Q: I’m doing inner journeys and my prescribed text is the Empire of the Sun, just wondering if you could suggest any texts that could be a suitable related material?
A: Empire of the Sun is essentially a survival story focusing on a boy during the Second World War. It doesn’t have to be a direct link but the issues of hardship and survival can be your linking thread – the inner strength people find in challenging circumstances such as war as well as the friendships. The following three have war themes.
- This is about some Vietnam vets from Australian Story ABC. It’s a two part program. You can access the transcript: http://www.abc.net.au/austory/specials/behindenemylines/default.htm
- This is a link to a soldier and his life changing experiences in Timor: http://www.abc.net.au/austory/specials/thepeacemaker/default.htm
- This is about a group of students who went to Gallipoli http://www.abc.net.au/austory/specials/gallipoli/default.htm
If you are into anime, there’s “Grave of the Fireflies”. Brother and sister in the period after Hiroshima. Probably a good text for similarities and differences. The Japanese perspective makes it an interesting choice as well.
Q: Andrew Denton interviews are great to analyse but I am having trouble finding other texts that I could draw more links to my prescribed text.
I was thinking of doing a poem and a picture book. For a film, i’m considering About Schmidt- directed by Alexander Payne or Schindler’s List directed by Spilberg, do you think they are appropriate supplementary texts? I was thinking of doing a poem and a picture book. For a film, i’m considering About Schmidt- directed by Alexander Payne or Schindler’s List directed by Spilberg, do you think they are appropriate supplementary texts?
A: About Schmidt is about a search for self. A rumpled Jack Nicholson. I don’t remember Schindler’s List being so strong, unless you’re looking at the persecution question and solutions to it. I like Nowhere In Africa, a film that has three people find different solutions to the problems of the WW2 and being forced to leave Germany: mother, father and daughter. It is German with subtitles. And there is Motorcycles Diaries about the revolutionary, Che Guevara, before he became a revolutionary and the events that changed his life.
A picture book? Mao’s Last Dancer has just come out as a picture book for children:Chinese boy escapes Mao’s China to fulfill his ambitions as a dancer. True story. Lives in Melbourne. In his 40s. The autobiography was on the bestseller lists for 12 months. It would be suitable. I think it’s called the Peasant Prince. There’s Shaun Tan’s The Red Leaf in which a girl searches for a solution to her sadness. It’s a beautiful book. Aussie too.
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I’m doing inner journey, i need a related material for english.
My prescribed text is Life is beautiful. Can you suggest a good text for me?
Are you in Year 11? This link will take you to suggested related material for Journeys: http://www.e-rudite.net/aos_worksheets.htm. I can recommend John Boyne’s The Boy who Wore Striped Pyjamas (the novel) and Armin Greder’s The Island (picture book).
Get back to me if you have more questions,
Judy
hi i’m doing inner journeys and i need a supplementary text.
i all reading have a book that we had to read in english called fahrenheit 451. i also have a text from the stimulus book used in the HSC.
but i need one more and have no idea what to use or where to find it.
can you please help
tijana
I love that book. supplementary material? This link will give you heaps of suggestions: http://www.e-rudite.net/aos_worksheets.htm. But for a quick selection, try:
Khaled Hossein, The Kite Runner
Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevra, The Motorcycle Diaries
Diaries by the revolutionary ‘Che’ Guevara about a journey through South America before he became world famous. I tcharts the changes in his thinking from middle class medical student to political activist.
Li Cunxin, Mao’s Last Dancer
A bestselling autobiography about the decision to leave revolutionary China and settle in Australia to pursue a career in classical ballet. Also a children’s book, and a soon to be released film. There’s an abridged version.
The Pianist, dir. Roman Polanski
http://www.thepianistmovie.com/ This movie has a war context for an artist/performer.
Hi Tijana
The Bradbury novel sounds fine to me because the principal character goes on an inner journey in that he becomes committed to the value of knowledge and learning. You need to look at the experiences and lifestyle he rejects in favour of this and why. The imaginative journey is the process of making the point about the value of learning and knowledge by creating a futuristic world in which basic freedoms are lost. The book burnings are not unlike those that occurred in Hitler’s Germany. And those people learning the books by heart are like any underground movement arising from any absolute or totalitarian government.
I wouldn’t use anything from the stimulus booklet because its not showing your ability to search for something. (Asking me doesn’t count – that’s initiative taking the plunge to send the email.) So many students will be tempted to do the same thing which doesn’t show your individuality. I like ‘Motorcycle Diaries’ – either the book or the film. The man who became the revolutionary was a medical student who went on a bike trip around Sth America and what he saw changed his life and his politics. Its not a hard book to read and it is easy to watch. The school library could do an inter-library loan to get you the book.
Anything that has a person changing because of events. I’m giving you a link to the website because I’ve got heaps of suggestions on that: http://www.e-rudite.net/aos_worksheets.htm
It might help if I knew your prescribed text. Next time.
My prescribed text is Cosi, and I’m finding it difficult to find other related text’s that suit the play. I’ve got an excerpt from J.R.R Tolkien’s LOTR, but I’m not sure whether or not that’s high order enough. I need two texts preferably poetry or short story/cartoon.
I have been looking around for inner journey related material’s and i couldn’t find them..Im working on imagined corners atm..I need 2 relateed materials…do you know any?
http://www.e-rudite.net/aosresources.htm will give you suggestions. Try
“Little Miss Sunshine”. If you haven’t already used a film try that. It’s a
quick way out in the short term. FGet back to us if you need to,
Judy
I am studying inner journeys and need a related text. I have to have three texts all together. My core text is Schindler’s List, and my second choice is Journey to the Interior which is a poem. I only need one more though i can’t think of anything. I was hoping i could find a text which the inner journey is obvious and will get me good marks 🙂
Please help me!
hi i need help in finding a related text for robert frost’s poems? the ones im using are late ferry, journey: the north coast and flame and dangling wire.
if you could suggest any really good related texts that relate to the poems, that would be great thanks!!!
These poems are by Robert Gray. Don’t make mistakes with names in exams. It doesn’t look good.
There are probably short stories that would have that brief engagement with a time or place or person to link with the poems. Peter Skyrzynecki has a collection called Joseph’s Coat in school Libraries. Peter Carey has ’30 Days in Sydney’. Robert Drewe has edited the Picador Book of the Beach
Films: Radiance, Louis Nowra
The Boy’s are Back
Play: Travelling North, David Williamson
Radiance, Louis Nowra
Art works: Margaret Preston http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/sub/preston/IMAGES/SQUARE/mp39.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/sub/preston/edu_wshops.html&h=500&w=500&sz=100&tbnid=_YEy1_M090DKIM:&tbnh=130&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmargaret%2Bpreston%2Bprints&hl=en&usg=__P35gAlt6bk4g_hag5-OR7Z4jgAQ=&ei=WZ34S_GOLore7AP0-Nj2BQ&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=7&ct=image&ved=0CCoQ9QEwBg
Hope there’s something you can use there.
Hi, i need a visual and written text for journey. Only poems, picture books, short stories, or book covers. I can’t analyse films in time. Do you have any texts related to obstacles? or anything related to The Adventures of HuckleBerry Finn? (if you do )
You could try Shaun Tan’s The Rabbits to The Lost Thing. There is also The Arrival, also by Shaun Tan. There is also Armin Greder’s The Island. These area true books.
David Moore, an Australian photographer has done an iconic photograph of migrants arriving by boat post WW2.
The film Little Miss Sunshine is also good: a road trip in which a family learns a lot about each other and themselves.
Hope that helps,
Judy
im in year 11 and we are doing journeys, i have one film which is a beautiful mind and i need a text which relates to it through mental illness ? any ideas ?
Hi Jess,
Try Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar. It autobiography.
I would also suggest J D Salinger’s Catcher In The Rye which isn’t mental illness as such but is about a very troubled young man. The film Shine, deals with mental issues and a bullying father. Also the Australian film, Swimming upstream.
Hope that helps,
Judy
hello. I’m in year 11 and we need to find 3 related text of journey, and our set text is Othello.. I’m thinking to do a poem, a movie, and a picture book. Do you have any relevant text for me to look at ? I’ve been browsing through the website you give, but i couldn’t find any good ones that i could relate to Othello closely. Please help, thanks in advance.
You only need to make connections rather than have matches. You don’t indicate what module you are doing which would help me pitch texts for you.
The film ‘Notes on a Scandal’ deals with similar emotions – jealousy – as Othello so that may help. If you are thinking power then ‘Ides of March’ may suit.
I realise this response is late (online servicing required), but if you still want ideas get back to me.
Judy
we’re doing journeys in class and i want a text or film that i can relate to my prescribed texts which are ‘enter without so much as knocking’ by Bruce dawe and ‘Road Not Taken’ by Robert Frost
Follow this link and scroll down to find a list of suggestions: http://www.e-rudite.net/aos_worksheets.htm.
If that doesn’t give you something, get back to me.
Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye is a good one to think about.
Apologies for the delay but there have been problems with the blog email.
Khalid Hossein’s The Kite Runner may help you. It is a film and a book. If you go to http://www.e-rudite.net/aos_worksheets.htm has many suggestions.
In looking for something you only need to be able to make connections and choose different text types.
Again, apologies for the delay,
Judy
Hi!, i’m thinking about doing enter without so much as knocking, Road not taken as my prescribed texts and the film ‘Meet the Robinsons’ as my related text.Do you think this is a good idea? because the texts I’m doing surrounds the idea of making choices,mistakes and how it affects us in the future.
I don’t know ‘Meet the Robinsons’ but if you have links in the concept of journeys that allows you to talk about personal growth and issues of self esteem then you are on the right track. You won’t find the same techniques because each writer is distinctive. Make your points for each text and then support your ideas by talking about the techniques that help to make the ideas strong or effective in their expression. Get back to me if I can help further,
Judy
Hi, what related texts would you recommend for Immigrants at Central Station 1951, and Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Elliot? I could do Crossing the Red Sea instead of Prufrock but I got better feedback on my Prufrock paragraphs. What would you recommend? Also, the related texts cannot be poetry. Thank you!!
There are quite a few texts you can use to support Skrzynecki. (Hope I spelt that right!) the migrant themes suggest texts like
Shaun Tan, The Arrival, a picture book that is probably overused
Armin Greder, an allegorical picture book
Short stories from annual collections eg The Best Australian Short Stories 2012.
Films such as The Descendants, A Separation,
Television such as an episode of Redfern Now. ( I wouldn’t normally recommend TV.)
http://www.e-rudite.net/belonging.htm
This link will take you the Belonging page. Scroll down to text suggestions. Get back to me if you still have a problem,
Judy
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Hi Judy, I have a similar situation to Amanda above, except I cannot do picture books nor poetry. I was wondering if there were any particular short stories that relate to immigration and obstacles in a journey, that you may know of? Thanks!
There are collections. Your school may have For the Patriarch by Angelo Loukakis or Joseph’s Coat edited by Peter Skyrzynecki in the book room. The last one is excellent. Ahn Do’s The Happiest Refugee is very recent. It’s also Australian and autobiography. Very popular generally, not just HSC. There’s also Mao’s Last Dancer by Li Cunxin. He migrates to Australia. Hope that helps.
Found these if you want to use website as a text type:
http://www.theage.com.au/interactive/2008/national/migrants/shortstories.html
http://www.immi.gov.au/media/success_stories/
http://www.italianlives.arts.uwa.edu.au/stories
Judy
Hi, I am looking for a related text for journeys which cannot be poetry and has ideas related to individuality or attempt to become an individual/breaking free of conformity. Do you know of any?
Thank you!
There’s a movie ‘An Education’ based on a journalist’s life experience as a rebellious late teen. Also ‘Nowhere Boy’ about John Lennon before he made it. The classic is ‘Mao’s Last Dancer’ by Lu Cunxin. It’s an autobiography which has been made into an abridged version for teens and a picture book. It’s also a movie. He lives and works in Australia.
If these don’t suit let me know what form you want and I can move with that. There’s also the website below.
Judy
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hi im in year 11 and were doing the area study journeys. we have to choose a 2 realted texts. One print text and one visual text. For my visual text Ihave chosen to do Brother Bear and im having difficulties finding a printed text. please help asap, thank you!
I need to know your prescribed text to really help you. Can you let me know?
The prescribed text is the play “Away” by Michael Gow 🙂
I don’t think the film you’ve chosen will do it for you. Away is about family, personal journeys and issues of self esteem.
There’s a film Genova that would work well, dealing a family dealing with the death of the mother. There’s also The Boys Are Back. They deal with families in a more serious way than Brother Bear.
Other texts are: The Descendants, The Tree, and Boy – all films.
Also think of:
My Place by Nadia Wheatley, a picture book
The Happiest Refugee, Ahn Do, autobiography
Mao’s Last Dancer, Li Cunxin, auto biography
The Arrival, Shaun Tan, a picture book
The Red Tree, Shaun Tan, also a picture book
Get back to me if I can help again,
Judy
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hello i’m in year 11 and we’re currently studying Inner Journeys in English Adv. I really need help trying to find a related text for the novel The Outsider (also known as The Stranger) by Albert Camu. It can be a movie, a picture book etc. The main protagonist in the novel is mainly an observant, he’s emotionless and detaches himself from the world around him, only after he commits a murder and begins to have a whole new perspective of life. please help! THANKS.
There are many suggestions on this link: http://www.e-rudite.net/aosresources.htm
A shorter list that may be suitable for The Outsider are:
The Island by Armin Greder picture book
Castaway directed by Robert Zemekis
The Pianist directed by Roman Polanski
The Road directed by John Hillcoat
Maus by Art Spiegleman graphic novel
Hope that helps
Judy
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