that a young Aborigine can get hooked on such a awful thing. As the film goes on one of the big moments in the film which involves the petrel can, is when Samson is walking Sketchily across a road, Delilah is a few meters behind him. As she walks onto the road she comes to a halt, a camera comes in at a screaming speed and hits Delilah, the camera which is still on Samson captures all of this out of focus in the background. Samson on the other hand is oblivious to anything that has just happened, he is so out of the real world and off his face on petrel that he just keeps walking and sniffing his bottle of petrel. This continues to tell us that substance abuse with young Aborigines or ant young teenager for that matter is a terrible thing, it turns them into different people, that the only thing they worry about now is feeding their addiction. Thornton is showing the danger of it. Delilah, who is also high on petrel walks out in front of a oncoming vehicle which does not kill her but seriously injures her, she could have died from it. The message that Thornton is trying to get across with all of this is that this is such a dangerous thing that young Aborigines have to suffer through everyday and society hardly ever hears about it, sees about it, which means that they are going to nothing about it. Thornton uses this film and by that the prop of the can of petrel to show that this is a serious problem which society needs to help change.
The second technique that is used in the film is the use of camera techniques and camera angles. Thornton uses these techniques to show the harsh reality of how alone a young Aborigine can feel, how he or she can feel neglected or unwanted which will make them despise their culture and turn away from it. How this gets shown to us through camera angles is just after Samson has been beaten by his brother, now we see a long shot of Samson steering down at his village, there is a great distance between Samson and his village. This has been done to show how isolated he is feeling and also that he is now a outsider from his own village. The fact that he is looking down on his village shows how little he thinks of it now, and by that how little he thinks of his Aborigine culture. What Thornton is trying to say here is that the more these young Aborigines get pushed with the violence, the more isolated they will try to make them selves and if society does not make a change and does something to help these young children then the bigger the chance for them to make the wrong decisions like the substance abuse or thinking that violence is alright or that it is the answer to issues. Thornton is trying to help these kids by showing the audience aka society what a everyday life is for a young Aborigine. The next shot that we see is another long shot. In this shot Samson is walking away from the camera and also walking out into the outback away from his village, he slowly goes down a hill and then he is completely unseen. This instantly tells us he has turned his back on his culture, he is now a outsider. Not only is he walking away from his village but also from the audience saying that he is getting close to not being able to be saved. Yet again Thornton has done this to try make society see that these changes need to be made quick so that no more young Aborigines have to be led down the same pathway as Samson. Also when Samson walks down the hill and disappears it's showing that the old Samson who believes strongly in his culture and wants to live in his village, is gone and that there is now a new Samson, who has to fight for himself and has to do things his own way, now that's a lot of pressure for a teenage boy to be put under, what this is trying to show is that the poor treatment and neglect that these young Aborigines have to go through on a daily basis changes them and turns them into something they are not ready to be which well make them make the wrong decisions. That's the point that Thornton is trying to get across to society, that they are not ready to be out and alone in the big world yet, but with things the way they are it will only drive them to wanting to leave, which brings us back to the films purpose, making society see this so they can try help solve the problems.
The third technique that is used makeup, where we see this most intensely is when Delilah has returned back to their camp site under the bridge of the highway, she has just come back from being beaten harshly in the face and sexually abused. Make up has been applied strongly on Delilahs face, latex has been put over the top of her eyes to make it look swollen, eyeliner and blusher has been put around her to make it look like she has a black eye and the same on her check to make it look as if it is bruising. There is stage blood dripping from her lips and the middle of her teeth, what you see is truly a shocking sight. What Thornton is trying to do here is shock and scar the audience into seeing the harsh reality of the violence that a young Aborigine has to battle against every day. These boys that kidnapped her and raped and beat her did it because she was a different skin colour to them, a different type of person. Thornton is trying to say that this is a disgusting thing that regularly happens and something needs to be done to stop it.
In conclusion, Thornton uses the harsh reality's of a everyday life for a young Aborigine to show society that beyond the beauty and greatness of Alice Springs is a hideous thing going on that no one seems to care about. But Thornton is trying to make them care, make them do something to make things right. To think of where aboriginal films have come from, starting from BBC documentary's of Aborigines being a wonderful and mystical race, to movies such as the Rabbit Proof Fence which touched on problems but still wasn't seeing the full picture and now with Samson & Delilah a movie directed by a Aborigine, in a Aborigine setting, with Aborigine actors and real stories and real things that have happened to actual Aborigines. Just that, a big production like this shows how badly the Aborigine people want it to change, and also that the world might be starting to understand more that there is a serious problem here and something needs to be done to solve it. I personally feel that the Aborigines have been ridiculously unfairly and that something must be done if by anyone the Australian people, to try make it right.
The Paper Parcel Essay, Fix up
Ben Paterson
In the short story " The Paper Parcel" by Owen Marshall, Symbols are used to get across the key ideas of the short text, the fist symbol is the Paper Parcel, it is used to symbolize the transience of sexual preferment, the second symbol is also the Paper Parcel, except here it is used to symbolize the difference in understanding between kids and adults.
The firs symbol that we get, is the transience of sexual preferment, how it is for ever changing, a good example of this is hen he is at his school dance.
Leading up to the dance the narrator had only bad things to say, the descriptions he gave about his friends were grand big and bold " Dusty's captain marvel insignia was startling on his chest" and when he describes his costume " and i was just a parcel" this shows that he is very disappointed or ashamed in his parcel, where as before leading up to the dance, he was at the height of his sexual confidence, when his date had asked him out, he was so happy and sure of himself, but know he was nervous to be seen at the dance in his Paper Parcel, this is showing the first signs of the transience of sexual preferment. When he gets to the dance, he dancers with his date, for one song, then she says " I have to go help clean up the dish's " right there is where the narrator first encounters the fact that someone can just stop liking you like that, at the time, it seems as if he excepts it and he realizes he is at fault by saying " Who could blame her" this is where we think that he is excepting his fault, and learning from the fact that ones feelings can change, but then he ends it all by saying " Next year well be better, I will have a better costume and i shall get the best girl!" This shows that he has not learnt from his mistakes at all and he is blaming it on the Paper Parcel, it also shows us as the reader, that he was ignorant to the fact that people can just change or move on like that.
The second thing that the Paper Parcel symbolizes is the difference in understanding between teenagers and adults, the author uses the Paper Parcel to show it. When the narrator first comes home and tells his parents of the dance, his parents are making heaps of quirky jokes and just seem very casual about it, and when the boy tells his mother that he needs a costume she says " Don't worry we will rustle something up" this shows the mothers very casual approach to the whole thing and how she thinks this is going to be a kids dance where it's about fun and laughing and so on, where as the son sees this not as a kids dance but as a dance of young adults and the importance of it was much greater to him, " It was time to show my peers how talented I was and use my sexual preferment to my advantage". It came to the night of the dance and the narrator was still yet to have a costume, his mum finally decided that she would work something up, " We can do it after tea" this backs up her casualness to whole thing, where as the boy is freaking out thinking that hes not going to have a costume and he is going to be late, but his mum reassures him " It's cool to be late " This comments on what the narrator sees as cool, and what his parents think are cool, it shows that there views on the concept of cool are very different. When his mother suggests the Paper Parcel, the boy is horrified, " A Paper Parcel, Jesus!" constantly repeating the word Jesus, as he lists the bad things for the Paper Parcel, this shows his views on the Paper Parcel, which are he hates it and he feels embarrassed by it, where as his mum thinks it will be a great way to show of her sons creativity, and also it's cheap, this shows us that her view on it is still the same, it's just a causal kids party and the Paper Parcel shall be funny and a great hit.
In conclusion, in " The Paper Parcel" by Owen Marshall, the Paper Parcel is used to symbolize two things, the transience of sexual preferment and the difference in understanding between kids and adults, the narrator finds out that the sexual lust that someone can have for you can be gone the next day, but he does not learn from his mistakes, so he is destine to go down the same path forever, the narrators parents, could just never quite see where there son was coming from, and there casual approach to the dance pretty much ruined the night for him, which nearly taught him a valuable lesson except he was to caught up in his own fantasy world to learn it.
Ben Paterson
The Ace Of Diamonds Essay, Fix up
In the short text “The Ace of Diamonds Gang” by Owen Marshall, symbols have been used to get across key ideas of the short text. The first symbol is the Ace of Diamonds, which symbolizes freedom and fantasy and the second symbol is the library card which symbolizes normality and reality.
The Ace Of Diamonds is very important to the kids, to them it shows anonymity , heroism and freedom, to back up how this shows this for the kids, the Ace Of Diamonds symbol is constantly used through out the entire short story, for example the kids had a handkerchief with the Ace Of Diamonds symbol on it which they would wear as masks each time the went out on their missions" There was a frisson as each known face became strangely divided", this backs up the thought of the Ace Of Diamonds giving the kids a feeling of anonymity. The symbol also is used when after each mission they do, they place a Ace Of Diamonds card at the scene of the crime, to let the victim know it was them who did this, this shows the trust the kids have in the card, and when they came back to the scene of the crime and the card was still there, they didn't get down about it or upset because the just thought " That the police will have given up" This resembles the freedom the Ace Of Diamond symbol makes the kid feel because they have a thought that they are above the law, it also tells us that they are still just kids that are fixated in there own little fantasy world, and that is the main point for the kids that the Ace Of Diamond's gang was " A escape from being a teenage boy in a provincial town," It made them escape the reality of how normal their lives are, and made them feel triumphant and a certain brotherhood for one another. The narrator also compares his gang to great army or revolution gangs of the past such as ' The Scarlet Pimpernel' ' The Black Hand Gang' and ' The Fish Christians' he has done this to try make him and his other gang members look like hero's, for all those gang or army names are hero's of the past, this shows us that this is what they want to be, or aspire to be and they try showing that through the Ace Of Diamond symbol.
With the second symbol, the library card, it is used to show us what the narrator and his friends are, just very normal kids, they are plain ordinary and also the fact that it is his library card that his friend comes and returns to his door, not his driving license, not his credit card, his plain old library card, which with a lack for a better word, shows that he is a bit of a nerd. This shows us the real side of who these kids really are and helps us realize that the gang itself is just a childhood dream, the library card symbolizes, as the narrator says “The end of free imagination” the whole thing of having to grow up, So we understand as the reader that this means that the narrator is going through adolescence, so they have no more time for this stuff, even thou they might want to continue it, “The end of boyhood”.
In conclusion, the author uses symbolism to get across the key ideas for the short story, the Ace Of Diamonds symbolizes boyhood and imagination where as the library card resembles reality and the truth, it gets rid of the anonymity that the Ace Of Diamonds symbol had made for the boys, it shows us who they really are.
The Ace Of Diamonds is very important to the kids, to them it shows anonymity , heroism and freedom, to back up how this shows this for the kids, the Ace Of Diamonds symbol is constantly used through out the entire short story, for example the kids had a handkerchief with the Ace Of Diamonds symbol on it which they would wear as masks each time the went out on their missions" There was a frisson as each known face became strangely divided", this backs up the thought of the Ace Of Diamonds giving the kids a feeling of anonymity. The symbol also is used when after each mission they do, they place a Ace Of Diamonds card at the scene of the crime, to let the victim know it was them who did this, this shows the trust the kids have in the card, and when they came back to the scene of the crime and the card was still there, they didn't get down about it or upset because the just thought " That the police will have given up" This resembles the freedom the Ace Of Diamond symbol makes the kid feel because they have a thought that they are above the law, it also tells us that they are still just kids that are fixated in there own little fantasy world, and that is the main point for the kids that the Ace Of Diamond's gang was " A escape from being a teenage boy in a provincial town," It made them escape the reality of how normal their lives are, and made them feel triumphant and a certain brotherhood for one another. The narrator also compares his gang to great army or revolution gangs of the past such as ' The Scarlet Pimpernel' ' The Black Hand Gang' and ' The Fish Christians' he has done this to try make him and his other gang members look like hero's, for all those gang or army names are hero's of the past, this shows us that this is what they want to be, or aspire to be and they try showing that through the Ace Of Diamond symbol.
With the second symbol, the library card, it is used to show us what the narrator and his friends are, just very normal kids, they are plain ordinary and also the fact that it is his library card that his friend comes and returns to his door, not his driving license, not his credit card, his plain old library card, which with a lack for a better word, shows that he is a bit of a nerd. This shows us the real side of who these kids really are and helps us realize that the gang itself is just a childhood dream, the library card symbolizes, as the narrator says “The end of free imagination” the whole thing of having to grow up, So we understand as the reader that this means that the narrator is going through adolescence, so they have no more time for this stuff, even thou they might want to continue it, “The end of boyhood”.
In conclusion, the author uses symbolism to get across the key ideas for the short story, the Ace Of Diamonds symbolizes boyhood and imagination where as the library card resembles reality and the truth, it gets rid of the anonymity that the Ace Of Diamonds symbol had made for the boys, it shows us who they really are.
The Paper Parcel Essay, Original, mark NA
Analyse how symbols have been used to develop your understanding of people or ideas in at least two short written texts that you have studied.
In the short text " The Paper Parcel" by Owen Marshall, symbols have been used to help us as the reader understand the main ideas more. The symbol that has been used to explain these two ideas is the Paper Parcel. The two ideas are the transience of sexual preferment and how parents and kids don't have the same ideas.
The paper bag is a symbol for the transience of sexual preferment, not only does it help us as the reader, but it helps us understand the characters as well, when the boy arrives at his school dance as a paper parcel, his date who had once fantasized and liked him, when she sees his costume, all of these feelings instantly stop for him and she moves on because she feels embarrassed that her date is a paper parcel. The Paper Parcel is used here to symbolize the fact that the sexual desire that that people can have for another can disappear, so it is saying that it can always change. This helps us understand the character more because it shows us that he was ignorant to the fact that people can change.
The second thing that the paper parcel symbolizes is the severe difference in understanding between children and teenagers in adolescents and adults.
When his mother suggest the Paper Parcel, instantly it shows the use of symbolism, the Paper Parcel is showing us that what the teenagers and what the parents think are cool are completely different, the boy wants to have a cool suit like all his friends so he can fit in, where as his mum thinks that the Paper Parcel will be funny which will make it a hit, also it's the cheapest possible option. The real symbolism of it gets shown thou or drastically revealed to show that teenagers and adults are not alike when the boy lists off all the cool outfits that his friends said they were going to go as and then he states what he is going to wear, a Paper Parcel, his mum thinks that it will be cool and funny, where the boy thinks that it is going to ruin his life.
The Parcel symbolizes that the views between adults and kids are very different.
The symbolism of the Paper Parcel helped explain the key ideas of the short text which were the transience of sexual preferment and that parents and kids have very different views.
In the short text " The Paper Parcel" by Owen Marshall, symbols have been used to help us as the reader understand the main ideas more. The symbol that has been used to explain these two ideas is the Paper Parcel. The two ideas are the transience of sexual preferment and how parents and kids don't have the same ideas.
The paper bag is a symbol for the transience of sexual preferment, not only does it help us as the reader, but it helps us understand the characters as well, when the boy arrives at his school dance as a paper parcel, his date who had once fantasized and liked him, when she sees his costume, all of these feelings instantly stop for him and she moves on because she feels embarrassed that her date is a paper parcel. The Paper Parcel is used here to symbolize the fact that the sexual desire that that people can have for another can disappear, so it is saying that it can always change. This helps us understand the character more because it shows us that he was ignorant to the fact that people can change.
The second thing that the paper parcel symbolizes is the severe difference in understanding between children and teenagers in adolescents and adults.
When his mother suggest the Paper Parcel, instantly it shows the use of symbolism, the Paper Parcel is showing us that what the teenagers and what the parents think are cool are completely different, the boy wants to have a cool suit like all his friends so he can fit in, where as his mum thinks that the Paper Parcel will be funny which will make it a hit, also it's the cheapest possible option. The real symbolism of it gets shown thou or drastically revealed to show that teenagers and adults are not alike when the boy lists off all the cool outfits that his friends said they were going to go as and then he states what he is going to wear, a Paper Parcel, his mum thinks that it will be cool and funny, where the boy thinks that it is going to ruin his life.
The Parcel symbolizes that the views between adults and kids are very different.
The symbolism of the Paper Parcel helped explain the key ideas of the short text which were the transience of sexual preferment and that parents and kids have very different views.
Th Ace of Diamonds Essay, Original, Mark NA
“The Ace of Diamonds Gang”
Ben Paterson
Analyse how symbols have been used to develop your understanding of people or ideas in at least two short written texts that you have studied.
In the short text “The Ace of Diamonds Gang” by Owen Marshall, symbols have been used to get across key ideas of the short text. The first symbol is the Ace of Diamonds, which symbolizes freedom and fantasy and the second symbol is the library card which symbolizes normality and reality.
The Ace of Diamonds for the kids is their dream, it’s what they want to aspire to be, it gives them the cloak of invisibility and independence they want, you can tell they think highly of this symbol because they have used it as the name of their gang, to the kids it resembles freedom and you could say a certain coolness, but mainly it shows us as the reader that this is not who they really are , it is their dream to be like this which I will describe later, helps out the other symbol, this tells us that the narrator and his friends are not happy with their normal life’s or they are just sick of the ordinariness of a normal life and that is why they are trying to hide that part of them, almost as if when they hide their identity each time they go out to do a gang mission by putting on masks where they have painted their own Ace of Diamond on them.
With the second symbol, the library card, it is used to show us what the narrator and his friends are, just very normal kids, they are plain ordinary and also the fact that it is his library card that his friend comes and returns to his door, not his driving license, not his credit card, his plain old library card, which with a lack for a better word, shows that he is a bit of a nerd. This shows us the real side of who these kids really are and helps us realize that the gang itself is just a childhood dream, the library card symbolizes, as the narrator says “The end of free imagination” the whole thing of having to grow up, So we understand as the reader that this means that the narrator is going through adolescence, so they have no more time for this stuff, even thou they might want to continue it, “The end of boyhood”.
The use of the symbols of the library card and the Ace of Diamond helped me understand key ideas of the short text a lot better , it also helped me understand the characters as well, what their ideas were, what they wanted to be, but also what they really were, plain, normal, teenage adolescence’s.
Ben Paterson.
Ben Paterson
Analyse how symbols have been used to develop your understanding of people or ideas in at least two short written texts that you have studied.
In the short text “The Ace of Diamonds Gang” by Owen Marshall, symbols have been used to get across key ideas of the short text. The first symbol is the Ace of Diamonds, which symbolizes freedom and fantasy and the second symbol is the library card which symbolizes normality and reality.
The Ace of Diamonds for the kids is their dream, it’s what they want to aspire to be, it gives them the cloak of invisibility and independence they want, you can tell they think highly of this symbol because they have used it as the name of their gang, to the kids it resembles freedom and you could say a certain coolness, but mainly it shows us as the reader that this is not who they really are , it is their dream to be like this which I will describe later, helps out the other symbol, this tells us that the narrator and his friends are not happy with their normal life’s or they are just sick of the ordinariness of a normal life and that is why they are trying to hide that part of them, almost as if when they hide their identity each time they go out to do a gang mission by putting on masks where they have painted their own Ace of Diamond on them.
With the second symbol, the library card, it is used to show us what the narrator and his friends are, just very normal kids, they are plain ordinary and also the fact that it is his library card that his friend comes and returns to his door, not his driving license, not his credit card, his plain old library card, which with a lack for a better word, shows that he is a bit of a nerd. This shows us the real side of who these kids really are and helps us realize that the gang itself is just a childhood dream, the library card symbolizes, as the narrator says “The end of free imagination” the whole thing of having to grow up, So we understand as the reader that this means that the narrator is going through adolescence, so they have no more time for this stuff, even thou they might want to continue it, “The end of boyhood”.
The use of the symbols of the library card and the Ace of Diamond helped me understand key ideas of the short text a lot better , it also helped me understand the characters as well, what their ideas were, what they wanted to be, but also what they really were, plain, normal, teenage adolescence’s.
Ben Paterson.
