tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22422310043154951032024-03-05T19:46:40.626-08:00Encountering Conflict Through Music Matters<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/brian-fitzgerald/256232830/" title="green-my-apple-ipod by Brianfit, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/100/256232830_f534152dc5.jpg" width="400" height="233" alt="green-my-apple-ipod"></a>katieb555http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984292738785606069noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242231004315495103.post-67827632555525919722012-03-08T03:30:00.003-08:002012-03-08T03:33:21.460-08:00PREPARING FOR THE SAC<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #ff6600; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8pt; text-align: center;">ENCOUNTERING CONFLICT FILES</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 3pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal; line-height: 16.8pt;">Researching the Context and developing knowledge and ideas that you might use in your writing responses is crucial towards preparing for success in your Creating and Presenting SACs and the exam. Use the class handout to help begin your brainstorming and expansion of your conflict knowledge by researching texts, images, music and film.</span></h3><h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 3pt; text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">TASK:</span></b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal; line-height: 16.8pt;">To create Conflict Files develop four possibilities for writing pieces from your research:</span><br />
<ul style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-top: 0cm;" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;">Choose four prompts<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;">Choose a text, image, song and film<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;">Write about the links you can identify between your choices and the prompts<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;">Write about the links you can identify between your choices and the set text<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;">Write about the links you can identify between your choices and the Context<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;">Come up with an idea for a writing piece and explain it in terms of FLAP+C<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;">Present three quotes that you believe could work to enhance the writing piece</span></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">PRESENTATION:</span></b></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal; line-height: 16.8pt;">Publish your Conflict Files in the appropriate section of our Encountering Conflict Blog.</span></h3><div><br />
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This is an interesting piece of music and video inspired by the Salem witch trials and, most likely, The Crucible. When you create your writing pieces for the SAC and the exam you also need to be inspired by the set text. Your piece of writing must, in some way, draw from the set text and this connection must obvious to the reader. You need to embed a level of intertextuality within your writing that can be identified.</div>katieb555http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984292738785606069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242231004315495103.post-32269766090333419802012-02-07T22:46:00.001-08:002012-02-07T22:48:22.413-08:00Ebcountering Conflict in 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span new="" roman?,="" serif;?="" style="font-family: Georgia,;" times="">THE CRUCIBLE AND THE RUGMAKER OF MAZAR-E-SHARIF</span><br />
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Reading and knowing your set texts well is vitally important to doing the best you can in SACs and the exam.</div></div>katieb555http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984292738785606069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242231004315495103.post-16527942337977367262010-12-16T01:56:00.000-08:002010-12-16T01:57:04.253-08:002011 STARTS HERE!<a href="http://textspace.net/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551091075870570338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 162px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiytF6gDrGoPyvLHn3kuo-Zq6NNqXWF3L4wVzDk5PmO4qjMX1Uc_DwecL93n34YpHJtOPlD4ZBb4zzGTLZDFdTScO9O-PUEXHQ73tphgwnRk4Kz6TrJboSEOXEvn8PdVsEwZ_Su0Mq8jFYB/s400/Conflict_2011_2.png" border="0" /></a><script language="javascript" src="http://www.shelfari.com/ws/158660/widget.js" type="text/javascript"></script>katieb555http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984292738785606069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242231004315495103.post-36842789271693684602010-09-15T21:25:00.001-07:002010-09-15T21:31:50.809-07:00FAMILY PORTRAITPink <br />Family Portrait<br /><br />In this song it demonstrates family conflict and conflict between two people, this song provides an insight to a child’s view on divorce. Reading the lyrics of this song carefully you see that the fight about everything “You fight about money, bout me and my brother” this isn’t good for young children to grow up with.<br /><br />This song relates to the novel The Secret River by the family conflicts shown. Thornhill and Sal keep things from each other which in turn creates conflict. <br /> <br />Momma please stop cryin, I can’t stand the sound <br />Your pain is painful and its tearin' me down <br />I hear glasses breakin as I sit up in my bed <br />I told dad you didn’t mean those nasty things you said <br /><br />You fight about money, bout me and my brother <br />And this I come home to, this is my shelter <br />It ain’t easy growin up in World War III <br />Never knowin what love could be, you’ll see <br />I don’t want love to destroy me like it has done <br />my family <br /><br />Can we work it out? Can we be a family? <br />I promise I’ll be better, Mommy I’ll do anything <br />Can we work it out? Can we be a family? <br />I promise I’ll be better, Daddy please don’t <br />leave <br /><br />I ran away today, ran from the noise, ran away <br />Don’t wanna go back to that place, but don’t have <br />no choice, no way <br />It ain’t easy growin up in World War III <br />Never knowin what love could be, well I've seen <br />I don’t want love to destroy me like it did my <br />family <br /><br />In our family portrait, we look pretty happy <br />Let’s play pretend, let's act like it comes <br />naturally <br />I don’t wanna have to split the holidays <br />I don’t want two addresses <br />I don’t want a step-brother anyways <br />And I don’t want my mom to have to change her <br />last name <br /><br /><object width="400" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4kb_plqBB-g?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4kb_plqBB-g?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />By anonymous studentkatieb555http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984292738785606069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242231004315495103.post-21383393925117770902010-07-14T19:01:00.000-07:002010-09-13T06:48:35.533-07:00Pearljam - Given To Fly<a href="http://image.lyricspond.com/image/p/artist-pearl-jam/album-yield/cd-cover.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493947519603085586" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfp56JorFn_5I3RtLgVJw_FmmnvDvBqryb-Jsjx0CeH6ZIX2YUNO7wKbDg08wgUT56-IgH5vhRagLsTjzaRNWpBx93rioiNcphgyh2vY8m35uN9MAtQcmorHCM2iSe8QawukYH4NNBzRQ/s200/SR+MM+Nick.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Much like the Secret River, the Pearljam song Given to Fly has many similarities, especially to that of William Thornhill. “A bad time nothing could save him.<br />Alone in a corridor, waiting, locked out” can be closely referred to Thornhill in England when he was sentenced to be exiled to Australia. The corridor is much like his life, ‘locked’ out from society when he was convicted. When Thornhill decides to follow his instinct and discover land further in Australia. He finds himself discovering a new land which can relate to the lyrics “Deliver him wings, "Hey look at me now!". “He floated back down cause he wanted to share.This key to the locks, on the chains, he saw everywhere.But first he was stripped, and then he was stabbed by faceless men”, all these can relate to Blackwood and is how he showed the English what the aboriginals valued, further the lyrics resemble how the aboriginals reacted to the new settlers attacks and how some were treated by characters such as Smasher Sullivan. In the end of the book, Thornhill is happy yet is regretting some of the decisions he made, “And he still gets his love he just gives it away”. This resembles his take on life after he has made such a fortune from those who did not intend to harm him.<br /><br /><object width="400" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9ZKcmBJTVKI?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9ZKcmBJTVKI?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><br /> </div><div> </div><div>By Nick</div>katieb555http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984292738785606069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242231004315495103.post-15229818339701603722010-07-14T18:44:00.000-07:002010-09-13T06:48:57.825-07:00CONVICT MAIDConvict Maid<br /><br />Ye London maids attend to me<br />While I relate my misery<br />Through London streets I oft have strayed<br />But now I am a Convict Maid<br /><br />In innocence I once did live<br />In all the joy that peace could give<br />But sin my youthful heart betrayed<br />And now I am a Convict Maid<br /><br />To wed my lover I did try<br />To take my master's property<br />So all my guilt was soon displayed<br />And I became a Convict Maid<br /><br />Then I was soon to prison sent<br />To wait in fear my punishment<br />When at the bar I stood dismayed<br />Since doomed to be a Convict Maid<br /><br />At length the Judge did me address<br />Which filled with pain my aching breast<br />To Botany Bay you will be conveyed<br />For seven years a Convict Maid<br /><br />For seven long years oh how I sighed<br />While my poor mother loudly cried<br />My lover wept and thus he said<br />May God be with my Convict Maid<br /><br />To you that hear my mournful tale<br />I cannot half my grief reveal<br />No sorrow yet has been portrayed<br />Like that of the poor Convict Maid<br />Far from my friends and home so dear<br /><br />My punishment is most severe<br />My woe is great and I'm afraid<br />That I shall die a Convict Maid<br />I toil each day in greaf and pain<br />And sleepless through the night remain<br />My constant toils are unrepaid<br />And wretched is the Convict Maid<br /><br />Oh could I but once more be free<br />I'd never again a captive be<br />But I would seek some honest trade<br />And never become a Convict Maid<br /><br />‘The Convict Maid’ is a traditional Australian folk song, which is why I have picked it, because of it’s similarities to the characters of ‘The Secret River’. The convict maid talks about her doing the wrong thing, and being sent to Australia, and her sorrow of not being able to see her family and friends for a very long time. She wishes to go back home as soon as possible. Through the song, it shows that she never does forgive herself, and the mistake she made haunts her for the rest of her life.<br /><br />This song is very similar to the characters William and Sal Thornhill, in ‘The Secret River’. Will too, made a bad mistake, he was caught stealing, and also sent to Australia, with his wife, Sal. Will, although he seems not to mind being in Australia, Sal dreams of one day being able to go home to England, and be with her family once again.<br />Like the convict maid, Will, who did some bad things in his life, never quite forgave himself for what he put himself and his family through, and that haunted him for the rest of his life.<br /><br /><object width="400" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_ULHHS_bMbg?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_ULHHS_bMbg?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><br />By Stephkatieb555http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984292738785606069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242231004315495103.post-73477301515391052322010-04-23T03:28:00.000-07:002010-04-23T04:39:05.569-07:00Playing For Change<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbrsD3HoRuHFoHTU_nJ7kB8fpS-7F4b3R3hh4VkCy4He1FTC2ohVFKXMrScTFrNadfuJuZbfRuVT6HLGjAyyBAL4Nq_sF9Sjp7p6bOZxC3tkTxNjddXLvIqvKxKLxTASwIE5GeF3fvgc/s1600/Play_4_Change_1.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 196px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbrsD3HoRuHFoHTU_nJ7kB8fpS-7F4b3R3hh4VkCy4He1FTC2ohVFKXMrScTFrNadfuJuZbfRuVT6HLGjAyyBAL4Nq_sF9Sjp7p6bOZxC3tkTxNjddXLvIqvKxKLxTASwIE5GeF3fvgc/s200/Play_4_Change_1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463295691412846802" /></a><br />This social movement is all about making change in the world through music. <a href="http://www.playingforchange.com/">'Playing for Change'</a> aims to aid world peace through the power of music. Do you think this way of encountering conflict is effective? View their latest video content at the link below and leave a post about your reaction.<br /><br /><a href=http://www.playingforchange.com/>Playing For Change | Peace Through Music</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a>katieb555http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984292738785606069noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242231004315495103.post-3007735669926969042010-03-24T22:32:00.000-07:002010-10-12T01:00:50.868-07:00<div align="center"><strong>Dear America<br />Themes and Ideas: Song Activity</strong><br /><br />Note that the song is featured in the Dear America Movie when the troops were starting to get pulled out from Vietnam.<br /><br /><strong>Rolling Stones: No Expectations<br /></strong><br /><em>Take me to the station<br />And put me on a train<br />I've got no expectations<br />To pass through here again</em><br /><br />He is going home from Vietnam, no intention of coming back again to fight.<br /><br /><em>Once I was a rich man and<br />Now I am so poor<br />But never in my sweet short life<br />Have I felt like this before<br /></em><br />He used to be a rich man before he was drafted to fight in Vietnam. But now, after several years of being away, he comes back home with nothing. But even so, he never felt so happy in his life (because the war is over)<br /><br /><em>Your heart is like a diamond<br />You throw your pearls at swine<br />And as I watch you leaving me<br />You pack my peace of mind<br /></em><br />Her love was very precious to him, but she gave it away to another man. This means that his wife ran away with another guy. As she left, she also took away his soul.<br /><br /><em>Our love was like the water<br />That splashes on a stone<br />Our love is like our music<br />It’s here, and then it’s gone</em><br /><br />Their relationship was very fragile; it collapsed as soon as they were faced with hard problems such as him going to fight in Vietnam. It was there, and then it was gone.<br /><br /><em>So take me to the airport<br />And put me on a plane<br />I got no expectations<br />To pass through here again</em> </div><p align="center">Just a repitition of the first verse<br /><br /><strong>Conclusion:</strong> </p><p><br />Well, basically, the song is about a soldier used to be a rich man comes home from the fighting but finds himself with nothing left, even his wife left him for another man.<br />I think the song is trying to tell the people of how most of the soldiers are facing real big problems after fighting such a terrible war. </p><p><br />Lyrics taken from: http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/NO-EXPECTATIONS-lyrics-The-Rolling-Stones/C06973092E2EAC284825689A0026C5B3 </p><br /><br /><br /><object width="350" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yjPGJv2twnI?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yjPGJv2twnI?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="350" height="385"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242231004315495103.post-30572214625554599532009-12-07T19:12:00.000-08:002009-12-07T19:14:55.671-08:00<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">MUSIC MATTERS</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">LET'S BEGIN</span>katieb555http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984292738785606069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242231004315495103.post-19334114593417946492009-09-08T18:53:00.000-07:002009-09-08T18:54:09.005-07:00THE LINE - S/N activityWhen you study The Line by Arch and Martin Flanagan you will need to make connections that go beyond the set text, just as you did with The Secret River. The connections you make are about exploring the set context, Encountering Conflict, and building a pool of ideas to inspire writing pieces that are underpinned by themes, ideas and literary devices used in the set text.<br /><br />To begin this process you are going to source four texts (a picture, a written text, a song and a film) that you can see are about Encountering Conflict and can be linked to The Line in some way. In these explanations make clear:<br />- the conflict/s you can see<br />- the links with the set text<br />- the ideas for possible writing pieces<br /><br /><strong>An area for improvement from our The Secret River blog posts</strong>:<br /><br />Enhance your digital writing by including links to information on sites that supports your commentary. Also, where possible, incorporate a relevant visual with your post. For example, if you are writing about a novel in the Text Tremors section of the blog, import a picture of the novel’s cover.katieb555http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984292738785606069noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242231004315495103.post-56495203588177759392009-07-22T01:09:00.000-07:002010-10-12T01:04:12.734-07:00Tell Me Why by Declan Galbraith<div align="center">Tell Me Why is a song sung by Declan Galbraith when he was just eleven years old. The song brings up the ever going issue of the many thousands of people out in the world that are in need. This is presented in the very first paragraph of the song.</div><div align="center"><strong><em>"In my dream, children sing<br /> A song of love for every boy and girl<br />The sky is blue and fields are green<br />And laughter is the language of the world<br />Then I wake and all I see<br />Is a world full of people in need."</em></strong></div><div align="center">This first part of the song explains one of the main reasons why there are so many people in need in the world and why so much conflict goes on. People tend to think that it is a nightmare and when they wake up it will all be gone. That however, is not the case. It is the opposite of that. We may be safe in our dreams, away from reality and the world, but when we wake it will still be right there, in our faces waiting to be fixed. </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">The chorus itself is also a touching part in the song.</div><div align="center"><strong><em>"Tell me why (why) does it have to be like this? </em></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><em>Tell me why (why) is there something I have missed? </em></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><em>Tell me why (why) cause I don't understand</em></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><em> When so many need somebody</em></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><em> We don't give a helping hand </em></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><em>Tell me why?"</em></strong></div><div align="center">I think by getting a young child such as Declan to sing this song is what makes it so much more touching. Here is this innocence eleven year old child asking the world, why? Why can't someone just reach out their hand and help these people? Why does it have to be like this and why can't we do something about? Even when I see news reports and advertisements pleading for people to help those people that are in poverty, even I ask myself all of these questions. However, the most important question this young boy asks the world and even one of the most frequent question I think about, tell me why? Cause I don't understand. This is one question that no-one ever has a proper answer to. </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">In the second verse, Declan sings about and asks what he has to do for something to be done.</div><div align="center"><strong><em>"Every day I ask myself,</em></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><em>What will I have to do to be a man? </em></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><em>Do I have to stand and fight,</em></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><em>To prove to everybody who I am? </em></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><em>Is that what my life is for,</em></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><em>To waste in a world full of war?"</em></strong></div><div align="center">It is quite confronting when you hear and see a young boy asking you if the only he is good for and the only thing his life is good for is to waste in this world that is full of war, chaos, poverty and destruction. Is that really the life we want for our children? I sure know that is not what I want for my children.<br /><br />In the last verses, the song presents more questions to its listeners.<br /><strong>"Tell me why (Why why, does the tigers run?)<br />Tell me why (Why why, do we shoot the gun?)<br />Tell me why (Why why, do we never learn?)<br />Can someone tell us why we let the forests burn?<br /><br />(why why do we say we can?) tell me why<br />(why why is it still the same?) tell me why<br />(why why do we talk and run?) tell me why<br />Can someone tell us why we let the ocean die?<br /><br />(why why do we always say?) tell me why<br />(why why do we pass the blame?) tell me why<br />(why why does it never rain?)<br />Can someone tell us why we cannot just be friends?<br /><br />(why why do we close our eyes?)<br />(why why do we really lie?)<br />(why why do we fight for land?)<br />Can someone tell us why cause we don't understand</strong>."<br />Not only does this song bring up the issues we have in the world about poverty and how not much is being done to help and prevent these problems, but its also brings up another range of things. Why do the tigers run? Why do we let the forests burn? Why do we let the ocean die? These questions bring up the rising issue of the wellbeing of animals and our environment. Why do we have to cut down trees and burn them down? The answer simply is, we don't have to. However our society is greedy and is always wanting to expand their establishments. So if a forest is in the way of their ideal location, they get rid of it.<br /><br />In the same verse as the question about the tigers, this question follows it, why do we have to shoot the gun? Now this question can relate to two main issues and conflicts in the world at the moment. One is hunting of animals such as tigers, and the other is war. Do we really need to engage in war? There is so much of it going on at the moment and to be honest I have lost track of whom is even involved in these wars and more importantly, who is winning. Oh, and don't let me forget all the innocence men, women and children that have fallen as a result of this. It is an exhausting and losing battle that shall continue on through the ages.<br /><br />Whilst on the subject of war, another point that is brought up at the end of this song is, why can't we all just be friends? It is a good question and when a young child turns on the tv and sees the conflict, wars and destruction going on in the world, that is the question they ask. How are we suppose to tell the children of today and tomorrow that people are too stubborn to put their differences aside and work things out in a civilized manner. Simply, we can't. So what are we suppose to tell them?<br /><br />So in saying that, why do we only say things but never act them out? Why do we talk and run? Why do we always pass the blame? Why do we really lie? Why do we never learn? Why is it all the same still? Well people lie and pass the blame as they can't face up to their actions. This behavior takes place EVERY SINGLE DAY and it almost ALWAYS cause some form of conflict. It is an endless cycle. We talk it up, run away, lie and then pass the blame to someone else. Just an easy way of getting out of life's everyday problems, but sadly we never learn and then cycle just keeps going and going.<br /><br />So if you ask me, this song brings up many different conflict issues in the world these days. It bravely asks the questions that no-one else is brave enough ask and it does it all through the innocence eyes of an eleven year old boy.</div><br /><br /><object width="350" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NKMoHLxDncU?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NKMoHLxDncU?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="350" height="385"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242231004315495103.post-40979863608578028672009-07-21T21:19:00.000-07:002009-07-22T03:54:56.846-07:00<div style="font-family: arial;">...and justice for all - metallica</div><br /><div style="font-family: arial;"> </div><span style="font-family: arial;">this song pretty much contends how the justice system in america is bribable. basically you can get away with doing whatever you want if you were very wealthy or that money becomes more important than the truth. this kind of relates to the book in a different way. the europeans were more wealthy comapred to the aboriginals and they took the aboriginal peoples land who had a long history with their land. but just like that the europeans took more control.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242231004315495103.post-59002703196554410672009-07-13T07:48:00.000-07:002010-10-12T00:52:30.563-07:00Stay-Sugarland<div align="center">this song is about a woman who is 'the other woman' in a relationship. the conflict i believe involved in this song is her own internal conflicts. she has to face a decision. in the secret river there are many decisions that have to be made. maybe not the ssame as the decision in this song but it is still a internal conflict like this song faces. the song 'stay' goes through a journey at the start of the song she is weak, tired and emotionally in pain. you hear of how she tries to stop the man from going back to his wife.<br /><strong><em>"beg you not to leave,</em></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><em>but i'll be left here waiting</em></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><em>with my heart on my sleeve"</em></strong> </div><div align="center">half way through the song her thoughts change she is fed up with trying, the lyric goes</div><div align="center"><strong><em>"i'm tired of waiting.<br />it's too much pain to have to bare;<br />to love a man you have to share"</em><br /></strong>so her decision is that she doesn't have to live that way, she doesn't have to share, and finishes up by saying</div><div align="center"><strong><em>"i given you my best</em></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><em>why does she get the best of you</em></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><em>so the next time that you find</em></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><em>you want to leave her bed for mine</em></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><em>why don't you stay"</em></strong></div><div align="center">and in the end becomes more confident and seems self riteous</div><div align="center"><strong><em>"im up off my knees,</em></strong></div><div align="center"><em>im so tired of being lonely</em></div><div align="center"><strong><em>you cant give me what i need</em></strong></div><div align="center"><em>when she begs you not to go</em></div><div align="center"><em>there is one thing you should know</em></div><div align="center"><strong><em>i dont have to live this way</em></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><em>baby why dont you stay</em>"</strong></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><object width="350" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zPG1n1B0Ydw?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zPG1n1B0Ydw?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="350" height="385"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242231004315495103.post-87298934952606114492009-07-10T17:52:00.000-07:002010-10-12T00:53:31.406-07:00Disorientated - Delta GoodremFind it here: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sHcsju2uvw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sHcsju2uvw</a><br /><br />I have chosen the song Disorientated by Delta Goodrem as I believe it relates directly to Sal and the circumstances surrounding her life at Thornhill’s Point. As we follow the lyrics of the song we can see that it describes the internal conflict and disorientation of Sal as she struggles to find herself and cope with life in the bush. It also describes how Sal seems to notice the change in her husband as a result of the ‘blacks’ and how she and her family are always threatened by their differences, always having to ‘look back just in case’. Towards the end of the song we can see that it describes how Sal eventually accepts the way her life had changed, and how she eventually lost track of the days that had past (her tree markings) to finally start a new life within the bush with her family.<br /><br /><object width="350" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1sHcsju2uvw?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1sHcsju2uvw?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="350" height="385"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242231004315495103.post-79198449827156863252009-07-07T23:18:00.000-07:002010-10-12T01:09:04.528-07:00The song Dear Mr. President by Pink explores the conflict between those in charge, in this case politicians and the people they govern. Those under their power are often in disagreement with decisions yet still have to abide by the laws and policies they set. This is very much like the secret river with the conflict that occurred between many of the British who were sentenced to death over the most obscure of crimes. Very few were lucky enough to escape death and endure their sentencing in Australia but they still had to abide by the rules and regulations set by those governing them.<br /><br /><br /><object width="350" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4eRApNHSRRk?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4eRApNHSRRk?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="350" height="385"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242231004315495103.post-67399775504257410182009-07-07T02:25:00.001-07:002009-07-07T03:41:45.704-07:002 Songs that i believe show 'enocuntering conflict' are;<br /><br />Eye of the Tiger - Survivor - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu9xx5Ri278">www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu9xx5Ri278</a><br />Ghetto Gospel - Tupac Ft. Elton John - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxR4AweLeXE">www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxR4AweLeXE</a><br /><br />Eye of the Tiger is all about determination, hardship, courage, and encountering the conflict between a man and his goals. A man who is 'rising up,' getting back on his feet, just a man and his will to survive. He tries not to lose his grip on reality and must fight to keep everything right<br /><br />Ghetto Gospel is about a black man living in the ghettos in America, he is poor and lives in a dangerous, povery stricken neighbourhood, where violence and drugs are part of everyday life. He encounters conflict in trying to avoid all the problems and make a better life for himself and his familyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242231004315495103.post-69999645895661039822009-06-04T17:34:00.000-07:002009-06-04T17:51:19.029-07:00Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttal have just won the International Songwriting Competition for their song Caught in the Crowd. This song tells of experiences with bullying at school. The ideas of acceptance and tolerance of others, and the reasons why we might not hold true to these values, are explored in the song. <br /><br />In terms of The Secret River it makes me think about Will's son Dick making friends with the Aboriginal children of the area they live in. Will and Sal struggle with the notion of Dick interacting with the Aboriginal people, Sal instructs Will, 'You best go down and fetch him back, Will, she said calmly. He got to learn when he's gone too far'. While this illustrates a fear of difference Grenville actually writes hopefully, implying there is a chance for understanding, tolerance and acceptance in the future. The narrative imparts, 'At times Dick went down to the river ... Thornhill had seen him there more than once ... playing with the native children ... Dick was stripped off as they were, to nothing but skin. His was white and theirs was black, but shining in the sun and glittering with river-water it was hard to tell the difference'.katieb555http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984292738785606069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242231004315495103.post-36986532765267156932009-05-28T19:14:00.000-07:002009-06-09T16:55:33.498-07:00Whispering Jack is back - again. John Farnham is itching to get back on stage after his experience of performing with Coldplay at the Bushfire Aid concerts. Seeing footage of his career in the media lately reminded me what great songs <em>The Age of Reason </em>and<em> You're the Voice</em> are. Definitely worth listening to to inspire thinking about the Context.katieb555http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984292738785606069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242231004315495103.post-69155225289399316812009-05-26T01:13:00.001-07:002009-05-26T20:21:18.199-07:00Advance Australia FairThere is much debate surrounding the Australian national anthem and whether or not it is as it should be. Also in regard to our flag. It is interesting to consider the original, unabridged version of <a href="http://www.imagesaustralia.com/australiannationalanthem.htm"><em>Advance Australia Fair</em> </a>when studying the issues that are presented in <em>The Secret River.</em> I would like to hear others' points of views on the arguments for and against the anthem. What do you think of the lyrics we no longer sing? Should the anthem be changed/replaced?<br /><br />A piece of writing considering this topic could work to address a prompt, the context and the set text. It also lends itself to the discussion of just who are Australians and would we better represented as a people if we were a republic? Just two days ago Judith Durham, member of the 1960's Australian pop band the Seekers, 'penned <a href="http://www.blogger.com/penned%20new%20lyrics%20for%20the%20national%20anthem%20and%20is%20hoping%20that%20the%20rest%20of%20the%20country%20will%20get%20on%20board.">new lyrics </a>for the national anthem and is hoping that the rest of the country will get on board'. Also check out the BLIP.fm playlist to listen to versions of the <em>I Am Australian</em> song.<em> </em>katieb555http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984292738785606069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242231004315495103.post-1930749747124702062009-05-26T00:35:00.000-07:002009-05-26T01:06:12.019-07:00Breakeven by The ScriptI chose to put <em>Breakeven</em> forward as a song worth considering for our exploration of the context in regard to <em>The Secret River</em> because I believe the idea of there being different levels of give and take in a relationship is one that is very pertinent to the situation of Sal and William Thornhill. While I think theirs' is a true love story, and the depth of their love for each other is on a par, it seems to be Sal who sacrifices the most for them to stay together. Sal leaves London to follow her convict husband to Australia where his promises of taking her home fall empty. A piece of writing that explores the intricacies of a relationship where one person gives up more than other could work well to address the criteria for this Area of Study outcome.katieb555http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984292738785606069noreply@blogger.com0