Personal response essay (Sac 1) Flashcards
List the stories/authors for the theme of “Family.”
“A portrait of a young larkin.”-Lech Blaine
“Perfect Chinese children.” -Vanessa woods
State the “Family quotes.”
A portrait of a young Larkin:
“He was appalled that I was becoming a nervous bookworm who preferred creativity and solitude over popularity and profit.”
“I don’t want big brains. I want big guns.”
Perfect Chinese Children:
“My sister Bronie wanted to be an actress and I wanted to be a writer. My mother couldn’t think of anything less likely to lead to one of use buying her an apartment.”
“You must pat her back with good grades. Otherwise you will make her shamed.”
List the stories/authors for the theme of “Discrimination.”
“I was born this way.”-Carly Findlay.
“Bully for them.”-Christos Tsikolas.
Sate the quotes for the theme of “Discrimination.”
I was born this way:
“I felt alone for most of my school years. Most people didn’t want to hand out with someone who looks different.”
“The bullying stuck with me for a long time. Even now, I get nervous when I see big groups of school kids hanging about.”
Bully for them:
“I don’t want to overstate the racism, but it was venomous. Those daily slurs were powerful.”
“I’d wonder, how am I going to kill myself.”
List the stories/authors for the theme of “Immigration.”
“Be good little migrants.”-Uyen Loewald.
“Wei-Lei and me.”-Aditi Gouvernel.
State the quotes for the theme of “Immigration.”
Be good little migrants:
“Keep violence within your culture. Save industry from criminals.”
“Just display your gratitude. But don’t be heard, don’t be seen.”
Wei-Lei and me:
“My parents met Australia when they started work. And I met Australia in the school playground.”
“Don’t touch the fort, you’ll get her germs.”
List the stories/authors for the theme of “Disability.”
“Hippo-therapy.”-Alister Baldwin.
“Question marks and a theory of vision.”-Andy Jackson.
State the quotes for the theme of “Disability.”
Hippo-Therapy:
“I put so much effort into trying to hide the gaps between our abilities.”
“It was exhausting to fight the way you naturally existed.”
Question marks and a theory of vision:
“I didn’t grow up disabled. My body and its place in the world seemed normal to me. Why wouldn’t it?”
“To be physically different is to be continuously assailed by the missiles of looking.”
List the stories/authors relating to the theme of “Australian identity.”
“Boobs, rags, and Judy Blume.”-Phoebe Hart.
“Dear Australia, I love you but….”-Candy Bowers.
State the quotes relating to the theme of “Australian identity.”
Boobs, rags, and Judy Blume:
“All I knew was I was different. Very, very different. It was a profound feeling that shaped my adolescence and my life for a long period to come.”
Dear Australia, I love you but…
“This sister with her fat booty found it difficult to grow up in a country where beauty was exclusively based on blond hair and white skin.”
List the stories/authors relating to the theme of “Entering adulthood.”
“The wall of shame.”-Natalie Macken.
“The game is to hide.”-Rick Morton.
State the quotes relating to the theme of “Entering Adulthood.”
The wall of shame:
“I stay and hold my breath until they don’t get found out snake slithers over my feet and back into its box.”
“I decide I want Julia up there too.”
The game is to hide:
“How can a man who won’t accept himself ever feel included.”
“My time would come I reasoned, as it did for everyone else I knew. When I turned 21 I told myself my time would come. Again, when I turned 25.”
