Essays Tagged: "Stasi"
stasiland sample essay
na Funder's great victory is that she does. Discuss.Anna Funder's 2002 work of literary journalism, Stasiland, relates her journey through a "land gone wrong", the German Democratic Republic. Separate ... Wall and political ideology, East Germans lived under the ubiquitous and omniscient control of the Stasi, the secret police, whose "job it was to know everything about everyone". Throughout her quest ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Analysis 12 angry men
JJ's extra session for Stasiland SAC preparationFriday, February 28th, 2014A sample topic:Despite the fall of the Berlin Wa ... t of time/history, or paragraphs might be based on:Character types (but not single characters) e.g. Stasi, victims, those who want to forget the past etc.;Parts of the central idea in the topic e.g. m ... getting, remembering;Purposes of the text in relation to the topic e.g. to expose the horror of the Stasi's treatment of ordinary citizens, to show the long-term effects on sufferers; to show how it i ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
"Stasiland" shows that fact is often stranger than fiction
'Stasiland shows that fact is often stranger than fiction.' Discuss.IntroductionThe quotes chosen by ... ct is often stranger than fiction.' Discuss.IntroductionThe quotes chosen by Anna Funder to preface Stasiland provide the reader with immediate clues that her story will test their definitions of fact ... nd reality. What will Funder discover as she 'falls down the rabbit-hole' during her 'Adventures in Stasiland'? Will it be 'a silent crazy jungle under glass' or 'Sentence first - verdict afterwards' ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers