Facets Of Grief

Question 1

Thesis-grief

Answer 1

Grief is a multidimensional universally shared human experience that transcends barriers.

Question 2

Facet of Grief (Aunt Jean) quote

Answer 2

Aunt Jeans house was white on the outside and on the inside. Soft things. They were all baby things.

Question 3

Facet of grief (Aunt Jean analysis)

Answer 3

This is seen through aunt jeans character. Through the use of the third person narrative, Aunt Jean is conveyed to be manipulative when she tries to sell her fathers house that had been left for Joe she uses her ,’familiar tears,’ to manipulate the boys into letting her sell the house. However, by focalising on Aunt Jeans house,’White on the outside and on the inside,’ through the use of negative connotation white represents isolation. This evokes allows the audience to view Aunt Jean differently and it is through the composers sparse writing that the audience can allude to a miscarriage,’Soft things they were all baby things,’

Question 4

Facet of grief ( conclusion)

Answer 4

By reflecting on Aunt Jeans trauma, the audience is aware that the third person narrative can be a source of unreliable narration. We are encouraged to seek counsel when confronted by any form of grief as leaving it untreated may hinder our ability to move on in life.

Question 5

Facet of grief (Dad)

Answer 5

Dad is wholly consumed by grief and as a result becomes an alcoholic to mask his grief. Paradoxically, Dad’s drinking transforms him into a monster who physically and emotionally abuses his children. This is seen when he ,‘shook (Harry) like a rag doll and slammed him against the rails.’ The simile,’like a rag doll creates violent visual imagery enhancing Dads damaging actions and renders Harry powerless. The composer evokes a sense of helplessness to communicate Harry’s anxieties. This serves to illustrate that grief may seen personal but has ripple effects and that will affect people closer to us as well.

Question 6

Facet of grief (Harry)
Quote

Answer 6

He stayed among the piles of-all the things that were no longer needed no longer useful

Question 7

Facet of grief (Harry analysis)

Answer 7

Favel Parrett demonstrates another facet of grief through Harry who becomes highly aware of his mortality. Through the use of anaphora,‘ no longer needed no longer useful,’ Harry understands that death renders once important things irrelevant and how one’s memory can be erased from the world after death. Parrett illustrates that grief is ageless thus challenges assumptions that more mature themes cannot be understood in a complex manner by children.