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Carpet-Weavers, Morrocco
V for Vendetta
Search for my Tonuge
Caged Bird
How to Kill a Mockingbird
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What is the intended purpose of the poem?
To educate on the roles of tourism on the poverty of some countries.
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Who is the director?
James McTeigue
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What is the poem about?
Being afraid of losing your identity.
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What does the repetition of stanza 3/6 represent?
That the life of the caged bird is monotonous and never changes.
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“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” What is this quote about?
This is Atticus giving Scout a crucial piece of moral advice that dictates her development for the rest of the novel; to live with sympathy and understanding toward others.
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What two meanings are there for the word 'loom'?
One is a noun, referring to the object the children are working on. The other is a verb and it means visible/appear/emerge (like how the carpet is becoming visible) ?OR ?to be about to happen/threaten/to hang over someone (like how their work is about to take shape/or the loom/work/futures are somehow impeding on a typical childhood life).
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What does dystopian mean and how is it relevant to the film?
A dystopia is a community or society, usually fictional, that is in some important way undesirable or frightening. Such societies appear in many works of fiction, particularly in stories set in a speculative future. In the film poverty, social stratification, and dictatorship are all prevalent and classical markers of the dystopian society.
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What is the lesson that is learned from the poem?
You can not ever really lose who you are (identity) as it is a part of you like your tongue.
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What is the caged bird a metaphor of?
A lack of freedom and voice of people in society.
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What does the 'mockingbird' represent in the novel?
The mockingbird is a bird that only pleases people. It sings a pleasant song and then flies away. The symbolism extends the innocent souls in the book who are misunderstood. They try to do good things and are punished for it. Just like killing a mockingbird, hurting these men is a sin (Boo Radley and Tom Robinson).
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Why does the poet use the metaphor of, 'dark rose veins' to describe the carpet's image?
The roses are an association with the image of the carpet - flowers in the pattern. They could also be veins - literal as in the veins that carry blood (red, like a rose) through the body and keep us alive and metaphorically the children’s lives being pumped into the creation of the carpet because it is their livelihood as well as taking away their childhood.
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What can you say about the lighting in the film and its representation?
It is darkly lite meaning that the environment - social - is a dark place with not much hope and light.
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What are the three ways that the 'tongue' is used in the poem?
Firstly as the physical tongue in her mouth. Secondly as her ‘mother tongue’ (her language). Finally as a symbol of her personal identity and Indian culture.
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How is the alliteration of 'dips' and 'dares' used in the first stanza?
Alliteration creates the feeling of freedom by the sharp and high sounds the ‘d’ makes in both words.
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What is the main conflict in the novel?
The main conflict that Tom Robinson, an African American, is accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a young white woman. This causes tension between Atticus Finch, the white attorney who defends Tom, and members of the community who are racist. The book as a whole captures the conflict between whites and African Americans, giving the lesson that unnecessary prosecution done in ignorance is wrong.
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What is anaphora?
Figure of repetition that occurs when the first word or set of words in one sentence, clause, or phrase is/are repeated at or very near the beginning of successive sentences, clauses, or phrases; repetition of the initial word(s) over successive phrases or clauses. Their... "The children are at the loom of another world.? Their braids are oiled and black, their dresses bright.? Their assorted heights would make a melodious chime."
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What are the three main ideas/themes from the film?
1) Identity and how we wear a 'mask' to hide our true self. 2) Letting fear control your life. 3) Everyone plays a part and is responsible for the future.
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This poem is one stanza - why?
Representing one assertion to the reader that it is her Gujarati language which is most important to her (it is in the middle because it is at the 'heart' for who she is.
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What does the metaphor 'bars of rage' mean?
Illustrates the rage of the enslaved at not being able to express or free themselves. People can’t escape from their blinding anger and ‘bars of rage’ which hold them back. Or that they can express their opinions, but it does not mean that anyone will listen or take notice.
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What idea does Jem's change over the novel represent?
Jem represents the idea of bravery in the novel, and the way that his definition changes over the course of the story is important. When the story begins, Jem's idea of bravery is simply touching the side of the Radley house and then only because "In all his life, Jem had never declined a dare." But as the story progresses, Jem learns about bravery from Atticus facing a mad dog, from Mrs. Dubose's fight with addiction, and from Scout's confrontation with the mob at the jail, among others. Along the way, he grows from a boy who drags his sister along as a co-conspirator to a young gentleman who protects his Scout and tries to help her understand the implications of the events around her.
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What is Carol Rumens saying about travelling to these countries and seeing all the beautiful exotic things and people?
She implies that we are from "another world" one that is different from the children and therefore should be aware of our own stereotypes and prejudices that we carry. Also that on the surface (the carpet) there may be beauty but at what cost (the children), demonstrated by the many double meaning words and phrases.
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What does the fact that the majority of the film is set indoors, underground, in corridors, or in alleyways say about the ideas in the film?
Metaphors for the maze Finch and Evey must follow before the truth is revealed. Also shows how stifled the society is that they are losing a lot of freedoms - symbolised by their containment.
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What style is this written in and why?
Free verse and because it is emotional and therefor uncontrollable.
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All the stanzas use enjambment why? What does this represent about today?
That the issue of putting people into cages and pigeon holing (no pun intended) them/limiting them still goes on today.
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What were the two difficulties that divided Maycomb?
Slavery and the Civil War of the 1860s and the Great Depression of the 1930s