vce english unit 3 week two. objectivity vs. subjectivity objective subjective constituting an...
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VCE English Unit 3
Week Two
Objectivity vs. Subjectivity
Objective Subjective
Constituting an object, e.g. Existing independently of the mind
Concerned with or expressing the nature of external reality rather than personal feelings or beliefs
Relating to, determined by, or arising from the mind or self
Peculiar to a particular individual
Personal
Fewer/ more/ less/ overFor items that are countable, use ‘more than’
and ‘fewer than’.E.g. Eight items or fewer (not less); more than
five years
For quantities that are not countable, use less than or over
E.g. Next time, I’ll use less flour
Also, from last week, see also fool-proof plan and well-behaved student, middle-class family
Fear, perception and The Shark Net
Factors affecting reality in The Shark Net Fear Environment (location) Memory Era – (time and location) Childhood/parents Isolation (physical and emotional) Self perception Guilt Acceptance Gender
Fear and reality
Think of a real life examples where fear has altered/distorted a person or group’s reality:
A community/country/culture religion A person real or imagined A personal experience
Phobias An intense and persistent fear of certain situations, activities, things, animals, or people. The main symptom of this disorder is the excessive and unreasonable desire to avoid the feared subject.
When the fear is beyond one's control, and if the fear is interfering with daily life, then a diagnosis under one of the anxiety disorders can be made
FROM: Wikipedia
Coulrophobia is an abnormal or exaggerated fear of clowns
Fear and the fight/flight response
Salem Witch Trials 1692 American
colony of Massachusetts
Over 150 people arrested
19 executed by hanging
One man crushed to death when failing to enter a plea
McCarthyism 1950s Named after Joseph
McCarthy who zealously prosecuted suspected communists in America
Caused thousands of people to lose their jobs
Resulted in people being imprisoned
Religious Cults
• An infamous example is the Jonestown Massacre of 1978, where 918 people drank poisoned Kool-Aid.
• After killing a group of members who wanted to leave, the cult feared that their way of life would end and ordered members to commit “revolutionary suicide”.
• Henceforth, ‘drinking the Kool-Aid’ has been a term applied to those with extreme convictions.
Other texts
Fight Club
The unnamed narrator fears his life is of no consequence and creates an alternate personality (Tyler Durden), to free him from his life of repetitious boredom.
FearA new reality
Other textsBlack Swan
Dorothy Fear Reason: Effect on Reality:
The Sand People Her upbringing in Melbourne and relocation to Perth
Drewe is forced to wear shoes and is mocked by his teacher.
Her upbringing in Melbourne and relocation to Perth
Prevents Drewe from staying out in the sun
Desert Boots
The sexual immorality of Rottnest Island
Forbids Drewe from going there as a child
What people will think of Ruth’s pregnancy
Perth
The people of Perth fear:
How it alters their reality:
Outsiders/invasion
The Night Caller
Supplementary texts Sam de Brito on regret
Practice conditions – essay planning 15 minutes to plan your essay You may plan an expository or a persuasive
essay Plan for an essay that is seven paragraphs
long (around 600 words) Your plan must include:
A clear indication of your contention Your main points/topic sentences and some
suggestion of how you will support those points, including...
Quotes from the text Notes on your introduction and your conclusion
Your prompt is: ‘fear constructs our reality’
Homework – due WednesdayStart putting together an electronic study guide
for the ‘Whose reality?’ context using MS Word or similar including at least 5 features: quotes, with
page numbers, your ideas about whose reality (copy down the material you wrote in class)
needs to be something that you can print later in the year and carry around to study in the lead-up to the exam
For example: Ms Burgess study guide Email to [email protected]