Essays Tagged: "Sky High"

Changing Self .

ension of this process that motivates a number of texts. These include the poetry of Gwen Harwood, 'Sky High' from the prescribed booklet Changing, and other related material including 'New Mexico' th ... trasted to the drama in another text where the change is self evident to the narrator.In this text "Sky High" by Hannah Roberts, the narrator remembers her childhood experiences, using the symbol of t ...

(7 pages) 139 1 4.6 Jun/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

HSC Changing Self- Gwen Harwood (Prize-Giving and The Glass Jar).

ss ideas and techniques.In Gwen Harwood's poems Prize-Giving and The Glass Jar, the prescribed text Sky-High, and the novel White Teeth by Zadie Smith, the composer have used many varying ideas and te ... de imagery, retrospect, metaphor, and inversion of the connotation of adjectives. Ideas conveyed in Sky-High include imagery, retrospect, and comparison. The techniques and ideas in White Teeth, to na ...

(4 pages) 80 0 2.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature > Poetry

HSC Area of Study Changing Self (Gwen Harwood).

t reactions, as evident in Gwen Harwood's poems Prize-Giving and The Glass Jar, the prescribed text Sky-High, Zadie Smith's novel White Teeth, and the film Life As A House, directed by Irwin Winkler a ... and the jarring effect of the loose and flowing sentences against the formal ABCBA rhyme scheme. In Sky-High, the composer highlights ideas of time and memory, the thrill of childhood, and maturation, ...

(10 pages) 121 0 3.3 Jul/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature > Poetry

Daydream from someone else's point of veiw.

noon, I lay in an open field. While I chewed on a blade of grass, I stared up into the clear, blue, sky, high above. My legs are bent at the knees and are crossed. I am in a pair of torn Levi shorts a ...

(5 pages) 43 0 5.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

History of the persian empire by: A.T. Olmstead

the Persian rulers collected the taxes fairly.There was no sudden increasing in tax amounts and no sky-high tax amounts. Even though the Persian kings had the same power as a Pharaoh, they did not ab ...

(2 pages) 30 0 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Societal Issues: HIV and Hispanics

to the public attention, mostly through the media, the national awareness level about HIV/AIDS was sky-high because the government realized that this was a fast growing epidemic needing immediate att ...

(1 pages) 31 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Changes represented in Sky High

Sky HighSky High is an incredible piece of writing, and after dissecting each metaphor and sieving t ... r dissecting each metaphor and sieving through the many similes, I have come to the conclusion that Sky High highlights the very essence of change - that at some stage in life, you must yield to it. A ...

(4 pages) 41 0 3.9 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"The way we view the world is constantly changes" "Sky High" by Hannah Roberts "Looking for Alibrandi" directed by Kate Woods "My Father Began As A God" by Ian Mudie.

s encountered in our life, knowledge or our level of maturity. This is shown in prose fiction text "Sky High" by Hannah Roberts, the film "Looking for Alibrandi" directed by Kate Woods and the poem "M ... ected by Kate Woods and the poem "My Father Began As A God" by Ian Mudie.In the prose fiction text "Sky High" by Hannah Roberts. This text reflects on a youth persona who turns a simple washing line t ...

(6 pages) 81 0 4.7 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

How has your understanding of the consequences of change been shaped by the techniques used by various composers? (looking for Alibrandi,Sky High, Robert Lowell poems)

nd these must be addressed and not overlooked these ideas are evident and extrapolated in the texts Sky High by Hannah Roberts, Looking for Alibrandi by Malina Marchetta and The Grandparents by Robert ... anding of the consequences brought about the universal force that shapes our very existence: change.Sky High and Looking for Alibrandi both explore the concept that change brings about personal growth ...

(9 pages) 94 1 3.8 Jul/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Challenges ahead for retailing in the Indian market

in the country, very little has been done by way of real estate reforms. As real estate prices are sky high, most of the development work is taking place in out-of-town locations, like Gurgaon (just ...

(2 pages) 58 0 3.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

What is change and how is it represented and linked in the four texts - Here without you by 3 Doors Down, Spring Hail and The widower in the country by Les Murray and Sky High by Hannah Robert?

e this change and also on the passing of time. Time can bring forth wanted and unwanted change. In 'Sky High' by Hannah Robert, Les Murray's 'Spring Hail' and 'The Widower in the Country' and 'Here Wi ... rate various aspects of how change is due to the passing of time, which is inevitable.In the text, 'Sky High' by Hannah Robert, change is seen as something which is as a result of the change in time a ...

(6 pages) 45 0 5.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Sky High - i got a good mark for this, i hope u do too.

The narrative Sky High by H. Robert, involves itself with how change affects an individual's behaviour and attitud ... mething, even if it just the movement of the door.We all mature and inevitably change as a result. "Sky High" by Hannah Robert illustrates perfectly the changes created by age. As a child the persona ...

(5 pages) 31 0 3.7 Jul/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Essay on Area of Study Texts

ESSAYThe poetry of Gwen Harwood, Hannah Roberts piece 'Sky High' from the 'changing' booklet and Ray Bradbury's novel 'Fahrenheit 451' all show people cont ... ues used in 'Father and Child' have shown the effect that change has on any individual.In the text "Sky High" by Hannah Roberts, the narrator remembers her childhood experiences, using the symbol of t ... self up onto the arms of the clothesline and observed the world from her exalted position, feeling 'Sky high'. The reader becomes caught in the freedom and happiness of the young girl who is feeling ' ...

(3 pages) 19 0 3.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Change is a process - preliminary HSC essay

on. Prescribed and related material such as the novel Maestro by Peter Goldsworthy, the short story Sky-High by Hannah Robert, the poem The Glass Jar composed by Gwen Harwood and the film Good Will Hu ... obert, demonstrates the same journey of self-change and growing up through the imaginative recount, Sky-High. This reflective recount deals with the natural transition from the innocence of childhood ...

(5 pages) 53 1 3.5 May/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

A House on Fire

nd back and thick smoke spread all around. Every now and then tounges of fire would shoot up almost sky-high, sending huge sparks of fire round about.Three fire engines were busily engaged and the fir ...

(1 pages) 27 4 1.0 Jun/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Perspective

r Alibrandi which composed by Melina Marchetta and the girl called Hannah Robert in the short story Sky-high It also can be seen through the feature article named The secret of Suzuki which composed b ... ng woman and how her perspective is a product of her social and personal background.The short story Sky-high composed by Hannah Robert is another example which shows that perspective is a product of s ...

(7 pages) 61 0 5.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

What have you learned this term about changing perspectives? (Peter Skrzynecki's "10 Mary St", Hannah Roberts' "Sky High", film "Radiance", and a World Vision advertisement)

upbringing as well as many life experiences. Peter Skrzynecki's "10 Mary Street", Hannah Robert's "Sky High", Rachel Perkins' film "Radiance" and the "World Vision" advertisement each effectively por ... erceptions. Hannah Robert expresses this view on change and how it can occure, in her short story, "Sky High". This personal recount of an aging woman's significant memories as a child to her present ...

(3 pages) 39 0 5.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Change essay: Change takes many paths and is not necessarily a good one. Discuss. (Texts used: "The Color Purple", "Finding Forrester" (film) and "Sky High")

Color Purple (TCP) by Alice Walker, the movie Finding Forrester (FF) directed by Gus Van Sant, and Sky High of the Resource Booklet.The cause of the change differs depending on the catalyst of it. In ... nd technique used in the movie, helps portray the awkwardness when Jamal is in Forrester's home.In "Sky High", the narrator's change is caused by the passing of time. Compared to the other two texts a ...

(4 pages) 39 0 0.0 May/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"Sky High" Hannah Roberts

The text "Sky high" contains six stanzas two of an adult and four of a child. In the first stanza H. Robert is ... ences and gives the reader an image of how the young girl excavates onto the clothesline.The title "Sky High", used also in the first sentence of Paragraph 3 is also a figure of speech. "Sky High" is ... change that Hannah feels as she was once young looking upon the clothes line seeing it touching the sky, now as a young adult seeing it different she feels she exaggerated. Similes are also used to ex ...

(2 pages) 22 0 5.0 May/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Changing perspectives essay on "Feliks Skrzynecki" and "Crossing the Red Sea", "Sky-high" "Three Weeks in Bali" "Remember the Titans"

d. The texts studied this year, Peter Skrzynecki's "Feliks Skrzynecki" and "Crossing the Red Sea", "Sky-high" from the "BOS Changing", Alan Atkinson's account "Three Weeks in Bali" and the film "Remem ... fe.The same notion that perspectives change through maturity and time passing is expressed through "Sky-High" by Hannah Robert. This personal recount of an ageing woman's significant memories as a chi ...

(5 pages) 44 0 4.0 Aug/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature