Mod A (full)

Question 1

Shafana paragraph

Answer 1

THESIS

QTE 1
“we still don’t know half of what’s in the deep deep ocean because they’re veiled with darkness” → opening monologue
- Attempts to justify her decision to wear the scarf to her aunt

QTE 2
“for me it was as if a switch had been lit … illuminating our world” → simile
- Portrays the significance the realisation of religion has been for her

QTE 3
“[put a jar before shafana]… they look really shrivelled” → symbolism
- Symbolises that if shafana continues on this path, she will endure the same fate

KEY MENTIONS
- 911 acted as a conduit to her spiritual awakening
- Strong convictions
- Externalises her faith
- Contributes to the soft revolution
- Questioning her muslim identity
- perspectivism

Question 2

Sarrinah paragraph

Answer 2

THESIS
- Past traumatic experiences shape an individual’s attitudes, creating complex identities as they merge themselves into a new environment.

QTE 1
“I was suffocating… [as] my lungs involuntarily sucked down wads of cotton” → violent imagery/emotive language
- Due to her personal context, she decides to internalise her faith
- Acted as a further conduit towards internalisation of her faith

QTE 2
“who weekly” → intertextuality
- Attempts to acculturate to the australian paradigms

QTE 3
“i am sarrinah obaidullah, afghani migrant and nobody” → metaphor/contrast
- Without her education status being recognised, she views herself as being nothing
- Education is an essentiality and the externalisation of faith hinders her livelihood

KEY MENTIONS
Afghan war being a conduit for her enduring fear
Challenges out myopic views
Still claimed to be a muslim - following islam
Acculturated into the australian culture
perspectivism

Question 3

Valentine paragraph

Answer 3

THESIS
- Ideological discourse between individuals may arise due to cultural and social differences as a result of intergenerational discrepancies.

QTE 1
“it wasn’t until i started investigating islam, after 2001, that i realised i wasn’t satisfied at the deepest level” → allusion
- Externalisation of faith compared to sarrinahs internalisation of faith
- 911 acted as a conduit for both individuals but in a differing way between them

QTE 2
“carved into the bones of [her] feet and horror tattooed into the base of [her] skull” → violent imagery/emotive language
- Due to her context, she decides to internalise her faith
- Acting as a conduit to her fears which compares to shafana as she externalises her faith due to 911

QTE 3
“an Australian citizen [means] I do not have to ask to be tolerated [but rather] welcomed. Celebrated” → first person perspective
- Due to her differing personal context to sarrinah, she seeks to externalise her faith and contribute to the soft revolution

KEY MENTIONS
- Perspectivism
- Both shafana and sarrinah have valid points