Explore how Gilman presents the search for identity in The Yellow Wallpaper
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How much freedom does/should a reader have in determining the meaning of a text?
How much freedom does/should a reader have in determining the meaning of a text? Writers try to communicate their ideas to their readers. The style they choose to do it in and the ambiguity they want to leave for the reader to figure out depends on him/her. It can also be the case that the reader himself is reading too much into a text as the writer might have just thought of a story just by chance or the writer is sometimes obliged to invent stories in order to make books as selling books is their livelihood. What people see in a text might have nothing to do with what was in the mind of the writer. The way a text is interpreted by readers depends on who is reading it. The writer might e communicating feelings and ideas about a particular subject without intending to so. Also the style the book is written will effect how much freedom the reader has to interpret a text, for example in the Charlotte Bronte's book Jane Eyre narrates the book herself and hers and Mr Rochester's relationship and the reasons why she left can be somewhat confusing for the reader as she does not go in great lengths as she probably finds it too painful. Some people may interpret Jane's character as a dominant an generally a strong character. On the other hand some readers might find her character a weak one as she lets her pride get in the way of her telling the full story. in some ways Jane Eyre
Look at the screened news bulletin extracts and produce a detailed analysis of them
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An incident on T.V I found disturbing
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Dangerous Minds coursework
At the start of Dangerous Minds the kids are divided up into two groups. The first group, which is in the coloured part of the film, consists of the well brought up kids who have hope for a brighter future. The second group that is in the black and white part of the film consists of the kids that have no hope of getting anywhere in life. At the start of Dangerous Minds there is a group of girls who are talking to each other. They are wearing big baggy cloths that a normal person would not wear. They have a lot of makeup on. They look very scruffy but would want to fit in with the rest of the crowd. This makes the viewer think that they don't care about what they look like with the kids that care about their future but they care about what they look like with the people that they hang around with. After that we see a boy running behind a bus that he is late for. This makes us think that some of the kids actually do want to go to school and make a life for themselves and believe in the American Dream. Later the director shows us a drug deal happening. This shows us that the place that they come from is a dangerous place. The drug deal happens is broad daylight. This tells us that the teenagers are not afraid of the cops, and it seems like a normal thing where they live. The director is trying to make us realise that these kids don't come from a very educated or civilized part of
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An Analysis of an Article in the Big Issue called Sun Vampires.
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