They're not your husband
They're not your husband is about a man who is dissatisfied by his wife's appearance and is seeking approval by strangers to improve his own confidence in her looks. The man pressures his wife into losing weight to the point where she becomes ill. His forceful actions are due to his own insecurities with himself and his own social appearance.
The author writes very straight to the point with little fuss over extra details. The repeated use of the word 'said' shows the lack of expression used by the characters, which goes hand in hand with the writer's style. The author writes in a very realistic manner, causing the reader to feel as though the story is real. Whilst the narrative is not dark, the issue is quite confronting and realistic.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Walkabout
Walkabout
Today in class we watched the film 'Walkabout', filmed in 1971.
There is a reoccurring theme of isolation and borders, seen through the images of brick walls and fences. These flashes of plain walls symbolize the characters being blocked in in their world.
Images of legs walking quickly through the streets are impersonal as they don't show faces which doesn't allow the audience to connect with these people. The director has decided to film this in order to show that the main characters are lost in a world full of strangers.
We see the husband and wife stereotypically displayed to the audience with the wife in the kitchen and the husband coming home from work. There is a sense of tension between the two as neither of them acknowledge the other, showing that times are tough and creating conflict within the family.
The labels on the trees also represent how nothing in the world is cometely natural, it is all a show. There is also only a small amount of nature on the windowsill, a poor attempt at connecting with the earth.
Today in class we watched the film 'Walkabout', filmed in 1971.
There is a reoccurring theme of isolation and borders, seen through the images of brick walls and fences. These flashes of plain walls symbolize the characters being blocked in in their world.
Images of legs walking quickly through the streets are impersonal as they don't show faces which doesn't allow the audience to connect with these people. The director has decided to film this in order to show that the main characters are lost in a world full of strangers.
We see the husband and wife stereotypically displayed to the audience with the wife in the kitchen and the husband coming home from work. There is a sense of tension between the two as neither of them acknowledge the other, showing that times are tough and creating conflict within the family.
The labels on the trees also represent how nothing in the world is cometely natural, it is all a show. There is also only a small amount of nature on the windowsill, a poor attempt at connecting with the earth.
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